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10
ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND OTHERS
ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
In the fiscal year under review, electronic components grew substantially due to
robust demand for small- and medium-size applications of STN- and TFT-
LCDs. Our HAST-TFT-LCDs have been widely adopted for use in such mobile
hardware as cellular phones, digital cameras, camcorders and PDAs. Kochi
Casio Co., Ltd., a production base of HAST-TFT-LCDs, plans to begin full-scale
operation of its second factory early next year, nearly doubling the Company’s
supply capabilities. In addition, Casio announced a far-reaching tie-up with NEC
Corporation in October 2000 for the joint development and production of back-
light/reflective TFT-LCDs. Delegating development and production according to
each company’s field of expertise, we began partial production under the al-
liance in June of this year.
Two-way color STN-LCDs were introduced in fiscal 2001. Featuring a con-
struction that is able to use external light in addition to the conventional use of
backlighting, two-way color STN-LCDs achieve clear visibility both indoors and
outdoors. Due to these characteristics, we are marketing color STN-LCDs main-
ly for cellular phones. We also plan to launch TFT-LCDs that use this method.
Furthermore, bump and tape carrier package (TCP) businesses of Casio
Micronics Co., Ltd. were brisk owing to significant growth in cellular- and PC-re-
lated demand. In fall 2000, we increased production capacity of bump by 50%
and nearly doubled production capacity of TCP with the establishment of a new
manufacturing base. Casio Micronics also plans to begin wafer-level chip size
package (W-CSP) production during the current fiscal year.
Casio aims to become a leading company for small-sized LCDs and large-scale
integration (LSI) chip mounting processing in the field of mobile hardware,
where high levels of technology and production capacity are demanded.
OTHERS
Sales of Others declined due to the sale of 80% of our equity in The Casio Lease
Co., Ltd. in fiscal 2001.