CI Tech Achieves Performance Turnaround... Accelerates Reinforcement of AI-Focused Business Structure

CI Tech, a KOSPI-listed company, has achieved a turnaround in its consolidated performance, driven by business structure reorganization and improved profitability.

According to the company's disclosure, CI Tech recorded consolidated sales of 41.5 billion won and an operating profit of 2 billion won last year. Sales increased by approximately 22.8% year-on-year, and the company swung from an operating loss to a profit. This is significant because it reflects not only simple top-line growth but also simultaneous improvements in business structure and profitability.

This improvement in performance is seen not as a one-off event, but as the result of ongoing business restructuring and portfolio diversification strategies. The company identified the following major factors: ▲ stable growth of its core business, ▲ expanded synergies from the absorption-type merger with MOD, and ▲ the initial revenue generated by the new PA (Public Address) division.

The core audio and kiosk businesses continued to show stable growth. The audio business, centered on the ROSE brand, has been securing demand in overseas markets and consistently generating sales in the Hi-Fi audio sector based on its brand competitiveness. The export-oriented business structure reduces risks from domestic economic fluctuations and allows the company to directly benefit from the growth of the global premium audio market.

The kiosk business has also maintained stable sales based on a diverse range of domestic clients. Accumulated references and credibility have had a positive effect on securing new orders and have served as a defensive sales base.

The effects of the merger with MOD have also begun to be fully realized. Through the merger, CI Tech internalized MOD’s hospital network and medical IT infrastructure, and achieved both reduced overlapping costs and improved operational efficiency, resulting in expanded sales and an optimized cost structure.

Meaningful results are also emerging from the new PA division, which is being promoted as a new growth engine. Initial sales have been generated in the broadcasting and audio infrastructure solutions business for public institutions, transportation facilities, and large-scale complexes, establishing a new revenue base. This is an adjacent business that can leverage the technology and references accumulated in the existing audio business, and the company expects further growth in line with increased public infrastructure investment.

The company stated, "Through these results, we have confirmed that our 'three core strategies'—growth of existing businesses, merger synergies, and the visualization of new businesses—are effectively operating," adding, "Going forward, we will accelerate our transformation into an 'AI convergence solution company,' focusing on expanding our infrastructure through mergers such as with Kebik and developing AI healthcare-based businesses."

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