1 Komatsu Ltd., a large integrated maker of construction machinery, posted a 32% unconsolidated gain in first-half pretax profit.
2 For the period ended Sept.30, it earned 16.68 billion yen, (US$116.7 million) up from 12.68 billion yen the year before.
3 Sales rose 11% to 292.32 billion yen from 263.07 billion yen.
4 Net income surged 31% to 7.63 billion yen from 5.82 billion yen.
5 Per-share net rose to 7.84 yen from 6.53 yen.
6 Brisk domestic demand due to increasing capital investment pushed up sales sharply in construction and industrial machinery divisions.
7 Domestic sales of construction machinery, such as power shovels and bulldozers rose to 142.84 billion yen from 126.15 billion yen.
8 Demand from Europe and Southeast Asia also grew, but due to increasing production at local plants, overseas sales edged down 2.8%.
9 Komatsu predicted that for the fiscal year ending March 31 sales will climb to 600 billion yen from 566.54 billion yen; pretax profit was forecast at 35 billion yen, up from 28.53 billion yen in fiscal 1989.
10 Net is expected to rise to 17 billion yen from 12.82 billion yen a year earlier.

Komatsu Ltd . , a large integrated maker of construction machinery , posted a 32 % unconsolidated gain in first - half pretax profit .
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