Katsura Roller reported lower sales and profits for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 compared to the previous fiscal year. While sales of rolls for printing use were down, the stagnation of overseas markets led to a decline in sales of rolls for film use throughout the year. Sales of rolls for printing were generally sluggish. Replacement demand for...
Meiwa Rubber’s performance in the first half of fiscal 2024, from October 2023 to March 2024, exceeded the results of the same period of the previous year but fell short of the target. In addition to the unstoppable decline in sales of rolls for printing, sales of rolls for industrial use, which had been the driving force in the previous...
Kinyosha, Japan’s leading manufacturer of rubber rolls, reported only a slight decrease in sales in fiscal 2023, keeping revenues almost at the same level as in the previous year. Blanket sales were firm, but total sales fell slightly short of the previous year’s results due to sluggish sales of some rolls. By division, sales of rolls were down from the...
Denka’s chloroprene rubber (CR) business experienced weak sales in the previous fiscal year (April 2023-March 2024). “The poor sales trend of the first half continued into the second half of the fiscal year,” the company said. Initially, it had expected a recovery in the second half of the year, but there was no boost in terms of volume, and both...
Tosoh’s CR sales volume declined only a few percent in the previous fiscal year ending March 2024, with sales benefiting from the weaker yen. Japanese domestic demand began to recover in the second half of the year, but was impacted by production stoppages at some automakers. Overseas, on the other hand, sales were affected by inventory adjustments by users in...
In the previous fiscal year ending March 2024, Osaka Soda’s acrylic rubber (ACM) sales volume increased due to new adoption in automotive parts applications, mainly in China, Southeast Asia, and India, as well as demand for ACM as a substitute for other materials. “We believe that there is still room for ACM to replace other materials for companies that have...
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