Jada Electronics markets electro-deposited copper foils, rolled copper foils, and sputtering targets for FPDs and semiconductors, all of which are manufactured by the JX Nippon Mining & Metals Group, primarily in China. I am mainly in charge of electro-deposited copper foils and therefore import such copper foils at the rate of 400 tons/month from JX Nippon Mining & Metals Philippines, Inc., and 200 tons/month from Gould Electronics GmbH for sale in the Chinese market.

As for marketing in the Chinese market, human connections are extremely important, whereas the business environment surrounding the IT industry is changing rapidly and on a global scale. In other words, as the supply chain of the IT industry is structured globally, it is no longer sufficient to evaluate marketing only within the Chinese market. To address such changes in the business climate on a global basis, we should take risks handin-hand with our customers.

In China, there is a long tradition of fostering relationships of mutual trust in the business community. The Group has benefited together with customers when the business environment was favorable and shared the pain under unfavorable conditions. In doing so, we have established and developed "win-win" relationships with our customers.

In China, demand for highly adhesive copper foil, which features close adhesion to substrate resin via a lowroughening treatment to cope with high frequencies, is forecast to increase sharply. Consequently, it is no wonder that the requirements imposed by Chinese customers will become more and more demanding. We thus intend to grow and develop ourselves together with customers by firmly incorporating requests from customers into the electro-deposited copper foils of the Group.

Nikko Metals Shanghai, which has 17 employees, engages in a variety of businesses primarily related to sales of precision rolled products and plating liquids and the collection of scrap metals mainly in the East China region centering on Shanghai. I am personally in charge of sales of plating and cleaning liquids.

China has achieved remarkable economic development in recent years. In the course of such development, many corporations have faced significant challenges for CSR including such issues as the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, resource conservation and energy conservation.

The Company's businesses are recycling-oriented ones ranging from proposals of optimum materials for customers to the collection of scrap metals. Our business activities, therefore, assume an important role from a CSR perspective, not to mention our contribution to the development of customers.

We intend to meet customers' expectations with sincerity in the course of further exploiting the Chinese market while receiving appropriate guidance.