Canon, a major precision equipment company, announced on the 26th that its three-month financial results up to last month show that sales and final profits were the same as last year due to the increase in sales of printers for home use due to the expansion of telecommuting. Sales and profits increased more than ever.
According to the financial results of the entire group from January to last month announced by Canon, sales increased 7.7% from the same period last year to 842.6 billion yen, and the final profit more than doubled to 44.4 billion yen. It was.
Sales of printers for home use were strong due to the expansion of telecommuting, and sales of digital cameras, which had been depressed, picked up.
In addition, as the office occupancy rate is expected to recover in the future, the forecast for final profit has been revised upward to 140 billion yen, which is 25 billion yen higher than the previous forecast, in the one-year earnings forecast.
Vice President Toshizo Tanaka said in a telephone interview, "Although the infection of the new coronavirus has re-expanded, the world economy has been on a recovery trend due to large-scale economic measures. The market for cameras and printers, which had been shrinking, has bottomed out. We can see the feeling of hitting, and the profitability of new businesses such as medical-related and network cameras is increasing. "