Columbus McKinnon Corp., Amherst, NY, designer, manufacturer and marketer of material handling products, reported sales of $165.1 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2009 ended Dec. 28, 2008, up 12.9% over the prior-year same period. Profit was down 61.8% to $3.8 million.

Reported quarterly results include the acquisition of Pfaff-silberblau that closed on Oct. 1, 2008. One-time accounting adjustments related to the acquisition, higher material costs, lower sales volume of the higher margin pre-Pfaff businesses, and restructuring charges affected fiscal 2009 third quarter income from operations.

Sales for the first nine months of fiscal 2009 were $470.9 million, up 8.9% compared with the first nine months of fiscal 2008 and up 2.7% excluding the Pfaff …