Yasunaga Corporation Business Report FY ended Mar. 2013

Business Highlights

Financial Overview

(in million JPY)
  FY ended Mar. 31, 2013 FY ended Mar. 31, 2012 Rate of Change
(%)
Factors
Overall
Sales 33,966 36,314 (6.5) -
Operating income (332) 1,175 - -
Ordinary income (275) 1,055 - -
Net income (524) 882 - -
Engine components business
Sales 25,674 25,085 2.3 -Operating revenue increased year-on-year especially because of higher sales of OEM products in Japan and greater sales in Indonesia, an emerging-market country.
Operating profit 1,362 1,201 13.4 -The Company’s undertaking cost-cutting initiatives and measures to reduce fixed costs contributed to improving the operating profit year-on-year.

Recent Development Outside Japan

<Thailand>
-The Company announced that it plans to establish a new subsidiary Yasunaga (Thailand) Co., Ltd. in Rayong, Thailand for manufacturing automotive parts and machine tools. It will be capitalized at 250 million baht, approximately 650 million yen, which will be fully invested by the Company. The new company, which will cover some 30,400 square meters of land, is expected to become operational in summer 2014. (From a press release on November 13, 2012)



R&D

R&D Expenditure

(in million JPY)
  FY ended Mar. 31, 2013 FY ended Mar. 31, 2012 FY ended Mar. 31, 2011
Overall 542 563 407

Investment Activities

Capital Expenditure

(in million JPY)
  FY ended Mar. 31, 2013 FY ended Mar. 31, 2012 FY ended Mar. 31, 2011
Overall 2,667 4,040 1,519
Engine components business 2,223 3,219 1,109

Engine components business
-The Company invested in machinery, equipment, tools and fixtures for the purpose of upgrading and acquiring new items for its home office plant, Saimyoji Plant, Yume Polis Plant, Nabari Plant, Casting Plant, P.T. Yasunaga Indonesia, and others in order to respond to new product orders.

Planned Capital Investments (Engine components business related)

(As of Mar. 31, 2013)
Plant
(Location)
Purpose Planned investment
(in million
JPY)
Start Planned completion Increased capacity upon completion
Yume Polis Plant
(Mie Pref., Japan)
Engine Components Production facilities 1,771 Apr. 2012 May 2015 26% increase in production capacity
Yasunaga Korea Co., Ltd.
(Jeollabuk-do, Korea)
Engine Components Production facilities 1,163 Oct. 2012 Aug. 2015 -
Yasunaga (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
(Rayong, Thailand)
Land, Buildings 900 Dec. 2012 Feb. 2014 -
Engine Components Production facilities 1,129 Mar. 2014 Jan. 2015 -
Engine Components Production facilities 995 Mar. 2014 Jul. 2015 -