Canon has been forecast for the sales of dslr cameras a fraction revised upwards to 7.3 million. As a result of the tsunami decreased the turnover and profit of the Japanese group this quarter, however, strong.
Despite the drop in production levels immediately after the tsunami in march is the company managed in the period after the production of dslr’s to conduct with the result that in the second quarter, about the same amount of slrs in the entry – level and excited-segment were sold as in the same period a year ago. For 2011 as a whole provides Canon a ‘robust’ growth of dslrs and hence that the are forecasting to top cut-out. Also expect Canon have more lenses to sell all of calls the company does not give specific numbers.
Despite this positive sound decreased the turnover and profit significantly as a result of the effects of the tsunami and due to exchange rate differences. Compared to a year ago, revenue decreased by 13.8 percent to eur 7.4 billion, while the operating profit by a whopping 30.9 percent decreased to 693 million euro. Especially the sales of compact cameras had a strong lead among a shortage of parts after the disaster in northern Japan. Total sold Canon 22 percent less cameras in the second quarter. Also in the rest of the year is the sale of compact cameras, according to Canon, under pressure, under more by the competitors, who also recovers.
In addition to a decrease of the cameraverkopen were the bad grades this quarter, also attributable to the decreased sales of business printers and copiers. Although the sale of lithografieapparatuur for semiconductors a lot in the elevator was, decreased the demand for lithografieapparatuur for the production of large-format lcds as a result of a production surplus of such panels.