Revenue rose 24% year on year. The Company had been at the top of the so-called entry model category in the light production part of market, but a new high-speed printer that was launched in the second half of the previous year achieved extraordinary growth, and sales volumes in this class rose by 72% year on year. This should lead to future increases in print volume and, by extension, increased sales of non-hardware products and services.
MPM/print services grew by around 70% year on year. This was due to the Asia-Pacific region acquisition made last fiscal year of Ergo Asia Pty Limited. Even excluding the effects of the Ergo acquisition, revenue rose 13%.
Revenue in the industrial inkjet business rose by 7%.