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"Profit Rises for Konica Minolta : Japanese precision equipment maker Konica Minolta Holdings Inc. reported a 1.3 percent rise in quarterly operating profit on Wednesday, helped by solid sales of a new digital camera, but stuck to its full-year outlook. Konica Minolta, the world's fourth-largest maker of photocopiers, said group operating profit came to 18.5 billion yen ($178.5 million) in the October-December quarter compared with a profit of 18.29 billion in the same period a year earlier.
Sales fell 6.6 percent to 263.4 billion yen : The company, which is also the world's third-largest maker of photographic film after Eastman Kodak and Fuji Photo Film, was created in August 2003 through the merger of precision equipment makers Konica Corp. and Minolta Co.
Konica Minolta's digital camera business turned to the black in the past quarter thanks to the successful launch in November of its "Dynax 7 Digital," the firm's first digital single-lens reflex (SLR) camera with interchangable lenses for non-professionals. This helped the firm's photo imaging and camera division enjoy an operating profit of 1.4 billion yen in the quarter, marking its first profit in five quarters. In the year-ago period it posted a loss of 1.7 billion yen.
Yet, a company executive told reporters that he could not be optimistic, saying the segment could again fall into the red in the fourth quarter amid harsh competition. The company forecast a loss of 5.5 billion yen at the unit for the full year through March 31. The firm's digital camera shipments for the year are now estimated at some 2.9 million units, falling short of its previous estimate of 3.1 million units.
Konica Minolta's office equipment segment -- its core earnings driver -- reported a 22 percent fall in operating profit to 12 billion yen, hit by stiff competition in monochrome copiers as well as a parts supply shortage that has put a lid on sales of one of its mainstay color copiers. Konica Minolta maintained its full-year operating profit outlook at 80 billion yen on sales of 1.1 trillion yen. It scored an operating profit of 73.2 billion yen on sales of 1.12 trillion yen in 2003/04.
Shares in Konica Minolta rose 0.69 percent to 1,317 yen prior to the announcement, while those in Casio fell 0.9 percent to 1,430 yen. This compared with a 0.2 percent rise in Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei 225 share average. "