Hypertherm shares profit from good year

Hypertherm Inc. had such a good year in 2005 that the company announced it provided $9.3 million to its profit sharing plan for the year. The company's contribution to its profit sharing plan was equivalent to 32 percent of each of its employees' base salaries. The profit sharing provision for 2005 was the company's largest, and represented a 12-percent increase over its profit sharing provision for 2004, the company said in a press release.