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

(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
Strux From Jun. 20, 2010
to Jun. 19, 2013
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

(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

(As of Mar. 31, 2012)
Company Location Target of Investment

Planned
Investment

Total

Start End
(Scheduled)
Capacity Increase
after Completion
Mino Plant Gifu Pref.,
Japan
New plant facilities 511 million yen Aug.
2012
Jan.
2013
-
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