EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD. Business report FY2007

Business Highlights

Financial overview
In million JPY FY2007 FY2006 Rate of Change(%) Factors
Sales 87,406 78,822 10.8 -
Operating profit 7,577 6,710 12.9 -
Ordinary profit 8,361 7,571 10.4 -
Current net income 3,994 3,679 8.6 -
Sales by division
Mechanical seal division 37,838 35,124 7.7 Sales of products for all industries (automotive, construction, and industrial machineries) increased.
Special valve division 23,510 19,647 19.7 Sales of automotive products significantly increased

Reorganizing domestic production structure
The Company announced that it has merged two of its domestic subsidiaries, Eagle Burgmann Japan Co., Ltd. and Eagle Burgmann Techno Co., Ltd. The name of the new company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, is Eagle Burgmann Japan Co., Ltd. The Company stated this transaction was an important step in promoting its strategic alliance with Burgmann Industries GmbH & Co. KG, a leading seal manufacturer and a subsidiary of Freudenberg & Co. of Germany. The Company, through this merger, intends to improve its management efficiency by integrating systems and operations of the two in the areas of production, development, and sales and further enhance the quality of services it offers. (From a press release on Nov. 1, 2007)

Three-year business plan
-The Company launched a three-year business plan that serves as a basis for stable growth and profitability over the mid to long term.
Numeric targets for FY2009 on a consolidated basis
(1) Sales: 100 billion JPY
(2) Operating income: 10 billion JPY
(3) Return on Assets (ROA): 6%

R&D

R&D expenses
- R&D expenses for FY2007: 629 million yen

Recent Developments of automotive products
<Mechanical seals division>
- In the are area of seals for engine coolant circulation pumps, the Company worked on developing sliding materials that can withstand poor operating conditions, including operating with deteriorated cooling water.
- The Company continued to work on developing next-generation refrigerant seals for use in automotive air conditioner compressors.


<Special valves division>
-The Company is working on developing special valves for the next generation of in-vehicle compressors, transmissions, and suspensions; as well as engines that comply with emission regulations.
-The Company is developing turbo charger actuators.

Investment Activities

Capital investment
(in in million yen) FY 2007 FY 2006 FY 2005
Mechanical Seal Division 2,487 2,439 1,582
Special Valves Division 1,885 2,092 1,683
Other products Division 1,173 293 597
Company wide - 436 302
Total 5,545 5,261 4,164


Investment projects
Mechanical Seal Division
(Investments by the Company)
-To increase the production capacity of automotive mechanical seals: 595 million JPY
(Investments in affiliated companies)
-630 million JPY in Eagle Industry (Wuxi) Co., Ltd. (China)
-43 million JPY in Eagle Burgmann Japan (Japan)
-66 million JPY in Shimane Eagle Co., Ltd. (Japan)
-442 million JPY in NEK Co., Ltd. (Korea)

Special Valves Division
(Investments by the Company)
-To strengthen production capacity of control valves for automotive compressors: 1,011 million JPY
-To strengthen production capacity of mechatronic valves: 591 million JPY
(Investments in affiliated companies)
-55 million JPY in Eagle Industry (Wuxi) Co., Ltd. (China)
-31 million JPY in Eagle Industry (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (Thailand)

Equipment to be installed (in million yen)
Facility
(Location)
Equipment to
be installed
Estimated amount of investment Period of the project
from to
Okayama Plant
(Okayama, Japan)
Production equipment for mechanical seals 1,072 Apr. 2008 Mar. 2009
Production equipment for control valves etc. 871 Apr. 2008 Mar. 2009
Buildings and other 132 Apr. 2008 Mar. 2009
Saitama Plant
(Saitama, Japan)
Production equipment for mechanical seals 646 Apr. 2008 Mar. 2009
Eagle Burgmann Co., Ltd
(Niigata, Japan)
Production equipment for mechanical seals 280 Apr. 2008 Mar. 2009
NEK Co., Ltd.
(Korea)
Production equipment for mechanical seals 147 Apr. 2008 Mar. 2009
Eagle Industry (Taiwan) Co., Ltd.
(Taiwan)
Production equipment for reed valves 529 Apr. 2008 Mar. 2009
Eagle Industry (Wuxi) Co., Ltd.
(China)
Production equipment for mechanical seals 729 Apr. 2008 Mar. 2009