Revenue was $3.4 million, up 35% over $2.5 million a year ago and a record for the 11-year-old company. The firm designs and manufacturers fiber optic lighting products, signs and displays used at office buildings, retail centers and in the architectural and swimming pool industries.

"The increase in gross margin was partially offset by additional sales and marketing expenses," Super Vision CFO Larry Calise says in a prepared statement.

In the same statement, Brett Kingstone, the firm's president/CEO, hailed the first-quarter performance of "continued growth in sales and profitability, even during a declining economy."

Cooper Industries Inc. of Houston and Hayward Industries Inc. of Elizabeth, NJ are equity owners in Super Vision.

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