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Promethean World sees profits slide 22 per cent
Interactive whiteboard maker Promethean World reported a 22 per cent decline in its first-quarter revenue after being hit by a squeeze in US education budgets.
It forecasts market conditions will remain challenging through 2011. Promethean, which gets more than half of its revenue from schools in the US, however, said a contract to supply 4,000 interactive display systems in Italy would boost its second-quarter revenue.
Promethean, whose biggest competitor is Canada-based Smart Technologies, reported quarterly revenue of £41.2m compared with £53.9m last year.
The company, which has resized its cost base to protect profitability, remains confident about long-term demand.