U-Shin business segment quarterly trends.
Net sales increased 10.3% quarter on quarter to hit 39.9 billion yen. Sales increased as the overall automobile market rebounded although the level of recovery varied by region and customer.
Operating loss came to 1.2 billion yen, and the operating margin was 2.9%. Operating margin was up 3.8 percentage points for the same period. This was mainly due to an improved product mix.