Kim Forest posts net profit of NT$86.4m as COVID-19 test kit demand surges
Kim Forest Enterprise Co (金萬林) on Thursday reported net profit of NT$86.4 million (US$2.88 million) for the first six months of this year, up 148 percent from a year earlier, as higher demand for its COVID-19 test kits and cancer testing services boosted revenue 74.05 percent to a record NT$429 million. Earnings per share were NT$2.14, a record for the first half of a year, compared with NT$0.86 a year earlier, the molecular testing company said. Kim Forest attributed the growth to higher demand for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing and other COVID-19-related products amid a surge ...