Financial and Non-Financial Highlights

Financial highlights
Million yen % U.S. thousand
dollars
FY2015 FY2014 Change FY2015
For the Year
Orders received  ¥359,427 ¥305,567 17.6% $3,189,520
Net sales 336,184 267,284 25.8 2,983,265
Operating income 20,878 14,883 40.3 185,275
Net income attributable to shareholders of the
  parent company
13,652 9,810 39.2 121,152
Capital investment 4,210 7,532 (44.1) 37,364
R&D expenditures 7,009 6,945 0.9 62,199
Cash Flows        
Cash flows from operating activity ¥  7,206 ¥ 6,295 14.5% $   63,952
Cash flows from investing activity (2,099) (5,846) 64.1 (18,628)
Free cash flows 5,107 448 1,038.6 45,323
Cash flows from financial activity (8,702) (509) (1,609.0) (77,224)
At Year-End
Total assets ¥296,055 ¥271,011 9.2% $2,627,167
Working capital 99,293 91,187 8.9 881,117
Net assets 130,116 111,521 16.7 1,154,642
Amounts per Share of Common Stock
Net income per share (Yen and U.S. dollars) ¥ 118.72 ¥  88.59 34.0% $    1.05
Net assets per share (Yen and U.S. dollars) 1044.40 972.75 7.4 9.26
Cash dividends per share (Yen and U.S. dollars) 30.00 22.00 36.4 0.26
Ratios
Operating income/net sales 6.2% 5.6% +0.6pt
Net income/net sales 4.1 3.7 +0.4pt
Return on shareholders’ equity (ROE) 11.6 9.6 +2.0pt
Shareholders’ equity/total assets 42.9 39.8 +3.1pt
Notes: 1.
2. The U.S. dollar amounts in this annual report are translated from Japanese yen for convenience only, at the rate of ¥112.69 = U.S.$1.00, on the Tokyo Foreign Exchange Market on March 31, 2016.
3. The amount of “Capital investment” in FY2014 includes goodwill generated from acquisition of shares in overseas companies.
Non-financial highlights
Million yen %
FY2015 FY2014 Change
Employees 7,835 7,746 1.1%
Water usage (m3)* 135,519 136,801 -0.9
Emission and transfer volume of chemical substances  related to PRTR Law (kg)* 32,133 21,218 51.4
Waste generated (t)* 5,073 4,020 26.1
Recycling rate (%)* 98.3 99.2 -0.9pt

* Figures for Japan only

Consolidated financial data
Graph: Consolidated Financial Data