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Business Outline, Key Strategy

[Business Outline]

Through its activities of the manufacturing and the sales of optical products, TOPCON has developed the optical and digital technologies since its establishment.

Ophthalmic and Medical instruments can be divided into Medical Products and Ophthalmic Products. In both fields, TOPCON is known as one of the leading company in the world.General demand for eye-care will increase further under the progress of the information society and the aging society.

Positioning instruments is one of our core businesses developing with the advance of the optical and surveying technologies since its establishment. TOPCON is one of three top manufacturers of Positioning instruments in the world. Recently, TOPCON is developing new technologies integrating its backbone technologies, which are Machine Control, Image Analysis and GPS technologies.

In the field of Industrial instruments, TOPCON supplies Semiconductor Equipments, Aligner, and Electron Beam Instruments in the large market of the semiconductor and the liquid crystal display.

TOPCON supplies optical devices including optical parts and units for projectors and DVDs with fully utilizing the optical technology, that is a core one of TOPCON.

Business segment	Product category	Major products
Ophthalmic & Medical Instruments Business	Ophthalmic Diagnostic Instruments Ophthalmic Treatment Instruments Ophthalmic Management Instruments Refrectometry Instruments *Lens Finishing Instruments	Retinal Cameras,Tonometers, Slit Lamps,Perimeter,Operation Microscope,Laser Photocoagulator, Specular Microscope,Digital Image System (IMAGEnet),Electric Carte System for Ophthalmology,Lens Edger, Subjective Auto Vision Tester,Auto kerato-Refractometer,Trial Lens Unit
Positioning Business	Surveying Instruments Surveying Systems Laser Instruments Machine Control Systems *GNSS Systems	MILLIMETER GPS,GPS Receiver, GPS Reference Station System, GPS Monitoring System, Digital Image Surveyor, Machine Control System, Auto Tracking Total Station, Pulse Total Station,Total Station, Field Controller,Level,Theodolite, Rotating Laser,Pipe Laser
Industrial Instruments Business	Semiconductor Equipments Liquid Crystal Exposure Devices *Electron Microscopes	Wafer Surface Analyzer, Vision Inspector,Proximity Aligner, Multistep Aligner, Scanning Electron Microscopes
Optical Devices Business	Optical Unit for DPPC Optical Engine for Projectors Optical parts for DVD pickup High Precision Optical Parts *Lens Unit for Mobile Phone with Camera	Optical parts for DVD,Optical Units for projector,Optical Units for DPPC,High precision lenses,Infrared optical parts

[Strengths of TOPCON]

1.Optical technology covering a wide spectrum of wavelength: Only limited companies in the world can possess this technology. Our unique technology enables us to provide a broad range of solution to the customers.
2.High-global business : Overseas sales accounted for 65% of total sales of TOPCON (2003 consolidated basis): 65% of total sale of TOPCON in 2003 was made overseas. This figure indicates that TOPCON is truly global in its business activities, with supported a number of bases throughout the world.
3.No.1 products in the worldwide market: IMAGEnet, which is the first product commercialized in the world and had established the real standard for ophthalmic image filing systems in the Ophthalmic and Medical Instruments field.Electronic Total Station, which has maintained a large share in the worldwide market because of its functionality, performance, cost performance and variety, in Positioning Instruments.Aligner for LCD, which has been developed since the foundation of LCD and led the market in Industrial Instruments.

[Key Strategies]

1. Focus on consolidated group management, information-sharing and speedy management.
2. Reinforcement of profit-making structure by all group companies and all business segments: *Cost structure reform
*Cost down on procurement
*Maximization of asset management efficiency, and minimization of fixed cost
*Improvement of productivity (Companywide and groupwide productivity)
3. Entry into IT and growth markets, fostering of next-generation businesses: *Securing of growth engines
*Fostering of next-generation businesses
4. Reinforcement of its business power through collaboration with leading companies or organizations, and Speedy management: *Speedy management
*Improvement of use of capital
5. Reform of corporate culture through fostering of personnel and business activation: *Human resources are the key to company growth
*Companies with high-morale employees are winners

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