Fuji Oozx Inc. Business Report FY2010

Business Highlights

Financial Overview

(in million JPY)
  FY2010
(ended
Mar. 2011)
FY2009 Rate of
Change
(%)
Remarks
Overall
Sales 16,062 13,596 18.1 -
Operating income 1,803 746 141.7 -
Ordinary income 1,764 874 101.8  -
Net income 936 489 91.4  -
Automotive parts production business
Sales 15,135 12,799 18.3 Sales and operating profit at the automotive parts production business increased year-on-year, because the Company improved productivity, cut down on variable expenses and fix expenses, and invested heavily in affiliates overseas.
Operating income 1,601 587 172.7

New Company

China
The Company will establish a new joint venture company for production of engine valves in Guangdong Province, China and start production next year on the scale of 20 million valves a year in response to increasing local production at Japanese automakers. The joint venture, which will be established in August, will conduct comprehensive production from material fabrication to final assembly process to gain competitive edge and enhance product quality. Capitalized at about 900 million yen, the joint venture is owned 67 percent by Fuji Oozx, 25 percent by a joint venture partner of TRW Asia Pacific and 8 percent by another partner of Shin Han Valve Ind. Co., Ltd. The three-party joint venture follows engine valve production in Beijing. (From an article in the Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun on June. 30, 2010)


R&D

R&D Structure

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

R&D Expenses

(in million JPY)
  FY2010 FY2009 FY2008
Overall 182 192 155

R&D Activities

-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

1) Mutual Technical Assistance Agreements

(As of Mar. 31, 2011)

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)
Engine valves Approval for non-Exclusive rights for manufacturing, sales and use Jan. 1 1996 -
(Automatic renewal)

2) Licensor

(As of Mar. 31, 2011)

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 -
Jun. 29, 2011
Wuchou Valve Industry Co., Ltd.
(Taiwan)
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, 2011 -
Dec. 31, 2015
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
Fuji Valve (Guangdong) Corporation
(China)
Engine valves
Cotters
Retainers
Approval for non-exclusive rights for manufacturing, sales and use of technology Oct. 1, 2010 -
Sep. 30, 2013

Investment Activities

Capital Expenditure

(in million JPY)
  FY2010 FY2009 FY2008
Overall 567 224 291
 Automotive parts business 536 60 171

-During FY2010, the automotive parts business focused its investment activities on enhancing facilities to manufacture engine valves.

New Facilities

Facility
(Location)
Facility type Planned Investment Amount
(in million JPY)
Start Scheduled Completion
Shizuoka Factory
(Kikukawa-shi Shizuoka Pref.)
Production facilities to manufacture engine valves 195 Mar.
2011
Mar.
2012
Maintenance and renewal 189 Mar.
2011
Mar.
2012