Oiles Corporation Business Report FY ended Mar. 2013
Business Highlights
Financial Overview |
(in millions of JPY) |
FY ended Mar. 31, 2013 | FY ended Mar. 31, 2012 | Rate of Change (%) |
Factors | |
Overall | ||||
Sales | 53,547 | 51,981 | 3.0 | - |
Operating income | 4,702 | 4,666 | 0.8 | - |
Ordinary income | 5,602 | 4,919 | 13.9 | - |
Net income | 3,332 | 2,957 | 12.7 | - |
Bearing business | ||||
Sales | 35,802 | 34,872 | 2.7 | -Automotive products: Reaping the benefits brought about by increased production volumes at Japanese OEMS in and outside Japan, the Company was able to increase sales and operating income. |
Operating income | 4,046 | 3,864 | 4.7 |
Reorganization
<China>-The Company announced additional investment in Oiles Suzhou Corp., its consolidated subsidiary in Jiangsu, China, turning the subsidiary into a Specified Subsidiary. Oiles Suzuhou Corp., which manufactures and sells oil-less bearings, plans to make facility investment of 1, 935 million yen between FY2012 and FY2017 in an aim to increase its production capacity. In order to provide a part of the facility investment cost, the parent company has decided to increase the capital amount of Oiles Suzuhou and underwrite all the cost. (From an article in the Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun on May 24, 2012)
<India>
-The Company announced that it will inject an additional capital of 355 million Indian rupees (approximately 568 million yen) into its consolidated subsidiary Oiles India Private Limited in July 2012. After the capital injection, the subsidiary will become a specified subsidiary of the Company. (From a press release on May 8, 2012)
>>>Financial Forecast for the Next Fiscal Year (Sales, Operating Income etc.)
Outlook for FY ending Mar. 31, 2014 |
(in millions of JPY) |
FY ending Mar. 31, 2014 (Forecast) |
FY ended Mar. 31, 2013 (Actual Results) |
Rate of Change (%) |
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Overall | |||
Sales | 58,800 | 53,547 | 9.8 |
Operating income | 6,000 | 4,702 | 27.6 |
Ordinary income | 6,600 | 5,602 | 17.8 |
Net income | 3,900 | 3,332 | 17.0 |
R&D
R&D Expenditure |
(in millions of JPY) |
FY ended Mar. 31, 2013 | FY ended Mar. 31, 2012 | FY ended Mar. 31, 2011 | |
Group | 2,346 | 1,937 | 2,286 |
-% of Sales | 4.4% | 3.7% | 4.4% |
Bearing business | 1,542 | 1,301 | 1,640 |
R&D Employees |
FY ended Mar. 31, 2013 | FY ended Mar. 31, 2012 | |
Total | 177 | 163 |
R&D Facilities
-The Company has a technical center at its Fujisawa Sales Office located in Kanagawa Prefecture.R&D Activities
Bearings business-During the fiscal year ended Mar. 2013, the Company conducted the following R&D activities:.
- Developing improvements to parts for four-wheel and two-wheel vehicles.
- Developing new products designed for next-generation vehicles.
- Developing low-cost materials by making use of its technological expertise in the areas of friction, abrasion, and lubrication.
Investment Activities
Capital Expenditure |
(in millions of JPY) |
FY ended Mar. 31, 2013 | FY ended Mar. 31, 2012 | FY ended Mar. 31, 2011 | |
Group | 4,054 | 2,263 | 1,871 |
Bearings business | 3,313 | 1,992 | 1,730 |
Planned Capital Investments for Bearing Facilities |
(As of Mar. 31, 2013) |
Company or Office |
Purpose of Investment | Planned amount (in millions of JPY) |
Construction start | Planned completion |
Fujisawa Plant (Kanagawa Pref., Japan) |
Testing and R&D facilities | 1,676 | Oct. 2011 | Mar. 2014 |
Production facility | 667 | Jun. 2007 | Mar. 2014 | |
Shiga Plant (Shiga Pref., Japan) |
Production facility | 1,168 | Oct. 2011 | Mar. 2014 |
Oita Plant (Oita Pref., Japan) |
Production facility | 495 | Jan. 2012 | Mar. 2014 |
Ashikaga Plant (Tochigi Pref., Japan) |
Testing and R&D facilities, Production facility | 981 | Jan. 2011 | Mar. 2014 |
Luby Industrial Company Ltd. (Fukushima Pref., Japan) |
Production facility | 50 | Apr. 2013 | Jul. 2013 |
Oiles America Corporation (North Carolina, USA) |
Production facility | 611 | Apr. 2011 | Oct. 2013 |
Oiles Suzhou Corporation (Jiangsu, China) |
Production facility | 1,288 | Feb. 2011 | Apr. 2014 |
Oiles (Thailand) Company Limited (Rayon, Thailand) |
Production facility | 145 | Dec. 2012 | Jun. 2013 |
Other subsidiaries | Production facility | 129 | - | - |