Full-year results for the Industrial Business showed revenue of ¥89.4 billion, a 16% decrease year on year. However, operating profit was ¥18.6 billion, marking a 9% increase in profit. In general, every field showed a decrease in sales year on year, but measuring instruments achieved significant expansion in part due to a large-scale sale. With the further addition of patent-related income, operating profit recorded an increase.
Optical systems for industrial use faced a continuation of harsh conditions as sales volume of mainstay products diminished up to the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, however, shipments related to a large-scale sale of measuring instruments that had been postponed since the first half of the fiscal year began, bringing a double-digit increase in revenue over a three-month period. With the contribution of patent-related income recorded in the third quarter, an increase in profit was achieved.
Optical systems for industrial use faced a continuation of harsh conditions as sales volume of mainstay products diminished up to the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, however, shipments related to a large-scale sale of measuring instruments that had been postponed since the first half of the fiscal year began, bringing a double-digit increase in revenue over a three-month period. With the contribution of patent-related income recorded in the third quarter, an increase in profit was achieved.