Financial Overview

(in millions of JPY)

	FY2010	FY2009	Rate of Change(%)	Factors
Overall
Sales	497,452	455,287	9.3	-
Operating profit	43,471	38,341	13.4	-
Ordinary income	45,042	36,506	23.4	-
Current net income	18,943	23,509	-	-
Functional Materials
Sales	260,574	244,285	6.7	1)
Operating profit	31,075	32,183	(3.4)	-
Advanced Parts and Systems
Sales	245,908	215,070	14.3	2)
Operating profit	12,387	6,236	98.6	-

 

Factors
1)
-Sales of epoxy sealant materials for semi-conductors increased year-on-year due to greater demand in China for digital household appliances and other products.
-Sales of varnish for electric insulation increased year-on-year as a result of its greater use on surface protection for LCD circuits, and as a result of greater demand for motors used on hybrid vehicles.
-Sales of carbon anode materials for use in lithium ion batteries increased year-on-year due to the increased volume sold for use on eco-cars.
-Sales of carbon products increased year-on-year in line with the recovery in demand for electric brushes for automobiles.
-Sales of ceramics significantly increased year-on-year in line with the recovery in demand for semi-conductor manufacturing equipment
2)
-Sales of auto parts (interior and exterior decorative molding, friction materials, powder metallurgy products, etc.) increased year-on-year in line with the recovery in the auto market.
-Sales of batteries tremendously increased year-on-year as a result of greater demand for their use in eco-cars, greater sales of them for use in new cars, and more volume being sold in the aftermarket.

Business Partnership

-Hitachi Chemical and German-based SGL Group have signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement in the field of anode material solutions for automotive and industrial lithium-ion batteries. SGL Group is a leading manufacturer of carbon-based products. The cooperation is aimed at jointly establishing a network in Europe to supply anode materials. SGL will be responsible for the production of anode materials while Hitachi Chemical will provide sales and technical services to the customers through its subsidiary Hitachi Chemical Europe GmbH in Germany. (From a press release on June 30, 2010)

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R&D Expenditure

(in millions of JPY)

	FY2010	FY2009	FY2008
Overall	26,400	25,400	27,600
Advanced Components and Systems	18,400	-	-
Functional Materials	8,000	-	-

R&D Facilities

Tsukuba Research Laboratory	Ibaraki Pref., Japan
Tsukuba Research Laboratory (Yamazaki)	Ibaraki Pref., Japan
Tsukuba Research Laboratory (Shimodate)	Ibaraki Pref., Japan
Hitachi Chemical Research Center, Inc.	California, USA
Hitachi Chemical - SJTU Research & Development Center	Shanghai, China

R&D Activities

 Functional Materials
-The Company continues its R&D activities, working to develop electronics materials, inorganic materials, resin materials, and circuit-board materials, which are the Company’s core products. The Company is developing carbon anode materials (for eco-cars), which boast excellent efficiency in terms of charging/discharging of lithium ion batteries and ensuring a high level of safety too. The Company worked on improving the visibility of LCDs, and is also developing transparent filled layer film  that offers excellent collision mitigation performance when used in touch-panels. R&D expenses: 18.4 billion yen.

 Advanced Parts and Systems
-The Company is continuing to develop its core products in this sector, mainly auto parts and electronics parts. The Company developed an automotive disk brake-pad that further reduces noise; and a multi-layered printed wire board for semi-conductor testers, in which the wiring capacity/layout was improved through the use of finer wires. It also developed a part for use in powder metallurgic fuel-injectors that enhance the combustion efficiency of diesel engines. R&D expenses: 800 million yen.

Technical Assistance Contracts

(As of Mar. 31, 2011)

Company	Other company	Contract Details	Period
The Company Japan Brake Industrial Co., Ltd.	Federal Mogul Corp. (USA)	Granting the working rights to the patent for disc pads. Providing technical information on disc pads	2007.3.31- Until the time production of vehicle models that use the subject products is stopped
The Company	Brembo S.p.A. (Italy)	Granting the working rights to the patent for disc brake pads. Providing technical information on disc brake pads	2009.8.31- 2014.8.31 (The contract is scheduled to automatically renew every five years after the initial period ends.)

Technological Licensing Agreements

(As of Mar. 31, 2011)

Group company name	Other Party to the Agreement	Contract details	Period
The Company	Hitachi, Ltd.	Acquisition of patent rights and license to use technical expertise on μ-Chip tags.	Apr. 20, 2007 to Apr. 19 2019
Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery Co., Ltd.	Panasonic Storage Battery Co., Ltd. (Japan)	Acquisition of patent rights and license to use technical expertise on lead storage batteries	July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2014

Capital Investment

(in millions of JPY)

	FY2010	FY2009	FY2008
Overall	30,400	21,000	36,000
Electronics Products	16,300	-	-
Advanced Performance Products	14,100	-	-

Investments in Japan

-The Company is adding the second line dedicated to the production of carbon anode materials for lithium ion batteries to be installed in environmentally-friendly vehicles at its Yamazaki Works manufacturing facility (Hitachinaka City, Ibaraki Prefecture). The investment in this new line is about 2 billion yen. Construction has already begun with the launch scheduled in December 2010. Hitachi Chemical built a production line for anode materials for vehicles at Yamazaki Works in November 2009. It went into full-fledged operation in April 2010. The Company also plans to inject approximately 10 billion yen in this location over the next few years to further increase its capacities. (From a press release on April 22, 2010)

Investments Outside Japan

-The Company will establish a new manufacturing company in eastern China by March 2011. The new entity will manufacture advanced performance resins and chemical materials in order to meet the increasing domestic demand. Full operation is expected to start in January 2013. The company will be capitalized at approximately 3 billion Japanese yen, which will be wholly invested by the Hitachi Chemical Group. (From a press release on October 29, 2010)

-The Company's subsidiary Hitachi Powdered Metals Co., Ltd. (HPM) will acquire the entire stake in Thai Sintered Products Co., Ltd. (TSP), HPM's joint venture in Thailand. HPM plans to acquire the remaining 51% shares in TSP on November 30, 2010 from its joint venture partner Simakulthorn Group of Thailand. TSP, a manufacturer of sintered metal parts for motorcycles and automobiles, recorded sales of 1,329 million Thai bahts in the fiscal year ended in December 2009. In September 2010, HPM established a new entity called "Hitachi Powdered Metals (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (HPMT)" in Thailand. TSP will be dissolved upon completion of the transfer of its entire operations to HPMT. (From a press release on September 14, 2010)

-Also, Hitachi Powdered Metals Co. will establish a wholly owned subsidiary to manufacture powder metallurgical products in the suburbs of Jakarta, Indonesia. The new company, which will be tentatively called PT Hitachi Powdered Metals Indonesia (MPMI), will be located in the Suryacipta Industrial Park, Kerawang, West Java. Production operations are scheduled to begin in April 2012, targeting the fast growing automobile and motorcycle market in the country. Hitachi Powdered Metals is planning to invest approximately 1.3 billion yen in the construction project, aiming to capture more than 40 percent of the market share by fiscal year 2015. MPMI will be established in November this year with a registered capital of 1.25 billion yen. The subsidiary will initially hire 100 people.(From an article in the Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun on September. 17, 2010)

Planned Capital Investments

(As of Mar. 31, 2011)

Company Office	Location	Equipment to be installed	Estimated amount of investment (million JPY)	From	To
Hitachi Chemical Mexico, S.A. de C.V.	Nuevo Leon, Mexico	Equipment for manufacturing friction materials	2,000	Apr. 2011	Aug. 2012
Hitachi Storage Battery(Thailand) Co., Ltd.	Chachoengsao, Thailand	Equipment for producing batteries	1,980	Aug. 2010	Aug. 2011
Hitachi Chemical (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.	Penang, Malaysia	Equipment for producing Epoxy Materials for Semiconductor manufacturing	1,000	July. 2011	Apr. 2012