A week in Japan tech
Hardware
- Japanese component maker TDK has swung back into profit in the year to March, as global demand for technology offset sluggish sales in the United States and the impact of a strong yen. The company forecast even better earnings going forwards helped by the popularity of digital cameras and DVD players but warned that the components industry as a whole would fail to enjoy strong growth. Net profit at TDK in the recently ended financial year came to 12.0 billion about US$100 million, reversing the year earlier loss of 25.8 billion, while revenue grew 6.7% to 608.9 billion.
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