China BAK Provides Business Outlook for Fiscal Year 2012
China BAK Battery (NASDAQ: CBAK) today announced its business outlook for certain key areas for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2012.
Management estimates the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, BAK International (Tianjin) Limited ("BAK Tianjin"), which produces high-power lithium battery cells, to account for approximately 15% of fiscal year 2012 revenue, up from approximately 5% in fiscal year 2011, while battery cell production for cell phones is expected to decrease proportionally while remaining the Company's core business. In particular, China BAK expects increased sales of battery cells for electric bicycles and electric buses to take advantage of the increasing markets for these vehicles in China. In line with this expectation, the Company expects to install at least one additional production line for electric vehicle (EV) batteries during fiscal year 2012. In fiscal year 2012, the Company expects BAK Tianjin to have average monthly output of approximately 12,500 units, up from average monthly output of approximately 6,000 units in fiscal year 2011, with further increases expected for fiscal years 2013 and 2014 to approximately 33,000 and 91,000 units monthly, respectively.
The Company also plans to develop mobile phone batteries under its brand name, which is expected to be launched in phases during fiscal years 2012 and 2013. In addition, although the Company is aware that informal information was recently provided by a member of the Company's management in response to a question as to expected gross profit margin for fiscal year 2012, the Company has determined that additional time is needed before it will be in a position to confirm its outlook in this regard.







