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Review of Operations
Precision Equipment
Company
Stable earnings were secured through increased sales of high-value-
added immersion-type and other ArF scanners.
Nikon achieved stable performance as greater sales of high-end IC scanners offset the falloff in
LCD steppers and scanners, a reaction to the considerable capital expenditures by LCD panel
manufacturers in the previous period. Segment sales declined just 0.4% from the year ended
March 2007 to ¥290,814 million, with operating income down 12.1% to ¥43,348 million.
Review of the Year Ended March 2008
During the year ended March 2008, Nikon began
global shipments of the NSR-S610C ArF immersion
scanner, which has an NA value of 1.30 (“numeri-
cal aperture,” the brightness of the projector lens).
This model is the world’s fi rst scanner capable of
mass production of semiconductors at 45 nm node
and below, and has been shipped to all of the major
regions of the world where leading-edge devices are
manufactured. We also worked to expand sales of
the NSR-S308F model of ArF scanners. Further, to
strengthen product competitiveness we launched
the NSR-SF150 scan fi eld i-line
stepper with vastly improved
precision and throughput, as
well as the NSR-SF155 model,
based on the NSR-SF150 but
with faster operating speed at
the wafer stage. We also devel-
oped the NSR-S310F model,
a cutting-edge ArF scanner
capable of mass production
of semiconductors of 65 nm or less, as well as the
high-productivity NSR-S210D KrF scanner. These
models will be given a full-scale market launch in
the year ending March 2009.
In the LCD steppers and scanners fi eld, we took
steps to increase sales of existing models, such
as the FX-83S compatible with 8th generation
glass plates, and began accepting orders for new
models such as the FX-803M and FX-903N, which
are ideal for high-defi nition, small to mid-sized
LCD panels.
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150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
350,000
0706 08
Net Sales Years ended March 31
290,814
291,913
242,318
(Millions of yen)
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20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
0706 08
Operating Income Years ended March 31
43,348
49,321
26,375
(Millions of yen)
8 Nikon Annual Report 2008