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simultaneously in all markets, at home and abroad, in September
2005, two years after the launch of the previous model, and
achieved a significant increase in sales volume for the series. In
interactive pen displays, we successfully increased the sales volume
of new models, including the 17-inch D TU -710 and the 21-inch
Cintiq 21UX , as a result of expanding the existing market for
graphic use and acquiring new users. These products were used
not only by existing graphics professionals but also became
popular among people in the healthcare industry as well as general
business users.
The sales of component products rose due to the growth in the
pen sensor business for both new and existing customers in line
with the growing Tablet PC market and the addition of Tablet PC
protection panels to our product line-up.
As a result, sales grew to ¥ 23,049 million, or U.S.$196 million (up
37.5% year-on-year),and operating income to ¥ 4,575 million, or
U.S.$39 million(up 60.2% year-on-year).
Engineering Collaborative Solutions (ECS
)
Business
In the ECS business, in September 2005, we launched Ver. 6.0 of
EC AD /dio, our leading product for electrical C AD, which
incorporates a new handwriting entry function, and in March
2006, we released Ver. 6.5 featuring Application Programming
Interfaces (API) which facilitate user customization. These
releases of new versions successfully stimulated replacement
demand from our existing users while acquiring new users,
resulting in a year-on-year rise in sales.
In the product data management (PD M) business, we shifted the
focus of our sales efforts from the package sales of SMARTEAM,
our mainstay product, to the service business and started
operation as an IBM Japan Business Partner, a business in which
we reported a slight decline in sales. However, sales for the entire
ECS business exceeded the level of the previous year. As a result,
sales rose to ¥943 million, or U.S.$8 million (up 6.5% year-on-
year), and operating income to ¥152 million, or U.S.$1 million
(up 38.9% year-on-year).
16,765
’05
’06 23,049
(Millions of yen)
(Millions of yen)
Sales
O perating
income
ESD Business
UP 37.5%
4,575
2,856
UP 60.2%
’05
’06
FY 2005
¥17,651
FY 2006
¥23,992
Sales breakdown by business
ESD Business
ECS Business
95.0%
ESD Business 96.1%
5.0%
ECS Business 3.9%
W acom Co., Ltd. Annual Report 2006
886
943
’05
’06
(Millions of yen)
Sales
O perating
income
ECS Business
UP 6.5%
152
110
UP 38.9%
’05
’06
Overview of Business Perfomance
W acom Co., Ltd. and Its Subsidiaries
ESD Business includes EHI Business in FY 2005
ESD Business includes EHI Business in FY 2005