Business Results -By Business Segment-
| (¥100 million) | (6 months ended Sep.30,'05) FY'05:1st half <Actual> |
(6 months ended Sep.30,'06) FY'06:1st half <Actual> |
Difference On a year-on-year basis (amount) |
Difference On a year-on-year basis (%) |
(6 months ended Sep.30,'06) FY'06:1st half <Forecast revised in Aug.> |
| Sales | 3,029 | 3,493 | +464 | +15.3% | (3,450) |
| Industrial bearings | 948 | 1,056 | +108 | +11.3% | (1,036) |
| Automotive products | 1,688 | 1,922 | +234 | +13.9% | (1,921) |
| Precision machinery & Parts | 322 | 389 | +67 | +20.7% | (370) |
| Others | 118 | 226 | +108 | +92.3% | (226) |
| Elimination | -47 | -100 | -53 | (-103) | |
| Operating income | 184 <6.1%> |
300 <8.6%> |
+116 | +63.0% | (280) <8.1%> |
| Industrial bearings | 101 <10.6%> |
136 <12.9%> |
+35 | +34.4% | (128) <12.4%> |
| Automotive products | 75 <4.4%> |
108 <5.6%> |
+33 | +44.9% | (112) <5.8%> |
| Precision machinery & Parts | 19 <5.8%> |
60 <15.4%> |
+41 | +219.3% | (50) <13.5%> |
| Others | 8 <7.0%> |
13 <5.8%> |
+5 | +57.7% | (15) <6.6%> |
| Elimination | -19 | -17 | +2 | (-25) |
- Industrial bearings:
Robust growth in capital expenditures, profits increased due to volume growth and increase in sales price. - Automotive products:
Strong demand from Japanese automobile manufacturers continued, income increased with volume growth and in-house improvement activities. - Precision machinery & Parts:
Profitability recovered largely with volume growth and improveme of productivity in plants