Noritake CO Ltd - 5331- Profile

Noritake Co Ltd. The Group's principal activities are to manufacture and sell industrial equipment, tableware, electronic components, ceramic materials and deals with environmental engineering and related distribution/other services. The operations are carried out through the following divisions: Industrial Products; Ceramic Materials; Tableware; Environmental Engineering and Electronics. The Industrial products division deals in industrial equipment/materials such as grinding wheels, diamond tools, CBN tools, coated abrasives, abrasive cloth and paper. The Ceramic materials division deals in fine ceramics, paste, dental related products, ceramic raw materials, electronic parts and materials. The Tableware division manufactures chinaware, crystal glassware, glassware, cutlery ware, melamine ware and ornaments. The Electronic products division deals in display tubes, modules and plasma display plates. Industrial products acctd for 36% of fis 2006 revs; ceramic mat, 21% ; tableware, 17%; environmental eng, 17% & electronics, 9%