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東芝擬併購拓健康事業 年營收拚1兆日圓【經濟日報╱記者余曉惠╱即時報導】 2014.02.20 06:27 pm 東芝公司社長田中久雄表示，打算斥資數十億美元併購，希望在2018年3月之前，將健康照護部門的年營收提高至1兆日圓（97.8億美元）。日這家日本財團將健康照護視為成長的關鍵。該公司希望，健康照護部門在2016年3月止的一年當中，營收能成長50%至6,000億日圓，同期營業利益率也能超越10%。田中說，除此之外，東芝還需要併購交易，但他並未指明可能的目標。東芝、日立與三菱電機都有意擴大健康照護事業，迎合日漸增加的長者居家照護需求，並在消費者電子面臨外國對手帶來的強烈競爭之際，提振營收。醫療用影像診斷是目前東芝健康照護部門的主要產品。東芝目前在全球2.2兆日圓的影像診斷市場占有率為11%，希望在2017/18年度之前，躋身該領域前三大業者。東芝也希望擴大預防醫學產品與服務，如護理和病後調養，這塊市場目前產值估計達10兆日圓。【2014/02/20 經濟日報】

Toshiba to expand healthcare business By Reuters Japan, 20 Feb 2014 Toshiba plans to spend billions of dollars on mergers and acquisitions to boost annual sales in its healthcare division to 1 trillion yen ($9.78 billion) by March 2018, president Hisao Tanaka said on Thursday. The Japanese conglomerate sees healthcare as key to its growth. It aims to raise the sector's revenue by 50% to 600 billion yen in the business year to March 2016 and wants double-digit profit growth during the same period. Beyond that, the company will need mergers and acquisitions, Tanaka said. He did not give details of any potential targets. Toshiba, Hitachi and Mitsubishi are all seeking to expand their healthcare businesses to tap growing demand from an ageing population at home, and boost revenues as their consumer electronics face stiff competition from foreign rivals. Imaging diagnostics for medical use are the main product of Toshiba's healthcare sector. The company currently has an 11% share of the 2.2 trillion yen imaging diagnostics market, a stake it wants to boost by 2017/18 so that it can become of the world's top three makers of the technology. Toshiba also wants to expand its preventative health products and services such as nursing and aftercare, a market it says is currently worth 10 trillion yen.