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Nikon has been a pioneer in optical technology
markets worldwide since its inception in 1917.
Today, we offer a wide range of products utilizing
advanced technologies, from consumer optics
such as digital cameras, camera-related products
and binoculars to industrial precision equipment
including IC and LCD steppers and scanners,
microscopes and measuring instruments.
In the fiscal year ended March 2011, Nikon posted
an increase in sales and regained profitability,
absorbing the impact from the appreciation of the
yen and the Great East Japan Earthquake, which
occurred on March 11. This was due mainly to
continued positive sales in the Imaging Products
Business, and recovery in the Precision Equipment
and Instruments businesses. We will maintain
measures to bolster our earnings capacity and
develop cutting-edge products, to ensure we remain
on a path of sustainable growth.
Nikon, following its unchanged corporate philosophy
of “Trustworthiness and Creativity,” will consistently
offer new value and continue to grow.
At a Glance
Precision Equipment
Imaging Products
Instruments
Nikon contributes to our increasingly sophisticated
information society with its leading steppers and
scanners, used in semiconductor and LCD panel
manufacturing worldwide.
For a new dimension of pleasure from photography,
Nikon develops and markets imaging products
worldwide with various features using sophisticated
digital imaging technology.
Nikon’s microscopic ultra-precision tools are used
extensively in bioscience, and contribute to greater
efficiency in high-precision measurements in the
field of industrial instruments.
Statements contained in this report regarding the plans, projections
and strategies of the Nikon Corporation and its subsidiaries and
affiliates that comprise the Nikon Group (hereinafter “Nikon”) that
are not historical fact constitute forward-looking statements about
future financial results. As such, they are based on data that are
obtainable at the time of announcement in compliance with Nikon’s
management policies and certain premises that are deemed
reasonable by Nikon. Hence, actual results may differ, in some cases
significantly, from these forward-looking statements due to changes
in various factors, including—but not limited to—economic conditions
in principal markets, product and service demand trends, customer
capital expenditure trends and currency exchange rate fluctuations.