Net Sales -By Customer Location-
| (¥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) |
| Japan | 1,563 | 1,764 | +201 | +12.8% | (1,766) |
| Americas | 446 | 514 | +68 | +15.3% | (507) |
| Europe | 497 | 589 | +92 | +18.6% | (567) |
| Asia | 523 | 626 | +103 | +19.6% | (610) |
- Japan:
Strong demand continued in the machine tools and industrial machinery sectors. Sales to automobile manufacturers, semiconductor and liquid crystal manufacturers increased. - Americas:
Sales to automotive manufacturers increased, especially to Japanese automobile manufacturers. Semiconductor demand recovered. - Europe:
Sales to industrial machinery and automobile manufacturers, especially EPS, increased. - Asia:
Sales to automobile manufacturers in Thailand and China increased. Precision machinery and parts, especially photofabrication equipment for LCD color filter production, increased.