This slide shows the results for the electronic devices and components business segment.
Net sales fell 5% quarter on quarter to hit 87.4 billion yen.
Looking at the results by product, we see that sales of motors grew 4% quarter on quarter to reach 49.0 billion yen as sales remained strong primarily in the automobile market.
Sales of electronic devices were down 19% from the previous quarter at 27.9 billion yen. This was primarily due to the shift to new model of LED backlight for major customers.
Sensing device sales grew 2% quarter on quarter to hit 9.3 billion yen.
Operating income totaled 4.0 billion yen while the operating margin reached 4.6%. We saw a 2.1-fold quarter-on-quarter increase in operating income while the operating margin climbed 2.5 percentage points.
Looking at the results by product, we see that all categories including motors, electro devices and sensing devices were a higher operating income.