Nabtesco 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
Sales 179,543 198,527 (9.6) -
Operating income 15,013 22,858 (34.3) -
Ordinary income 17,890 24,656 (27.4) -
Current net income 13,269 14,756 (10.1) -
Transport Equipment Business
Sales 44,262 48,289 (8.3) -The increased demand for trucks in developing countries contributed to the increased sales volume.
Operating income 4,214 6,068 (30.6) -

Recent Development Outside Japan

<India>
-The Company announced that it has signed an agreement with N K Minda Group, an Indian automotive supplier, to establish a new joint venture in India in January 2013. The new company "Minda Nabtesco Private Limited" will design, manufacture, and sell brake parts for commercial vehicles as well as clutches for passenger cars for supplying to local automakers. Capitalized at 373 million rupees, approximately 570 million yen, the joint venture will be owned 49 percent by the Company and 51 percent by N K Minda Group. (From a press release on December 7, 2012)

Outlook for FY ending Mar. 31, 2014 (Transport Equipment Business)

(in millions of JPY)
  FY ending Mar. 31, 2014
(Forecast)
FY ended Mar. 31, 2013
(Actual Results)
Rate of Change
(%)
Sales 48,700 44,262 10.0
Operating income 5,300 4,214 25.8

Mid-term Management Plan

-In 2012, the Company announced its latest mid-term management plan, Global Challenge: Advance to the Next Stage, which covers the period from the fiscal year ending March 2012 (i.e., starting April 2011) to that ending March 2014. Under the plan, the Company will strengthen and enhance its operations overseas in expanding its global activities. In addition, by strengthening its operations in Japan as its core area of operations, it aims to become a leading, global company capable of surviving the current, extreme competition and working to ensure it permanently enhances its corporate value. The basic objectives of the management plan are as follows:
  • Sales: 240 billion by fiscal year ending March 2014
  • Operating profit: 31.3 billion yen by fiscal year ending March 2014 (Operating profit margin of 13.0%)
  • R&D expenses: 15 billion yen accumulative total over 3 years
  • Capital investments in facilities and equipment: 38 billion yen accumulative total over 3 years
  • Financial investment to grow the business: 30 billion yen accumulative total over 3 years (includes forming Group companies and commercial alliances, and conducting M&A, etc.)

R&D

R&D Expenditure

(in millions of JPY)
  FY ended Mar. 31, 2013 FY ended Mar. 31, 2012 FY ended Mar. 31, 2011
Overall 5,535 5,200 3,911
Transport Equipment Business 1,828 1,905 1,587

-During the fiscal year that ended March 2012, the Company's major achievement was successfully developing a series of electrically operated, automotive vacuum-pumps.

R&D Structure

-The Technical Headquarters, as the lead overseer of R&D activities, conducts some of the activities such as planning and execution that are left to each of the separate businesses and subsidiaries.

R&D Facility (Nabtesco Automotive)

 Name Location
Yokosuka Technical Center Kanagawa Pref.,
Japan

Investment Activities

Capital Expenditure

(in millions of JPY)
  FY ended Mar. 31, 2013 FY ended Mar. 31, 2012 FY ended Mar. 31, 2011
Overall 10,190 13,524 6,337
Transport Equipment Business 1,962 1,478 1,192