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FUJI OOZX Inc. Business Report FY2008

Business Highlights

Financial Overview (in million JPY)
- FY2008 FY2007 Rate of
Change
(%)		 Factors
Sales 17,380 21,767 (20.2) Sales decreased due to a sizeable drop in demand for engine valves, a staple product in its manufacturing division. This was attributed to a substantial decrease in production volume by the automakers.
Operating income 710 1,832 (61.2) Revenues decreased due to a substantial decrease in sales, cost reduction requests from automakers and foreign currency translation losses due to the appreciation of the yen.
Ordinary income 678 1,881 (64.0) -
Net
income		 90 1,226 (92.7) -


Overseas Trend
The Company's overseas affiliate, OOZX USA Inc., stopped production at the end of December 2008 as production of engines with aluminum tappet ended. It will liquidate the affiliate by the end of fiscal 2009.

R&D

R&D Structure

OOZX technical center was completed in December 2006 within the Company's Shizuoka plant.

R&D Expenditure (in million JPY)
(in millions JPY) FY2008 FY2007 FY2006
Overall 155 200 142

R&D Activities (As of Mar. 2009)
The Company worked to research and develop light-weight parts and highly abrasion-resistant materials, to establish technology for manufacturing valves with high-strength materials and to enhance its research system.

Technical Agreements (As of Mar. 2009)

1) Mutual Technical Assistance Agreements
Partner Items Contents Period
TRW Automotive U.S. LLC
(USA) 		Engine valves Approval for non-Exclusive rights for manufacturing, sales and use Jan. 1 1996 -
(Automatic renewal)
TRW Automotive GmbH.
(Germany)

2) Licensor
Partner Items Contents Period
Wuchou Valve Industry Co., Ltd.
(Taiwan) 		Engine valves Approval for non-exclusive rights for manufacturing, sales and use of technology Mar.14, 2005 -
(Automatic renewal)
Cotters Approval for exclusive rights for manufacturing, sales and use of technology Jun. 30, 2006
-
Jun. 29, 2011
Shin Han Valve Ind. Co., Ltd.
(Korea) 		Engine valves Approval for exclusive rights for manufacturing, sales and use of technology Sep. 29, 2008
-
Sep. 28, 2011
TRW Fuji Serina Co., Ltd.
(Thailand) 		Engine valves Approval for non-exclusive rights for manufacturing, sales and use of technology Jan. 1, 2006
-
Dec. 31, 2011
TRW Fuji Valve Inc.
(USA) 		Engine valves Approval for non-exclusive rights for manufacturing, sales and use of technology Sep. 15, 1988
-
dissolution of JV
Shriram Pistons & Rings
(India) 		Engine valves Approval for non-exclusive rights for manufacturing, sales and use of technology Dec. 5, 2005
-
Dec. 4, 2012

Investment Activities

Capital Expenditure (in million JPY)
(in million JPY) FY2008 FY2007 FY2006
Overall 291 645 1,084
Product Division 171 418 1,024

In the products business, in FY2008 (ended March 2009), the Company invested in machinery and equipment to streamline the engine valve production line.

New facilities:
Facility
(Location)		 Division Facility type Planned Investment Amount
(millions JPY)		 Start Scheduled Completion
Shizuoka Factory
(Kikukawa-shi Shizuoka Pref.)		 Products business division Facilities for small valves used in engines 235 Mar. 2009 Mar. 2010
Maintenance and renewal 66 Mar. 2009 Mar. 2010

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