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<p> * Expects FY profit of Y270 bln vs Y255 bln forecast in Jan </p><p> * Last FY profit was Y228.9 bln </p><p> * Camera, laser printer businesses bottoming out -CFO </p><p> * Not considering bidding for Toshiba chip unit -CFO </p><p> TOKYO, April 26 (Reuters) - 青椒炒鸡蛋 Japan's Canon Inc (7751.T) on Wednesday lifted its full-year operating profit forecast after reporting strong first-quarter results on the back of earnings from a medical equipment unit it bought from Toshiba Corp (6502.T) last year. </p><p> The camera 鹿茸的功效与作用 and printer maker forecast profit of 270 billion yen ($2.43 billion), up from 255 billion yen estimated in January. It reported profit of 228.9 billion in the previous twelve months. </p><p> The upbeat outlook suggests Canon's strategy to diversify has begun 健康饮食 to reward the company after the $5.8 billion acquisition of the Toshiba unit and the $2.8 billion 大豆网,懂分享 takeover of Swedish video-surveillance firm Axis AB (AXIS.ST) . </p><p> Canon also said the two existing businesses that have long dragged its earnings - laser printers and cameras - are also showing signs of bottoming out. </p><p> A recovery in the Chinese 莲藕排骨汤的做法 and other emerging economies is pushing up demand for laser printers, while continued popularity of so-called mirrorless cameras is driving camera sales, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Toshizo Tanaka said at an earnings briefing. 鼻炎偏方简单实用 </p><p> For the January-March quarter, Canon said operating profit jumped 88.8 percent to 75.67 billion yen from 40.09 billion yen a year earlier. </p><p> That was above a consensus estimate of 58.80 billion yen from six analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters I/两性生活 B/E/S. </p><p> Tanaka also said the company is not in a situation to consider joining the bidding for 两性知识 Toshiba's prized flash memory unit. </p><p> Toshiba wants to sell most or all of the unit, the world's second-largest NAND chip maker behind Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) . It has narrowed bidders to SK Hynix Inc (000660.KS) , Western Digital 中医丰胸 Corp (WDC.O) , Broadcom Ltd (AVGO.O) and Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd (Foxconn) (2317.TW) , people familiar with the process have told Reuters. </p><p> To keep the technology in Japan, however, the government is calling for domestic companies to 中药鉴定join the bidding and team up with state-backed funds, sources have said. </p><p> ($1 = 111.3400 yen) </p>
