Annual Report - Makita Corporation Global Site

Products
The following table sets forth Makita’s consolidated net sales by product categories for periods presented.
Makita specializes in power tools manufacturing and sales, as a single line of business, and conducts its business globally.
Makita also provides “Gardening and Household Products” based on the mainstay products in that product category.
Makita is making efforts to expand the sales of cordless power tools to professional users as well as to general users.
Consolidated Net Sales by Product Categories
Japanese yen U.S. dollars
(In millions, except for percentage amounts) (thousands)
Fiscal year ended March 31,
2007 2008 2009 2009
Power Tools ¥ 210,894 75.3% ¥ 255,869 74.7% ¥ 214,703 73.0% $ 2,168,717
Gardening and Household
Products 28,123 10.0 40,410 11.8 36,916 12.6 372,889
Parts, repairs and
accessories 40,916 14.7 46,298 13.5 42,415 14.4 428,434
Total ¥ 279,933 100.0% ¥ 342,577 100.0% ¥ 294,034 100.0% $ 2,970,040
Makita aims to increase its market share not only in the power tool market for professional users, but also in the air tools
and gardening equipment markets. To achieve this goal, Makita is continuing to strive to improve its global sales and
service framework and develop high-value-added products. Makita is currently placing greater emphasis on developing
user-friendly and environment-friendly products that feature smaller and lighter, lower vibration and lower noise level
with reduced dust emission. In addition, Makita is enhancing its lineup with more affordable products by simplifying the
functions of the products.
a) Power Tools
Power tools consist mainly of drills, grinders and sanders, rotary hammers and hammer drills, demolition hammers and
electric breakers, cordless impact drivers, circular saws, slide compound saws and cutters.
Drills are typical power tools used to drill metals, woods and plastics. They are classified into pistol-grip drills, D-handle
drills, spade-handle drills and angle drills, according to their configuration. Makita also manufactures various kinds of
cordless drills. Some of them are equipped with a screw-driving mechanism and are called cordless driver drills.
Grinders and sanders are used for smoothing and finishing. Sanders may also be used for polishing. Grinders are mainly
used on metal and sanders are used on metal, wood, stone and concrete. Grinders are divided into portable disc grinders
and bench grinders and sanders are classified into disc sanders and orbital sander and belt sanders.
Rotary hammers, which are used for drilling concrete primarily in the construction industry, can also be used as ordinary
hammers without using the rotary mechanism.
Hammer drills are equipped with a hammering function, but can also be used as conventional drills; these drills are used
principally on metal and masonry in the civil engineering and electrical contracting industries. Demolition hammers are
used to shatter hard surfaces, principally concrete. Makita aims to improve the working environment in the construction
industry through the provision of power tools which incorporate Makita proprietary low vibration mechanisms. These
tools meet the strong demand of drilling holes in stone and concrete, and of other uses.
Cordless impact drivers are particularly in high demand across Japanese construction sites. In February 2005, Makita
introduced cordless impact drivers powered by lithium-ion batteries instead of the prevailing nickel- metal-hydride
batteries for the first time in the industry. Cordless impact drivers employing lithium-ion batteries are smaller and lighter,
and the batteries last much longer. Combined with Makita’s proprietary Optimum Charging System, this new product
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