Financial overview

In million JPY	FY2006	FY2005	Rate of Change (%)	Factors
Overall
Sales	280,302	252,489	11.0	-
Operating income	23,096	19,665	17.4
Ordinary income	22,843	19,452	17.4
Current net income	13,907	11,481	21.1
Rubber product business
Sales	228,046	202,977	12.4	Refer to the following explanation.
Operating income	19,977	18,008	10.9	-

Performance at the rubber-products business
- Sales of automotive rubber products rose year-on-year, supported by greater production volume by Japanese automakers, which called for increased parts production at the Company's subsidiaries in North America, Asia, and Europe. 
- Automotive anti-vibration-rubber products: sales of electronic control mounts increased
- Automotive hoses: sales increased in the area of environmentally friendly products such as low permeability hoses made of resin-rubber composite.  

Overseas business
The Company will start manufacturing electric active control engine mounts (ACMs) at the Ohio Plant, U.S.A. Electric ACMs are now made at the company's domestic facilities for application in upper-class vehicles built by Honda as well as in some of the luxury models made by Toyota. The new U.S. line will enable the supplier to provide the products locally to the plants of these customers, which are planning to increase vehicle output in the U.S. Production is scheduled to be launched around next year at DTR Industries Inc., which is making anti-vibration rubber and hoses for automobiles. (From a story in the Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun on Feb. 27, 2007)

Rubber products business:  R&D expenses were 6,050 million yen.

Automotive:
- By using advanced technology, the Company focuses its R&D activities on developing environmentally friendly products with greater riding comfort and which are low cost and can be marketed worldwide. 

R&D structure
The Company conducts R&D activities at the following four facilities in an effort to develop new products and create new business fields:
- Elemental technology research facility: conducting research on cutting-edge composite technology related to control, design and materials.
- Material technology research facility: developing new materials
- Product development center: developing new products and bringing them into the market
- Manufacturing research center: developing innovating manufacturing technology.

Total amount of capital investment was 21,011 million JPY in FY2006.

The Company invested 18,152 million JPY in the rubber business for anti-vibration rubber and hose production facilities at the Company's locations as well as at DTR Tennessee, Inc.

The Company has decided to introduce an integrated production line for its high-pressure hoses in China at TRFH Co., Ltd.(TRFH), which it established in 2004 as a joint venture with Fukoku Bussan Co., Ltd. Tokai Rubber will also build a new plant in the technological development zone in Hefei, Anhui Province, where TRFH is located. In addition to expanding the production capacity of the existing plant, it will adopt an integrated production system with a comprehensive line from the production of hoses, and metal fittings to assembly, starting January 2007. The total investment amounts to approximately 1.5 billion yen. The initial monthly production capacity of hoses will be around 220,000 meters, which the company intends to expand to 480, 000 meters in the future. (From a press release by the company on Jan. 15, 2007)

New Facility

Company Office	Equipment to be installed	Facility	Estimated amount of investment (million JPY)	From	To
Headquarters and Komaki Plant	Aichi pref. Japan	New R&D facility	3,185	May. 2007	Jun. 2008