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22
PHOTO IMAGING
The Group has decided to exit the Photo Imaging business in phases by
the end of September 2007.
At the end of March 2006, a portion of the camera production assets
related to the development, design and production of digital single lens
reflex (SLR) cameras was transferred to Sony Corporation. As a result, the
Group ceased camera-related operations at the end of March 2006. In
addition, minilab business activities were also discontinued as of the end
of March 2006.
In the photo-related business (photosensitive materials) on the other
hand, product types and production volume will be gradually reduced in
preparation for a cessation of production activities by the end of March
2007, and the Group is scheduled to completely exit the business by the
end of September of the same year.
In keeping with the decision to exit the business and preparations to
cease business activities in this product area, consolidated sales for the
Photo Imaging business for the fiscal year ended March 2006 were ¥187.1
billion, while the operating loss was ¥7.1 billion.
0
80
160
240
320
02 03 04 05 06
Net Sales
(Billions of Yen)
SENSING
The main color measurement business is seeing strong demand from the
automobile and flat panel display (FPD) industries, while the Group
conducted product and applications development for 3-D digitizers.
For the fiscal year ended March 2006, the main color measurement
business saw strong growth in physical object spectrophotometers
designed for the automobile industry, as well as light source measuring
equipment for the FPD industry. In 3-D digitizers, which are a new busi-
ness field that the Group is working to expand, management resources
were concentrated in new product development and applications devel-
opment as the Group worked to win new customers. Both Konica Minolta
colorimeters and 3-D digitizers received high marks from customers for
their high quality and reliability.
In addition, in medical measuring instruments, good volume growth
was seen in pulse oximeters, which can measure the oxygen absorption
level in the blood without taking a blood sample. As sleep apnea syn-
drome (SAS) has become a major issue, pulse oximeters are being well
received by medical professionals.
Given the above, consolidated sales for the Sensing business in the fis-
cal year ended March 2006 were ¥5.8 billion, while operating income was
¥1.9 billion.
0.0
2.5
5.0
7.5
10.0
02 03 04 05 06
Net Sales
(Billions of Yen)
–12
–6
0
6
12
02 03 04 05 06
Operating Income (Loss)
(Billions of Yen)
0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
02 03 04 05 06
Operating Income
(Billions of Yen)
* New product categorization was adopted
from the fiscal year ended March 2005. Under
the previous categorization, March 2005
results were flat with the previous fiscal year.