Exco Technologies Limited announced consolidated earnings results for the first quarter ended December 31, 2012. For the quarter, the company reported sales was $58.69 million against $58.49 million a year ago. Net income was $5.79 million against $5.29 million a year ago.

Diluted earnings per share were $0.14 against $0.13 a year ago. The improvement in the current quarter's earnings was led by the Automotive Solutions segment with $3.8 million in pretax income compared to $3.3 million pretax income or 14% increase from the same quarter last year.