Another quarter of record sales helped lift Astro-Med Inc. (Nasdaq: ALOT) to a third-quarter profit of $1.56 million and earnings of 21 cents per diluted share, the company announced last night...

...“We are pleased to report another strong quarter of sales growth and improved profitability at Astro-Med,” CEO Albert W. Ondis said in the after-market report. “Sales of QuickLabel Systems Products increased 28 percent from the prior year, Test & Measurement Products sales increased 15 percent over the previous year, while Grass Technologies sales rose 7 percent from the prior year.