Mikuni Corporation Business Report FY ended Mar. 2016

Financial Overview

(in millions of JPY)
FY ended Mar. 31, 2016 FY ended Mar. 31, 2015 Rate of Change (%) Factor
Overall
Sales 97,874 98,518 (0.7) -
Operating income 3,094 4,913 (37.0) -
Ordinary income 3,046 4,326 (29.6) -
Profit for the year attributable to owners of the parent 1,269 2,994 (57.6) -
Automotive Components Division
Sales 60,064 63,397 (5.3) -Even though the Company received a greater number of new orders for automobile products in China, the recovery in demand for minicars in Japan was slower than expected.
Operating income 2,537 4,071 (37.7) -

Long-term Management Plan: Vision 2023 (Management Plan with a Vision toward the Company’s 100th Year Anniversary)

Objectives for the fiscal year ending in March 2024:

  • Consolidated sales: JPY 200billion
  • Consolidated profit margin: 10%

-In the fiscal year that ended in March 2016, motorcycle and special machinery sales accounted for 58% of companywide sales, while sales of automobile products accounted for 42% percent. However, the Company in the fiscal year that ends in March 2021 aims to have motorcycle and special machinery sales account for 50%, and automobile products account for 50%.



Strategy: Vision 2023 2nd Stage (from fiscal year ending in March 2017-fiscal year ending in March 2019)

-Strengthen engineering services
-Effectively control response and timing
-Develop strategic products on-demand as an added value



-Increase production speed fourfold
-Innovate product creation
-Strengthen global procurement network


-Expand customer base
-Strengthen China and India (2 & 4W) + Japan, Europe, USA, Korea (4W)
-Focus on strategic products



-Develop systems to control gas flow (Europe/USA)
-Strengthen life-support business
-Develop trading business in new markets

Outlook for FY ending Mar. 2017

(in millions of JPY)
FY ending Mar. 31, 2017
(Forecast)
FY ended Mar. 31, 2016
(Actual Results)
Rate of Change
(%)
Sales 96,000 97,874 (1.9)
Operating income 2,900 3,094 (6.3)
Ordinary income 2,600 3,046 (14.7)
Profit for the year attributable to owners of the parent 1,400 1,269 10.2


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

R&D Expenditure

(in millions of JPY)
FY ended Mar. 31, 2016 FY ended Mar. 31, 2015 FY ended Mar. 31, 2014
Overall *1 4,322 4,260 3,581
-Automotive products 3,972 3,881 3,224

*1: Includes improving and applying existing products throughout the Group.

-For FY ending March 2017, R&D expenditure is planned to be JPY 4,800 million as overall.

R&D Facilities

-The Company's Odawara Plant is in charge of conducting overall R&D activities and developing new business sectors.

R&D Activities

Automotive Products
-The Company is promoting R&D of control technology, actuator technology, sensing technology and material technology for computerized control fuel injection systems and engine components.

-The Company is making technological developments for CO2 reduction, as well as for reducing fuel consumption and vehicle electrification.

-As of the end of March 2016, the Company was conducting R&D activities on the following products:

  • Intake modules and Resin intake manifolds for automobiles
  • Thermal management systems
  • Electric variable valve timing (VVT)
  • Electric exhaust-gas control valves
  • Electric vacuum pumps
  • Electric oil pumps

Capital Expenditure

(in millions of JPY)
FY ended Mar. 31, 2016 FY ended Mar. 31, 2015 FY ended Mar. 31, 2014
Overall 5,434 4,758 4,907
-Automotive products 4,981 4,360 4,511

-The Company plans to spend JPY 6,300 million in capital investments in the fiscal year ending in March 2017.

Planned Capital Investments (Automotive segment)

(As of Mar. 31, 2016)
Company/Plant Location Estimated amount
of investment
(in millions of JPY)
Period of the project
From To
Odawara Plant Kanagawa Pref., Japan 852 Apr. 2016 Mar. 2017
Morioka Plant Iwate Pref., Japan 1,089 Apr. 2016 Mar. 2017
Kikugawa Plant Shizuoka Pref., Japan 863 Apr. 2016 Mar. 2017
Mikuni Partec Corporation Shizuoka Pref., Japan 391 Apr. 2016 Mar. 2017
Mikuni (Thailand) Co., Ltd. Ayutthaya, Thailand 492 Jan. 2016 Dec. 2017
Mikuni India Private Limited Rajasthan,India 539 Apr. 2016 Mar. 2017
Mikuni (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Shanghai, China 455 Jan. 2016 Dec. 2017
Mikuni (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd. Zhejiang, China 307 Jan. 2016 Dec. 2017
Mikuni American Corporation California, USA 809 Jan. 2016 Dec. 2017

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