Net Sales -By Customer Location-
| (¥100 Million) | Year ended Mar.31, '05 <Actual> |
Year ended Mar.31, '06 <Actual> |
Increase / Decrease On a year-on-year basis |
Difference On a year-on-year basis |
| Sales | 5,810 | 6,285 | +475 | +8.2% |
| Japan | 3,103 | 3,301 | +198 | +6.4% |
| Americas | 823 | 923 | +100 | +12.3% |
| Europe | 936 | 982 | +46 | +4.8% |
| Asia | 948 | 1,079 | +131 | +13.8% |
- Japan:
Sales to automotive remains healthy, sales to machine tools and general industries continued to be strong, semiconductor and liquid crystal equipment recovered gradually - Americas:
Demands from automotive manufacturers, especially Japanese ones, increased - Europe:
Sales of industrial bearings to automotive and aftermarket increased - Asia:
Sales to automotive remains healthy especially in Thailand, sales to photofabrication equipment for LCD production increased