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Hoya Corporation is engaged in three fields of business: Information Technology, Eye Care, and
Lifestyle Refinement.
The Information Technology field is one of the key earnings drivers of the Hoya Group. In
this field the Company manufactures and markets the mask blanks and photomasks that are essential
to semiconductor manufacturing, large-scale masks used to manufacture liquid crystal display (LCD)
panels, glass disks for the hard disk drives (HDDs) used mainly in computers and other equipment,
as well as optical glass products for digital cameras and other devices.
The Eye Care field is another principal earnings contributor for the Company, and plays an
important role in expanding the Hoya brand. This field is divided into the Vision Care division,
dealing mainly with wholesaling of eyeglass lenses, and the Health Care division, encompassing
retail sales of contact lenses, as well as the development and manufacture of intraocular lenses for
ophthalmological use.
The Lifestyle Refinement field is small in terms of earnings, but its Crystal division stands
alongside Eye Care as representing the Hoya brand, helping to lay the foundation for the Group’s
business.
Each of Hoya’s business fields employs portfolio management emphasizing effective and effi-
cient distribution of resources as an integral part of its organization, and brings to market products
with high degrees of added value derived from its proprietary technologies.
...Between Our Life
Cautionary Statements with Respect to Forward-Looking Statements
Statements made in this annual report with respect to plans and future performance that are not
historical fact are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on management’s
assumptions and beliefs in light of the information currently available to it. Hoya cautions that a
number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the for-
ward-looking statements. Such factors include but are not limited to foreign exchange rates, market
trends and economic conditions.
Hoya’s fiscal year ends on March 31. In this annual report, reference to years indicate the period
ended March 31 of the year indicated.
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