Noritsu Koki Co. announced its April-December 2012 period financial results with a 20.7% gain in sales to 17.03 billion yen (US$189.2 M), but operational profit declined 42.7%, down to 348 million yen (US$3.8 M) due to the sluggish performance of the imaging business.
The segment posted a net loss of 52 million yen (US$577.7 K ) on sales of 9.34 billion yen (US$103.7 M).
For combined sales of the diversified business segments, the company posted 7.69 billion yen (US$85.4 M), including 1.873 billion yen (US$20.8 M) in the environment business handling LED lighting equipment. The full year’s outlook was revised because of favourable performance.