Stanley Electric Co., Ltd. Business Report FY ended Mar. 2019

Financial Overview

(in millions of JPY)
  FY ended Mar. 31, 2019 FY ended Mar. 31, 2018 Rate of Change (%) Factors
Overall
Sales 434,124 442,165 (1.8) -
Operating income 53,927 53,169 1.4 -Slowdown in sales of automotive lamps in the Americas and China.
Ordinary income 61,015 57,657 5.8 -
Profit for the year attributable to owners of the parent 40,265 36,008 11.8 -

 

R&D Activities

-The Company pursues "the five values of light", which are creating light, detecting and recognizing through light, freely obtaining information through light, making use of light energy, and rendering a scene with light.

-Advancing and integrating core technologies (light distribution, design, CAE, circuits, control, light source, process innovations)

-Major areas of R&D activities:

  • Opto-electronics: High-output white LED, high-output red/infrared LED, high-speed/highly sensitive image sensors
  • Displays: ultra-high contrast LCD, fiber micro scanner, display drive circuit
  • Light source/lighting: automotive lighting, LED road-surface lighting devices, interior lighting devices, lighting drive circuits/power sources
  • Software/CAE technology: light-distribution simulator, tools for measuring the optimum shapes of optical devices
  • Materials and processing technology
  • Styling and design of products
  • Products in which the above devices and technology have been integrated

Product Development

Next-generation lamp system
-The Company develops a next-generation passing lamp system that automatically warns of the presence of vehicles at intersections during the night. The lamp system will check GPS data against map data to determine vehicle positions and automatically emit light when approaching locations like low visibility intersections. It will signal the approach of the vehicle to surrounding vehicles and pedestrians to prevent accidents. Stanley Electric envisions the system being used for autonomous vehicle-to-vehicle communications. The company aims to commercialize the lamp system by 2020.

R&D Expenditure

(in millions of JPY)
FY ended Mar. 31, 2019 FY ended Mar. 31, 2018 FY ended Mar. 31, 2017
Overall 18,258 16,330 13,800
Automotive products 12,002 10,318 9,290




R&D Facilities

Name of Facilities Location
Research & Development Laboratory Yokohama City, Kanagawa Pref., Japan
Utsunomiya Technical Center Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Pref., Japan
Yokohama Technical Center Yokohama City, Kanagawa Pref., Japan
Opto Technical Center Yokohama City, Kanagawa Pref., Japan
Minatomirai Technical Center Yokohama City, Kanagawa Pref., Japan


-Kyoto University and Stanley Electric Co., Ltd. (Stanley Electric) announced that they have jointly developed a next-generation technology for white light emission. The technology enables the emission of strong white light without spoiling the directivity of blue light by utilizing nanoantennas, which enhance the directivity of highly diffusive yellow fluorescent light. The new technology is expected to be applied for products such as automotive headlamps. Kyoto University and Stanley Electric placed nanoantennas (aluminum particles) on a yellow phosphor plate that measures 200 micrometers in thickness, at intervals of several-hundred nanometers. The array of nanoantennas shape the yellow fluorescent light into the vertical direction, which arranges the direction of the yellow and blue light that transmits through the plate, and realizes a uniform mixture of light colors. When nanoantennas are used, light concentrates in the vertical direction, and light intensity is enhanced by 7 times. (From an article in the Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun on December 8, 2018)

2018-08

Technology Licensing-in Agreement

(As of Mar. 31, 2019)
Partner Technology Period
OSRAM GmbH Patent on White LED Validity period of the patent



Technology Licensing-out Agreement

(As of Mar. 31, 2019)
Partner Content Term
Thai Stanley electric Public Co., Ltd. (Thailand) Technology related to automotive lamps April 1, 2018 -
March 31, 2021
SL Corporation (Korea) Technology related to automotive lamps April 1, 2019 -
March 31, 2022
Lumax Industries Ltd. (India) Technology related to automotive lamps April 1, 2019 -
March 31, 2020



Capital Expenditure

(in millions of JPY)
FY ended Mar. 31, 2019 FY ended Mar. 31, 2018 FY ended Mar. 31, 2017
Overall 36,619 32,700 34,440
-Automotive products 23,154 20,832 26,058


-Stanley Electric Co., Ltd. (Stanley Electric)
announced on May 13 that its consolidated subsidiary, Stanley Tsuruoka Works Co., Ltd., will establish a new LED lamp plant in Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture. The company will invest about JPY 6 billion, and the new plant will start operations in May 2021. Stanley Electric will also establish a new research and development office in Yokohama City, and test facilities in Hadano City (both in Kanagawa Prefecture). The total investment will be about JPY 15 billion. The company will accelerate preparation for the advancement of connectivity, autonomous driving, electrification etc. (CASE). The subsidiary will acquire a site (58,200 square meters) adjacent to its existing plant to build a 16,600 square-meter plant. The existing plant will be demolished after the start of operations at the new plant. The new plant will produce conventional LED lamps that are currently produced at the existing plant, as well as next-generation products, such as high-power infrared LED lamps that offer visibility in dark conditions, and antibacterial UVC LEDs. (From an article in the Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun on May 14, 2019)

-Lumax Industries informed that the Board of Directors of the Company has decided to put up an in-house electronic facilities for manufacturing of PCBs (a critical part to lighting systems) for its captive consumption, keeping in view the increased focus on electronic content in the Automobiles, due to request from OEMs. The necessary process technology and manufacturing expertise will be provided by JV partner Stanley Electric Co. Ltd., Japan who is pioneer in this field. The purpose of this new set up is to keep pace with growing technology demand by OEMs. The estimated investment would be to the tune of INR 750 million. (From a press release on February 15, 2019)