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The eBearing News
October 9, 2003
NSK Expects Euro Operations
Will Return to Profitability
copyright © 2003 eBearing Inc.
NSK Ltd. (Japan) said it now expects its beleaguered European operations will be reporting
their first profitable year since 1997.
For the fiscal year ending March 31, 2004, NSK is now forecasting operating profits of up to
¥1.5 billion (USD $13.5 million), up from a loss of ¥1.9 billion in the past year.
NSK credits its aggressive, ongoing restructuring effort in Europe, helped by strengthening
demand for ball and roller bearings.
The restructuring efforts, ongoing for several years, have gradually reduced NSK's exposure to the
British Pound Sterling as it closes and reorients high-cost production locations to fewer
facilities in lower-cost areas across the continent.
Increased demand, the second factor helping NSK, has come from its traditional customer base
of Japanese automakers. Those customers, such as Honda and Toyota, have been rapidly expanding
their European operations, bringing with them more demand for locally-produced bearings
from their existing supply chain.
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