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Despite overall sluggishness in the Information Technology Business, the Life Care business compensated for this and secured sales and earnings at the same level as the previous year.
Profit declined due to the recording of an impairment loss of ¥7.9 billion from the long-term shutdown of operations at the Lao plant for HDD glass substrates.
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Hoya Corporation specialises in the manufacture and commercialisation of optical products. Net sales break down by business segment as follows:
- health (66%): manufacturing of health care products (75.4% of sales; eyeglass lenses and contact lenses) and medical products (24.6%; endoscopes, medical accessories, intraocular lenses, artificial bones and metal implants for orthopedics);
- information technology (33.1%): manufacturing of electronic products (78.2% of sales; photomasks for semiconductors, masks and devices for LCD screens and hard disks) and imaging products (21.8%; optical lenses, optical glasses and laser equipment);
- other (0.9%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Japan (28.9%), China (8.2%), Asia (24.7%), Europe (19.3%), the United States (15.1%), the Americas (2.4%) and others (1.4%).
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