Business Results by Business Segments
- Precision Machinery and Parts -
Sales
Operating income / margin
- Demand from semiconductors / liquid crystal production equipment sectors have been in adjustment phase since 2Q, but demand from machine tools strengthened.
With increase in sales of photofabrication equipment for LCD production, total sales increased 18.1% YOY. - In addition to volume growth, productivity improvement, especially at Maebashi plant, contributed to total profitability improvement.
Operating income increased 107.3% YOY.