Launch of the Control Equipment Business through the integration of the Process and Web businesses

「In addition, on 1 April this year, the group integrated the Process Business Division and Web Business Division, which share a common technological foundation in areas including web guiding control, and launched the new Controls Equipment Business Division. To appropriately reflect the actual activities of each business following this organizational change, the company reviewed its management classifications from the interim consolidated accounting period and partially changed its reporting segments by integrating the businesses previously classified as the Process Business and Web Business into the Controls Equipment Business.」

「The company had previously reported four segments: the Process Business, Web Business, Inspection Equipment Business and Optics Business. To integrate the Process Business and Web Business, which share a common technological foundation, and improve operating efficiency and speed up decision-making by consolidating resources, the company launched the new Controls Equipment Business. Accordingly, the reporting segments were changed from four to three: the Controls Equipment Business, Inspection Equipment Business and Optics Business.」