Business Results
-by Customer Location
| (100 Million) | FY'06: 1st half <Actual> |
FY'07: 1st half <Actual> |
Increase/ Decrease YOY |
Difference YOY |
FY'07:1st half <Original forecast> |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 3,493 | 3,693 | +200 | +5.7% | 3,600 |
| Japan | 1,764 | 1,857 | +93 | +5.3% | 1,857 |
| Non-Japan (Non-Japan ratio) |
1,729 (49.5%) |
1,836 (49.7%) |
+107 | +6.2% | 1,743 (48.4%) |
| The Americas | 514 | 553 | +39 | +7.6% | 544 |
| Europe | 589 | 630 | +41 | +6.9% | 559 |
| Asia | 626 | 653 | +27 | +4.3% | 640 |
Japan:- Sales to machine tools/general industrial machinery sectors continued to be robust.
Sales to automotive manufacturers increased. (EPS etc.) - The Americas:
- Sales of industrial machinery bearings and automotive products increased in North America and Brazil.
- Europe:
- Sales of bearings to general industrial machinery and automotive manufacturers increased.
- Asia:
- Although sales in China and sales of automotive products in Thailand increased, sales of photofabrication equipment decreased substantially.