	diagnostic products dpcz sees ings growth diagnostic products corp president and chief executive officer sigi ziering said he expects to maintain the same compound average annal net income growth in as the company has for the past five years we expect the same performance in net income over the next five years as we have had in the past ziering said over the past five years ziering said the company has had average compound net income growth of pct annually with a pct per year growth in ings per share for the company had net income of mln dlrs or dlrs per share vs mln dlrs or cts per share in diagnostic manufactures medical immunological diagnostic test kits ziering said he expects the ings growth to result from positive effect of the weaker dollar on the company s exports sales as well as accelerated market penetration ziering said he expected the food and drug administration to approve three more of its drug abuse test kits by the end of the year which depending on approval should also help ings growth ziering said as a result of the new tax laws he expected the company s taxes to decrease by five pct to pct of net income in reuter 
