Kinugawa Rubber Industrial Co. Ltd. (TYO:5196) posted first quarter sales of 18.941 billion yen ($1.89 billion), marking a year-on-year decline of 2.2 percent. Operating profit for the same April–June period was similarly down, sitting at 1.774 billion yen after a 4.9 percent decrease. Meanwhile, pretax profit and quarterly net profit felt the brunt of exchange-rate losses. Pretax profit dropped 33.4…
