Note: These figures include inter-segment sales.

Through 44 subsidiaries and 10 affiliated companies, we engage in a wide range of other business activities, primarily in such service industries as transportation, materials inspection, leasing, plant and equipment installation, trading, real estate, and travel.
In fiscal 1996, we recorded a 4.7% increase in net sales, to 105.0 billion yen, due to the implementation of a unified marketing strategy, an increase in orders that resulted from efforts to cultivate new sources of demand, and an expansion of business activities in new fields. However, operating income declined 23.5%, to 6.7 billion yen, owing to a decline in profitability.