FY2018 Order Intake, Sales and Profit/Loss Results by Segment

「(Energy) In terms of orders, the Company secured contracts for continuous annealing lines for high-grade special steel sheets, copper billet heating furnaces, and in-flame treatment equipment for South Korea and China, against a backdrop of the rapid growth of vehicle electrification, IoT and AI. As the global automobile market remained firm, the Company also secured contracts for mass-production vacuum carburizing equipment and heat-treatment equipment for machine parts, and orders increased significantly to ¥30,978 million, or 151.6% of the year-earlier level, as a result of efforts to expand the maintenance business. (Information and communications) In terms of orders, while Chinese companies advanced the mass production of flexible organic EL displays, the Company secured a contract from a major Chinese panel manufacturer for precision coating equipment related to flexible displays. It also secured domestic contracts for precision coating equipment related to organic EL materials and modification work on liquid crystal-related film production lines. However, some customer orders were postponed to the following fiscal year, and orders received were ¥3,516 million, or 86.2% of the year-earlier level. (Environmental protection) In terms of orders, the Company secured contracts for regenerative exhaust-gas treatment equipment, wood biomass hot-air generation equipment, and demonstration equipment for semi-carbonized wood biomass fuel, resulting in orders received of ¥3,207 million, or 90.8% of the year-earlier level.」