Aichi Machine Industry Co., Ltd. Business Report FY2009
Business Highlights
Financial Overview |
(in millions of JPY) |
FY2009 | FY2008 | Rate of Change (%) | Factors | |
Sales | 101,041 | 101,942 | (0.9) | 1) |
Operating income | 4,975 | 3,277 | 51.8 | - |
Ordinary income | 4,932 | 3,290 | 49.9 | - |
Net income | 2,876 | 1,534 | 87.5 | - |
Factors
Engines
-The Company sold fewer engines for the Nissan Almera sold in the Middle East and the Nissan March sold in Japan. However, it sold more for the Nissan Tida, Note and Cube marketed in Japan and more for Renault Samsung models. As a whole, its engine sales increased 5.8% to 50.4 billion yen.
Manual transmissions
-Sales for Nissan pickups built for export, and for Renault Samsung vehicles, decreased. As a result, the Company's sales of manual transmissions dropped 30.8% to 17.1 billion yen.
Automobile parts
-Sales of engine parts for the Chinese market increased. As a result, the Company's sales in this segment increased 13.7% to 33.4 billion yen.
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R&D
R&D Expenditure |
(in millions of JPY) |
FY2009 | FY2008 | FY2007 | |
Automotive Business | 60 | 66 | 67 |
Product Development Structure
-The Company set up an integrated R&D structure that enables the Company to conduct planning, designing, and test production experiments needed for commercializing products. Also, the Company developed products including clean, economical, and high performance engines and compact and light manual transmissions by utilizing the latest computer systems on digital mockups, simulation and data analysis.R&D Activities
Engines-Responding to the global trend of tightening fuel efficiency requirements, the Company is continuously developing engines that offer both higher fuel efficiency and performance.
Investment Activities
Capital Expenditure |
(in millions of JPY) |
FY2009 | FY2008 | FY2007 | |
Automotive Business | 5,400 | 10,200 | 5,300 |
-The Company invested 5,200 million yen (4,300 million yen in the engine department and 900 million yen in the manual transmission department) to rationalize and upgrade equipment producing automotive parts that are used in new vehicle models.