We focused on PC demand driven by the end of Windows 10 support in October 2025, as well as efforts to address the replacement demand for GIGA School devices, which will begin in earnest in the fiscal year under review. We also actively engaged in corporate data-center and IT infrastructural projects and are working to propose servers and network products. Furthermore, we focused on capturing demand by strengthening our proposals for iKAZUCHI, a portal for managing subscriptions, which we are focusing on. The client PC is driving performance, driven by capturing a number of small and medium-sized orders. In the corporate market, demand increased mainly in the service, manufacturing, and retail sectors. In government agencies sector, although there was a reactionary rebound from large-scale IT development projects acquired in the previous fiscal years, sales expanded by capturing demand mainly for local public projects. In the education sector, with the launch of joint procurement in the second phase of the GIGA School program, sales increased significantly year-on-year. In the consumer market, sales of PC and home appliances to mass retailers were strong, resulting in a year-on-year increase in sales.

As a consequence, net sales in this segment were ¥286.734 billion (up 26.8% year-on-year), and operating income was ¥9.492 billion (up 117.8% year-on-year).

In machine tools division, domestic orders continued to be strong from the shipbuilding and energy-related industries, and orders for the mainstay aircraft industry continued to recover. Overseas, orders from China decreased compared with the previous fiscal year due to the impact of the slowdown in the Chinese economy and appreciation of yen. On the other hand, net sales increased substantially and operating income increased compared with the previous fiscal year, due in part to sales of large-scale machine for the mold industry. In automatic machinery division, both sales and operating income increased year-on-year due to an increase in the number of units sold.

As a consequence, net sales in this segment were ¥3.866 billion (up 116.5% year-on-year), and operating income was ¥379 million (compared with an operating loss of ¥87 million in the same period of the previous fiscal year).