Letter to Shareholders: Tongxin CEO William Zielke Updates Shareholders on Company Developments
30 December 2011 - 9:33AM
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Tongxin International Ltd. (PINKSHEETS: TXIC)
Dear Fellow Shareholders:
Warm greetings as we embrace the opportunities of the New Year!
I have just returned from China where I visited Tongxin's
facilities and met with the Hunan Tongxin management team. I am
pleased to tell you that despite the past year's challenges, our
Company continues to meet expectations laid out in my previous CEO
Letter to you in August. I believe you will find our company is
much stronger and well positioned for greater growth than it was
just a year ago.
Entering New Commercial Vehicle Market As
we begin 2012, we are about to enter an additional new market,
further expanding our position as China's largest independent
supplier of EVBS (Engineered Vehicle Body Structures). Working with
a new group of customers, we have designed a cab specifically for
agricultural equipment -- particularly rice and wheat combines.
Agricultural equipment plays an increasing role in China's vast and
rapidly modernizing agricultural production. Addressing this market
-- estimated at more than US$200 million annually -- are more than
15 agricultural equipment manufacturers. Till now, combine
manufacturers have primarily imported their cabs and cab components
into China, adding substantial costs to their equipment. By
manufacturing cabs locally, Tongxin can reduce the costs
substantially for these customers and uniquely position our Company
to grow rapidly in this market.
We will be installing stamping and assembly capacity for this
product in our Zhucheng facility, which till now has been dedicated
to commercial vehicle cab assembly. We expect to start production
of these cabs in Q2 2012, and we are funding this development
internally.
New Paint Line in Changsha In my letter to
you last August, I mentioned we would be installing a new paint
line for Medium Duty and Heavy Duty cabs in our Changsha facility.
I can now report that the building is completed and the equipment
installation is scheduled to begin shortly after the first of the
year. Again, we are funding this expansion internally.
Revenue Growth We continue to benefit from
management decisions made in late 2010 and early 2011 -- most
specifically the decision to increase our production of Medium Duty
cabs and the successful development and sales of the highly popular
Tianriu cab model. This, combined with our efforts to sell higher
value added cabs, has resulted in increased average revenue per
cab. As you know, our unaudited interim results for the nine-month
period ended September 30, 2011, issued last month, showed our
Gross Profit for the period more than doubled that of the 2010
period. We attributed that growth to steel price reductions and,
most importantly, to the increase in our Medium Duty cab sales. In
2010, the overall market demand in China for Medium and Heavy Duty
truck market segments reached approximately 1 million cab units and
$3.7 billion in sales in 2010. By 2012, the market is expected to
grow to approximately 1.4 million cab units and $5.2 billion in
sales. Moreover, the increase in these sales led to improved unit
sales prices and, accordingly, reduced the variable cost, enabling
the Company to achieve lower production unit costs.
We believe our current production and product decisions will
also positively impact the Company's gross profits and revenue.
Tongxin's business continues to thrive and we continue to
maintain our leadership position in China's vibrant commercial
automotive industry. We appreciate the patience and loyalty of so
many of our shareholders and investors during this period of
transition. We are confident that the Company will emerge from this
period stronger than ever and well positioned for growth in China's
expanding economy. If you would like to know more about the
Company, I encourage you to visit our Websites: www.txicint.com and
www.hntx.com.
Sincerely yours,
William Zielke Chief Executive Officer, Tongxin International
Ltd.
Forward-Looking Statements Statements
contained in this letter, which are not historical fact, constitute
Forward-Looking Statements. Actual results may differ materially
due to numerous important factors that are described in Tongxin
International Ltd.'s reports to the SEC, which may be revised or
supplemented in subsequent reports to the SEC. Such factors
include, among others, the cost and timing of implementing
restructuring actions, the Company's ability to generate cost
savings or manufacturing efficiencies to offset or exceed
contractually or competitively required price reductions or price
reductions to obtain new business, conditions in the automotive
industry, and certain global and regional economic conditions.
Tongxin International Ltd. does not intend or assume any obligation
to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or
circumstances after the date of this press release.
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