Let's look at the performance for the SE business segment.
Net sales decreased by 6.8% quarter on quarter to total 146.5 billion yen.
This was mainly due to higher sales from optical devices amid ramp up production of new products, while sales of mechanical components decreased.
Operating income totaled 12.8 billion yen with the operating margin of 8.7%.
Operating income increased 1.2% and the operating margin increased 0.7 percentage points quarter on quarter.
This increase was mainly due to jump in sales from optical devices.