The board of Directors AKM Industrial Company Limited informed the shareholders of the company and potential investors that, based on a preliminary assessment made with reference to the management accounts of the Group for the year ended 31 December 2016 and the information currently available to the Board, as compared to the figures reported by the Group for the year ended 31 December 2015, the Group is expected to record a significant increase in profit attributable to owners of the company for the year 2016, mainly due to the Group realized a remarkable growth in the sales of its flexible printed circuits business.