Apple LED backlight module supplier performance fire

Japan's backlight module maker Minebea announced on the 8th after the Japanese stock market last year (April 2014 - March 2015) financial report: sales of LED backlight modules for smart phones, coupled with strong bearing demand, boost The consolidated revenue increased by 34.8% to 506.076 billion yen. The revenue was the first record for the company to break through the record of 500 billion yen. The consolidated operating profit increased by 86.7% to 60.101 billion yen and the combined net profit increased by 91.0. % to 39.887 billion yen, both profit and benefit, set a record high in history.

Minebea pointed out that the high-end smart phone market continued to expand, boosting the sales of liquid crystal backlight modules, and the profit growth showed a significant increase, stimulating the electronic equipment business last year (including backlight module, HDD servo spindle motor (Spindle Motor) and Products such as precision motors) revenue increased 49.2% year-on-year to 343.842 billion yen, and revenue surged 210.2% to 29.72 billion yen.

Looking forward to the results of this year (April 2015 - March 2016), Minebea said that due to the optimistic sales of LCD backlights, the sales of the products will increase significantly, and the sales of bearings and motors are also very attractive. Revenue will increase by 29.8% to 650 billion yen, and the combined profit will increase by 11.5% to 67 billion yen. The combined net profit estimate will increase by 20.3% to 48 billion yen. Revenue and profit will continue to record a new high. Record.

Minebea estimates that this year's electronic machine business revenue will increase by 39.2% year-on-year to 478.5 billion yen, and the profit will increase 14.1% year-on-year to 33.9 billion yen.

According to the Nikkei News, Apple's smart phone iPhone 6 uses a "many" Japanese electronic components, of which Minebea supplies LED backlight modules. The Nikkei said that due to strong orders for backlight modules from the US, South Korea and China's smart phone factories, Minebea plans to build a new production line in Cambodia, in addition to plans to change its logistics center in Thailand to a backlight module factory. The goal is to increase the revenue of backlight modules this year (April 2015 - March 2016) by 20% to 150 billion yen.