Yasunaga - Business Report FY2007

Business Highlights

Highlights in FY2007 (ended Mar. 2008)

Financial Overview
(in million JPY) FY2007 FY2006 Rate of Change
(%)
Factors
Overall
Sales 39,207 35,324 11.0 The Company focused  its efforts on certain strategic products. It also initiated cost reduction activities to increase profitability. As a result, the Company marked record-high sales and income in FY2007 which ended in March 2008. 
Operating income 3,044 1,744 74.6
Ordinary income 2,809 1,705 64.8
Net income 1,704 1,121 52.0
Engine components business
Sales 28,792 26,260 9.6 The Company focused its efforts on certain strategic products, namely connecting rods, cylinder heads and cylinder blocks. In addition, sales of connecting rods significantly increased as a result of the Company's launching a new production line. These factors contributed to a year-on-year sales increase at the engine components business. 
Operating income 2,278 1,399 62.8 Cost reduction activities such as improving productivity; as well as increased production volume, contributed to the increase in operating income.

Business plan

-The Company revealed its second mid-term business plan, which begins from April 2008 and ends in March 2011.

-Consolidated targets
- FY2010
(ended in Mar. 2011)
Sales 50 billion yen
Operating income 4 billion yen
Profit margin About 8%
ROE
(Return on equity)
13% or more
Equity capital ratio 40% or more

R&D

R&D Expense
(in million JPY) FY2007 FY2006 FY2005
Overall 234 269 216

Investment Activities

Capital Expenditure
(in million JPY) FY2007 FY2006 FY2005
Overall 1,383 2,675 5,700
Engine components business 1,202 2,514 5,489

Capital investments (Engine components business - FY2007)

-The Company's Head Office Plant, Nabari Plant, Casting Plant, and Yume Polis Plant together invested 1,035 million yen in machinery, equipment, tools, instruments, and parts under the primary objective of rationalizing operations, saving on labor, and ensuring a high level of quality.   

-P.T. Yasunaga Indonesia, the Company's consolidated subsidiary, invested 65 million yen in facilities such as machinery and equipment with the primary objective of responding to new orders received. 

New facilities (Engine components business related)
Plant
(Location)
Purpose Planned total investment
(in million
JPY)
Start Planned completion Increased capacity upon completion
Yasunaga Corporation
Head Office Plant
(Mie Pref., Japan)
To acquire,  remodel, and refurbish machinery 41 Mar.
2008
Jun.
2008
*1
To acquire, renew and renovate buildings 72 Jul.
2007
Mar.
2009
*1
Saimyoji Plant
(Mie Pref., Japan)
To acquire,  remodel, and refurbish machinery 74 Mar.
2008
Aug.
2008
*1
To acquire,  remodel, and refurbish tools/devices 34 May
2008
May
2008
Nabari Plant
(Mie Pref., Japan)
To acquire,  remodel, and refurbish machinery 450 Jun.
2007
Sep.
2008
*1
To acquire, renew and renovate buildings 87 Jun.
2007
Sep.
2008
Yume Polis Plant
(Mie Pref., Japan)
To acquire,  remodel, and refurbish machinery 468 Mar.
2008
Jun.
2008
37%
To acquire, renew and renovate buildings 34 May
2008
May
2008
P. T. Yasunaga Indonesia
Head office plant
(Indonesia)
To acquire,  remodel, and refurbish machinery 650 May
2008
Jul.
2008
14%
*1: The increase in capacity is minimal, as the purpose of the capital investment is to update, renovate and rationalize production facilities in order to handle a change in production items as well as to improve product quality.