In the fiscal year ended March 2012, the business was affected by declining demand from manufacturers of consumer equipments, such as TVs, information equipments, such as PCs, and components like LCD panels. Sales declined by 10.0% year over year, to ¥27,929 million.
During the fiscal year ending March 2013, the Company will focus efforts on developing super-high-end products which respond precisely to customer needs. The Company is expanding its lineup of high-frequency multilayer chip inductors and multilayer chip beads, with products as small as EIA 01005 size (0.4mm x 0.2mm). In addition, TAIYO YUDEN has used new metallic materials to develop the MCOIL® line of miniaturized, large current inductors. The Company plans to continue developing new versions of this product and launching these products into strategic markets, while expanding production capacity.

As in the case of the capacitor business, the Company is trying to optimize the use of production facilities in Japan and overseas, to achieve the highest possible efficiency.