MSA Reports Higher Sales

Mine Safety Appliances MSA today announced that net sales for the second quarter of 2010 were $237.2 million, compared with $227.2 million for the second quarter of 2009, an increase of $10.0 million, or 4 percent. Net income for the second quarter of 2010 was $11.8 million, or 33 cents per basic share, a decrease of $0.7 million, or 5 percent, compared with $12.5 million, or 35 cents per basic share, for the same quarter last year.