Oiles Corp. Business Report FY2009

Business Highlights

Financial Overview

(in millions of JPY)
  FY2009 FY2008 Rate of
Change (%)
Factors
Overall
Sales 44,490 51,414 (13.5) -
Operating income 3,117 4,103 (24.0) -
Ordinary income 3,616 3,915 (7.6) -
Net income 2,568 1,640 56.5 -
Bearings business
Sales 27,474 30,937 (11.2) -Although the Company strengthened its efforts to win new orders from both Japanese and non-Japanese manufacturers, as well as develop new uses for its products, sales and operating income in the automotive sector decreased.
Operating income 1,863 2,318 (19.6)

>>>Financial Forecast for the Next Fiscal Year (Sales, Operating Income etc.)

R&D

R&D Expenditure

(in millions of JPY)
  FY2009 FY2008 FY2007
Group 2,229 2,635 2,566
% of Sales 5.0% 5.1% 4.4%

-In FY2009, the number of people in charge of research and development is 182.

R&D Activities

Bearings business
-The Company developed plastic bearings for automobile cabins. These bearings produce less volatile organic compounds. The Company also developed one-way seat dumpers that achieve both easy operability and safety.

Investment Activities

Capital Expenditure

(in millions of JPY)
  FY2009 FY2008 FY2007
Group 1,235 3,049 3,130
Bearings business 1,006 2,387 2,243


New Bearing Facilities

(As of Mar. 31, 2010)

Company or
Office
Purpose of Investment Planned amount
(in millions of JPY)
Construction start Planned completion
Fujisawa office
Research facility etc.
Renewing experimental and research facilities
Improving production capacity
1,085 June, 2007 June, 2011
Fujisawa office
Facility for producing plastic bearings
Renewing production facility;
Streamlining operations, etc.
279 Dec. 2009 Mar. 2011
Fujisawa office
Facility for producing metal bearings
Renewing production facility;
Streamlining operations, etc.
26 Apr. 2010 Mar. 2011
Yamato plant
Facility for producing metal bearings
Renewing production facility;
Streamlining operations, etc.
23 Apr. 2010 Mar. 2011
Oita plant
Facility for producing metal bearings
Renewing production facility;
Streamlining operations, etc.
541 Jan. 2010 Mar. 2011
Shiga plant
Facility for producing bearings etc.
Renewing production facility;
Streamlining operations, etc.
460 July, 2007 Mar. 2011
Oiles America Corporation Renewing production facility;
Streamlining operations, etc.
144 Apr. 2009 Apr. 2010
Oiles Czech Manufacturing s.r.o. Renewing production facility;
Streamlining operations, etc.
97 July, 2010 Dec. 2010
UniPra Co., Ltd. Renewing production facility;
Streamlining operations, etc.
62 Apr. 2010 Mar. 2011
Other subsidiaries Renewing production facility;
Streamlining operations, etc.
132 Dec. 2007 Dec. 2010