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Sales Profit before tax/Ratio of profit before tax
Health Care related Products
On July 1, 2011, an agreement was reached and concluded between HOYA and
Ricoh Co., Ltd. to transfer the PENTAX Imaging Systems Business to Ricoh and
the transfer was executed on October 1, 2011. As a result, the Business is
classified as a discontinued operation from this consolidated fiscal year.
Sales of contact lenses grew, thanks to an increase in the number of customers
visiting directly-managed stores, a sales expansion of products with high added
value, and an increase in the number of stores, resulting from aggressive opening
of new stores.
Medical related Products
Medical endoscopes remained sluggish in European market due to the financial
crisis. In the United States, however, purchase activities are picking up. Markets in
emerging countries remained healthy. As a result, sales rose in comparison with
the preceding consolidated fiscal year as a whole. As for intraocular lenses (IOL),
soft lenses sold at a healthy pace and sales increased from the preceding
consolidated fiscal year.
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s a result, the Life Care segment reported sales of 192,947 million yen, a 5.0%
decrease over the preceding consolidated fiscal year. The segment profit was
24,568 million yen, down 33.1% from the preceding consolidated fiscal year.