The interim financial forecast for the six months ended September 30, 2003 announced on April 30, 2003 has been revised based on the Company's recent business trend as follows;

[Consolidated financial forecast revision]



Financial forecast revision for the six months ended September 30, 2003 (April 1, 2003 - September 30, 2003)

                                                                                                (Millions of Yen, %)

Net sales Ordinary income Net income Previous forecast (A) (April 30, 2003) 209,000 (13,000) (17,500) Revised forecast (B) 220,000 (7,000) (11,000) Amount of increase/decrease (B-A) 11,000 6,000 6,500 Percent increase/decrease 5.3 - - Results for the first half ended September 30, 2002 223,388 (701) (2,537)

[Non-consolidated financial forecast revision]



Financial forecast revision for the six months ended September 30, 2003 (April 1, 2003 - September 30, 2003)

                                                                                                (Millions of Yen, %)

Net sales Ordinary income Net income Previous forecast (A) (April 30, 2003) 163,500 (14,000) (14,000) Revised forecast (B) 175,000 (5,000) (5,000) Amount of increase/decrease (B-A) 11,500 9,000 9,000 Percent increase/decrease 7.0 - - Results for the first half ended September 30, 2002 180,193 (4,176) (1,930)

[Reason for revision]

The sales of the semiconductor production equipment division is expected to exceed the previous forecast and the company's profit is also expected to improve since our customers, semiconductor chip makers, have increased their investment. Therefore, the Company revised the previous forecast for the six months ended on September 30, 2003.