YAMAHA CORPORATION ANNUAL REPORT 2000

REVIEW OF OPERATIONS
Net Sales
(Billions of Yen)
14.7
’96
20.3
’97
23.1
’98
22.4
’99
18.4
’00
Operating Income (Loss)
(Billions of Yen)
-0.8
’96
-0.9
’97
0.7
’98
1.5
’99
0.2
’00
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Major Products & Services
•Golf and archery gear
•Automobile interior components
•Industrial robots
Major Subsidiaries
•Yamaha Insurance Service Co., Ltd.
•Yamaha Fine Technologies Co., Ltd.
0
2
0
Others
In other business, sales of automobile interior components increased. In
golf equipment, the new Power Magic series lineup, which now includes
women’s models, received high praise. Yet overall sales declined owing to the
adverse state of the Japanese economy.
As a result, net sales for the segment declined 17.8%, to ¥18.4 billion
(US$0.17 billion), and operating income amounted to ¥0.2 billion (US$1.92
million).
Over the coming term, we anticipate automobile interior components operations
to continue to produce healthy results, benefiting from enormous market
demand.
YAMAHA’s automobile components are widely used in
luxury cars both in Japan and overseas.
YAMAHA’s AW-30 aluminum wheel leakage-inspection
system for automobiles
Power Magic 730GT delivers
gentle shots. Power Magic
703GT provides power and
accuracy.
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