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7. SEGMENT INFORMATION
3 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2012
Segment Information  
Segment Information

 

7.   SEGMENT INFORMATION

 

The Company operates in one reportable segment: the design, manufacture and marketing of advanced test and burn-in products to the semiconductor manufacturing industry.

 

The following presents information about the Company’s operations in different geographic areas (in thousands):

 

    United                    
    States     Asia     Europe     Total  
Three months ended August 31, 2012:                        
Net sales   $ 4,668     $ 34     $ 130     $ 4,832  
Property and equipment, net     369       69       1       439  
                                 
Three months ended August 31, 2011:                                
Net sales   $ 3,906     $ 26     $ 198     $ 4,130  
Property and equipment, net     745       74       8       827  
                                 

 

The Company’s foreign operations are primarily those of its Japanese and German subsidiaries.  Substantially all of the sales of the subsidiaries are made to unaffiliated Japanese or European customers.  Net sales from outside the United States include those of Aehr Test Systems Japan K.K. and Aehr Test Systems GmbH.

 

Sales to the Company’s five largest customers accounted for approximately 93% and 90% of its net sales in the three months ended August 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.  Two customers accounted for approximately 42%, and 38% of the Company’s net sales in the three months ended August 31, 2012. Two customers accounted for approximately 53% and 14% of the Company’s net sales in the three months ended August 31, 2011.  No other customers represented more than 10% of the Company's net sales for either of the three months ended August 31, 2012 and 2011.