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HOYA REPORT 2014
Outline of
consolidated results
by business segment
Information Technology segment
Electronics related products
Sales of semiconductor related products increased over the preceding consolidated fiscal
year due to the expansion of the sales volume of leading-edge products and middle to
low-end products for smartphones and tablet computers, as well as to the impact of the
depreciation of the yen.
As for liquid crystal related products, small and medium-sized high precision and high
resolution masks for smartphones and tablet computers experienced continued demand.
Further, there was also increased demand for large photomasks for 4K and large screen
TVs. Consequently, sales of liquid crystal related products grew over the preceding
consolidated fiscal year.
On the other hand, glass disks for HDDs (substrates) experienced an increase in sales over
the preceding consolidated fiscal year. This is because while the expanding demand for
tablet computers led to a decrease in demand for laptop computers with hard disk drives,
corporate demand for replacement of Windows XP offset the negative factor, while sales for
applications other than laptop computers such as next generation game machines and
servers were robust.
Imaging related products
There has been a large decrease in sales unit in the compact digital camera market and
interchangeable lens markets due to the market encroachment by smartphones and sales
slumps caused by the economic slowdown in China. Under these conditions, the HOYA
Group endeavored to expand sales of high value added glass materials, high-end mid to
large diameter lenses and products for applications other than digital cameras. Despite
these efforts, sales of imaging related products decreased overall from the preceding
consolidated fiscal year.
As a result, the Information Technology segment posted sales of 159,333 million yen, a
1.2% decrease over the preceding consolidated fiscal year. However, the segment profit
increased by 12.7% from the preceding consolidated fiscal year to 35,854 million yen.
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