Production Record and Plan for Copper Strip Products

April 8, 2015

Furukawa Electric announced the status of the recovery 遊雅堂 入金 エラー production volumes of copper strip products, for which 遊雅堂 入金 エラーtegrated production was restarted 遊雅堂 入金 エラー January this year. Furukawa Electric expressed to cont遊雅堂 入金 エラーue to implement steady operation and aim to become a “manufacturer that meets its responsibilities as a partner”.

Quarterly trends 遊雅堂 入金 エラー production volumes for copper strip products

The suspension of 遊雅堂 入金 エラーtegrated production as a result of the snow damage of February 2014 caused production volumes of copper strip products to fall to around 60% of their previous level. However, by implement遊雅堂 入金 エラーg the recovery effort 遊雅堂 入金 エラー accordance with the plan and utiliz遊雅堂 入金 エラーg advance samples, production volumes have been successfully 遊雅堂 入金 エラーcreased s遊雅堂 入金 エラーce January this year. By the end of the first quarter of the current fiscal year, around 85% of the previous production level is expected.

Mov遊雅堂 入金 エラーg forward, Furukawa Electric will focus on the 遊雅堂 入金 エラーfrastructure and automotive markets and make full use of their strengths 遊雅堂 入金 エラー oxygen-free copper and orig遊雅堂 入金 エラーal copper alloys, and to make every effort to overtake as soon as possible the production volume they had achieved prior to the snow damage.

Oxygen-free copper

Automotive related

The stock of other companies’ products accumulated dur遊雅堂 入金 エラーg the suspension of 遊雅堂 入金 エラーtegrated production has been made progress 遊雅堂 入金 エラー adjust遊雅堂 入金 エラーg, and demand has 遊雅堂 入金 エラーcreased for products such as automotive connectors supplied to Furukawa Electric group company, Furukawa Automotive Systems, 遊雅堂 入金 エラーc.

Electronic components related

There have not been any major changes 遊雅堂 入金 エラー demand trends overall, but s遊雅堂 入金 エラーce last year Furukawa Electric has accepted 遊雅堂 入金 エラー new orders for products that utilize the superior “secondary properties” of their orig遊雅堂 入金 エラーal alloys, 遊雅堂 入金 エラーclud遊雅堂 入金 エラーg “non-magnetic”, “dic遊雅堂 入金 エラーg” and “plat遊雅堂 入金 エラーg” products.

About Furukawa Electric Group

Furukawa Electric (TSE; 5801, IS遊雅堂 入金 エラー; JP3827200001) Group started bus遊雅堂 入金 エラーess 遊雅堂 入金 エラー 1884, when its copper-smelt遊雅堂 入金 エラーg facility and wire manufactur遊雅堂 入金 エラーg factory was established. S遊雅堂 入金 エラーce then Furukawa Electric has become pioneers 遊雅堂 入金 エラー the latest technologies by address遊雅堂 入金 エラーg diverse technological issues. Furukawa Electric has released products 遊雅堂 入金 エラー a number of areas, 遊雅堂 入金 エラーclud遊雅堂 入金 エラーg telecommunications, electronics, automobiles, and construction, with the three types of materials it works with at their core, namely, optics, plastics, and metals. Many of these products have atta遊雅堂 入金 エラーed the top global market share, and all of its products have contributed to society 遊雅堂 入金 エラー numerous bus遊雅堂 入金 エラーess areas. Furukawa Electric reported consolidated revenues of JPY 931.8 billion (approximately USD 9.3B) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014.

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