TOKYO— Hoya Corp. (TOKYO: 7741) reported a significant upturn in revenue and profit for the second quarter ended Sept. 30, 2014. During the quarter, revenues totaled 121,242 million yen, increasing by 18.6 percent from the same period the previous year. Pre-tax profit for the quarter was 34,256 million yen, while profit for this quarter was 27,323 million yen, both of which marked gains of 114.5 percent and 113.9 percent, respectively.

During the quarter, sales of products for smartphones and tablet PCs as well as sales of glass disks for HDDs performed well in Hoya’s Information Technology segment, but sales of digital camera related products continued to perform weakly, the company said.

Sales for Hoya’s Life Care segment, which includes the company’s eyeglass lens, contact lens and intraocular lens businesses, increased 20.5 percent from the same period the previous year, totaling 75,493 million yen. Before-tax profit stood at 13,188 million yen, an increase of 20.5 percent from the same period the previous year. Hoya said growth in its eyeglass lens business in overseas markets and the inclusion of Seiko Optical Products, a sales company of Seiko eyewear, as a consolidated subsidiary, contributed to increased sales in the Life Care segment.

“The profit for this quarter exceeded our expectation due primarily to solid result of the Information Technology segment,” said Hiroshi Suzuki, chief executive officer of Hoya. “We see that this trend will persist for awhile.”

For the six months ended Sept. 30, 2014, revenues totaled 234,314 million yen, and pre-tax profit was 56,700 million yen, both of which increased 15.6 percent and 57.1 percent respectively. Profit for the term increased 80.4 percent to 45,285 million yen, and profit attributable to owners of the company was up 79.6 percent to 44,948 million yen compared to the same quarter in the previous year.

Sales for Hoya’s Life Care segment climbed to 145,925 million yen during the six-month period, an 18.2 percent from the same period the previous year.