Annual Report 2007 - Komatsu
Annual Report 2007 - Komatsu
Annual Report 2007 - Komatsu
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Review of Operations<br />
Construction and Mining Equipment<br />
Sales by Region for Fiscal <strong>2007</strong><br />
Net Sales<br />
Segment Profit<br />
Billions of yen<br />
1,600<br />
Billions of yen %<br />
240<br />
16.0<br />
9.9%<br />
14.7%<br />
18.0%<br />
6.9% 30.6%<br />
1,400<br />
1,200<br />
1,000<br />
800<br />
210<br />
180<br />
150<br />
120<br />
14.0<br />
12.0<br />
10.0<br />
8.0<br />
19.9%<br />
600<br />
90<br />
6.0<br />
400<br />
60<br />
4.0<br />
200<br />
30<br />
2.0<br />
0<br />
2005<br />
2006<br />
<strong>2007</strong><br />
0<br />
2005<br />
2006<br />
<strong>2007</strong><br />
0.0<br />
Middle East & Africa<br />
Asia (excluding Japan & China) & Oceania<br />
China<br />
Europe & CIS<br />
Americas<br />
Japan<br />
Segment profit<br />
Segment profit ratio<br />
Years ended March 31<br />
Consolidated net sales* of construction and mining equipment<br />
for the year under review climbed 21.4% over the<br />
previous year, to ¥1,567.7 billion (US$13,286 million). As the<br />
market for our equipment continued to grow worldwide, we<br />
expanded our production capacity in cooperation with suppliers,<br />
worked jointly with our distributors to launch updated<br />
models which are compliant with new emissions regulations in<br />
North America, Europe and Japan. We also reinforced our<br />
sales and service operations in Greater Asia in particular.<br />
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* Sales made to external customers after elimination of internal sales<br />
Segment profit of the construction and mining equipment<br />
business reached ¥220.6 billion (US$1,870 million), up 54.4%<br />
over the previous year, driven by improved prices of our<br />
equipment in Japan and overseas in addition to expanded<br />
sales. Segment profit ratio improved significantly by 3.0 points<br />
to 14.1%.<br />
With respect to production, we proactively expanded our<br />
capacity for key components, such as engines and hydraulic<br />
equipment. In January of this year, we opened the Ibaraki<br />
Plant in Hitachinaka City, Ibaraki Prefecture, expanding our<br />
production capacity for large dump trucks and wheel loaders.<br />
In India, where the economy has been growing rapidly, we<br />
established <strong>Komatsu</strong> India Private Limited and also embarked<br />
on the production of large dump trucks for which we project<br />
demand will accelerate into the future.<br />
Demand for Construction & Mining Equipment<br />
Years ended March 31<br />
Units<br />
300,000<br />
250,000<br />
200,000<br />
150,000<br />
Units:Estimated by <strong>Komatsu</strong><br />
Japan<br />
China<br />
Asia, Oceania,<br />
CIS, Middle East,<br />
Africa & Latin America<br />
Europe<br />
North America<br />
100,000<br />
50,000<br />
0<br />
1992<br />
1993<br />
1994<br />
1995<br />
1996<br />
1997<br />
1998<br />
1999<br />
Applicable Machine Types:1) Hydraulic excavator, 2) Wheel-type hydraulic excavator, 3) Bulldozer, 4) Wheel loader<br />
5) Rigid-type dump truck, 6) Articulated dump truck, and 7) Motor grader<br />
2000<br />
2001<br />
2002<br />
2003<br />
2004<br />
2005<br />
2006<br />
<strong>2007</strong><br />
28 <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2007</strong>
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