Owari Precise Products Co., Ltd. Business Report FY2012
Business Highlights
Financial Overview |
(in millions of JPY) |
FY ended Mar. 31, 2012 | FY ended Mar. 31, 2011 | Rate of change (%) |
Factors | |
Sales | 14,132 | 14,742 | (4.1) | 1) |
Operating income | 714 | 890 | (19.8) | - |
Ordinary income | 688 | 783 | (12.1) | - |
Net income | 329 | 257 | 28.0 | - |
Factors
1) Sales
-Operating performance decreased year-on-year because the Company's business was impacted by the Great East Japan Earthquake during the first half of the year and by the flooding in Thailand during the second half of the year. As a result, business throughout Asia was in a slump.
-Sales of precision-forged products were lower year-on-year by 8.3%. One factor for the decrease was the drop in sales of synchronizer-rings that are used in manual-transmission vehicles, of which a majority are sold overseas.
R&D
R&D Expenses |
(in thousands JPY) |
FY ended Mar. 31, 2012 | FY ended Mar. 31, 2011 | FY ended Mar. 31, 2010 | |
Overall | 2,489 | 2,344 | 3,492 |
Precision forged products | - | - | 2,935 |
Screws | - | - | 557 |
R&D Activities
Japan-In order to deliver lower cost products, the Company worked to develop and find materials both in and outside Japan that can still maintain the same level of performance but at lower cost. Also, the Company developed high-strength bolts, tapping screws for use on plastics, non-loosening screws, and carbon synchros, which are designed to respond to environmental needs and requirements for lighter products.
Technology Licensed-in Agreement
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(As of Mar. 31, 2012) |
Company | Country | Products under agreement | Details of agreement | Contract period |
Japan Fastener Research & Engineering Co., Ltd. | Japan | Tap Tight | 1. Establishing the usage rights to trademark rights. 2. Consenting to both manufacturing and sales rights 3. Providing technical information |
From Jan. 1, 2012 to Dec. 31, 2012 |
Acument Global Technologies, Inc. | Netherlands | Torx | 1. Establishing the usage rights to trademark rights. 2. Consenting to both manufacturing and sales rights 3. Providing technical information |
From Apr. 23, 2011 to Apr. 22, 2014 |
Torx Plus | From Jan. 2, 2012 to Dec. 31, 2015 |
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Strux | From Jun. 20, 2010 to Jun. 19, 2013 |
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Ejot GmbH & Co. KG, Industrial Fastener Division |
Germany | PT screws | 1. Establishing the usage rights to trademark rights. 2. Consenting to both manufacturing and sales rights 3. Providing technical information |
From Jun. 21, 2004 to July 27, 2018 |
Delta PT screws | ||||
ITW Automotive C&F Japan | Japan | Locks | 1. Establishing the usage rights to trademark rights. 2. Consenting to both manufacturing and sales rights 3. Providing technical information |
From Jun. 15, 2012 to Jun. 14, 2013 |
MAThread, Inc. | USA | MATheard | 1. Establishing the usage rights to trademark rights. 2. Consenting to both manufacturing and sales rights 3. Providing technical information |
From Oct. 30, 2009 to Oct. 29, 2024 |
MATpoint |
Technology Licensed-out Agreement
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(As of Mar. 31, 2012) |
Company | Country | Products under agreement | Details of agreement | Contract period |
Hexas Precision (Jiaxing) Co., Ltd. | China | Bolts | Technical assistance regarding production, application and sales | From Sep. 1, 2011 to Aug. 31, 2014 |
Investment Activities
Capital Expenditure |
(in millions of JPY) |
FY ended Mar. 31, 2012 | FY ended Mar. 31, 2011 | FY ended Mar. 31, 2010 | |
Overall | 412 | 160 | 105 |
Machinery | 166 | 96 | 43 |
-Precision forged products | - | - | 16 |
-Screws | - | - | 26 |
-The Company invested mainly in machinery to maintain and update facilities.
-The Company invested 75 million yen in Japan for machinery and equipment.
-In order to prepare for production in response to new program business won, the Company will invest 64 million yen in facilities and equipment in India.
Investment in Japan
-The Company announced that it held a groundbreaking ceremony to expand its screw plant in Mino, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. The completion is expected at the end of January 2013. (From a press release issued in June, 2012)
Planned New Facilities
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(As of Mar. 31, 2012) |
Company | Location | Target of Investment |
Planned Total |
Start | End (Scheduled) |
Capacity Increase after Completion |
Mino Plant | Gifu Pref., Japan |
New plant facilities | 511 million yen | Aug. 2012 |
Jan. 2013 |
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Heat treatment furnace | 189 million yen | Sep. 2012 |
Feb. 2013 |
47 million parts more per month | ||
Owari Precision Products (India) Pvt. Ltd. | Bangalore, India |
Facilities and equipment for manufacturing shift-shafts and synchronizer rings | 172 million Rs. | Jan. 2011 |
Dec. 2012 |
81,000 parts more per month |