Kuraray will raise the prices of its hydrogenated styrenic thermoplastic elastomers Septon and Hybrar as well as TU polymers globally, beginning with shipments on October 15. The price increase is $0.22 per kilogram. Regarding the price increase, the company said, “The increase in costs for the subject products, including key raw materials, utility and logistics costs, and repair costs, is...
Since its establishment in June 1948, Saitama-based Dainichi Kogyo has earned a solid reputation among its customers as a comprehensive manufacturer and trading company engaged in the manufacture, sale, and processing of various industrial rubber products, rubber sheets, and packing products. In recent years, the company has been focusing on the adhesive products sector, particularly vulcanized adhesive bonding, by actively...
Kuriyama Holdings reported a 9.9% year-on-year increase in net sales to 40.33 billion yen ($286.62 million), a 22.9% increase in operating income to 2.78 billion yen, a 21.5% increase in ordinary income to 3.11 billion yen, and a 17.5% increase in net income to 2,11 billion yen in its consolidated interim (January-June) results for fiscal 2024. Both sales and profits...
Kuraray posted for the first half of the current fiscal year net sales of 411.22 billion yen ($2.81 billion), up 7.9%; operating income of 45.46 billion yen, up 11.0%; ordinary income of 44.02 billion yen, up 14.2%; and net income of 30.45 billion yen, up 39.4%. The company achieved record-high sales and profits for the first half of the fiscal...
Tokai Carbon reported for the first half of the current fiscal year a 4.2% year-on-year decline in net sales to 170.92 billion yen ($1.17 billion), a 61.2% drop in operating income to 8.43 billion yen, a 56.4% decline in ordinary income to 10.52 billion yen, and a 77.0% drop in net income to 3.66 billion yen. The carbon black business,...
Valqua’s results for the first quarter of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025, showed sales of 61.74 billion yen ($419.94 million), down 0.7% year-on-year; operating income of 7.10 billion yen, down 20.0%; ordinary income of 7.40 billion yen, down 18.1%; and net income of 4.91 billion yen, down 27.2%. By segment, the sealing products business posted sales of 37.16...
