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?Risks
- Global Operations - we have a broad footprint and global operations may present challenges.
- Business Disruption - unexpected events, including natural disasters, may increase our cost of doing business or disrupt our operations.
- Personnel - our success has been and could in the future be affected, if we are not able to attract, engage, train and retain qualified personnel.
- Operations - complexity of manufacturing could cause inability to meet demand and result in the loss of customers.
- Products - maintaining a competitive advantage requires consistent investment with uncertain returns.
- Evolving Customer Needs - disruptive technologies may threaten our growth in certain industries.
- Competition - we participate in highly competitive markets with pricing pressure.
- Customer Concentration and Retention - a number of our customers operate in similar cyclical industries. Changes in economic conditions in these industries could impact our sales.
- Productivity Improvements - if we do not successfully manage productivity improvements, we may not realize the expected benefits.
- Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) - achieving commitments could result in additional costs and our inability to achieve them could have an adverse impact on our reputation and performance.
- Acquisitions, Divestitures and Other Strategic Transactions - the execution of our acquisitions, divestitures and other strategic transactions may not provide the desired return on investment.
- Cybersecurity Risks - vulnerability of our information technology systems and security.
- Intellectual Property - demand for our products may be affected by new entrants that copy our products and/or infringe on our intellectual property.
- Legal and Regulatory - costs associated with lawsuits, investigations or complying with laws and regulations.
- Currency - an unfavorable fluctuation in foreign currency exchange rates could impact our results of operations.
- Liquidity - changes in the capital and credit markets may negatively affect our ability to access financing to support strategic initiatives.
Management Discussion
- Net sales for the Mobile Solutions segment for the year ended July 31, 2023 were $2,174.8 million, compared with $2,126.5 million for the year ended July 31, 2022, an increase of $48.3 million, or 2.3%. Excluding a $73.8 million decrease from foreign currency translation, net sales increased 5.7%.
- Net sales of Off-Road increased $38.2 million, primarily due to pricing actions and high levels of global equipment production. Net sales of Aftermarket increased $0.4 million, primarily driven by pricing, offset by volume decline generally resulting from large OEM customer inventory reductions.
- Earnings before income taxes for the Mobile Solutions segment for the year ended July 31, 2023 were $330.4 million, or 15.2% of net sales, an increase from 13.8% of net sales for the year ended July 31, 2022. The increase was driven by pricing actions, which were partially offset by higher input costs.