Optical-laser production lifts demand for JEOL’s beam writers
129Spot-beam order index, year ended March 2026 (prior year=100)
117Spot-beam sales index, year ended March 2026 (prior year=100)
¥48.1bnIndustrial-equipment sales, year ended March 2026 (presentation rounding)
What emerges
See the company through the numbers →JEOL’s electron-beam writers are used in making the gratings in DFB lasers for optical communications. Spot-beam orders and sales rose in the year ended March 2026, while fewer mask writers were sold and industrial-equipment sales declined. Following what each machine patterns, and where it sits in its customer’s production process, reveals different demand conditions within semiconductor-related equipment.