L.B. Foster sales and backlog grow
L.B. Foster Co., which supplies and distributes products and services for rail, construction, energy, and utility markets, has reported net income of $3.4 million or 33 cents per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2012 compared with 7 cents per diluted share in the prior year period. Sales were $118.5 million in the first quarter and the company’s backlog increased $56.3 million in the period.