Gates Unitta Asia expects higher sales in its Japanese domestic general industrial belt business for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. By market, sales to semiconductor manufacturing equipment, its largest customer segment, increased on a full-year basis, although demand has recently shown signs of weakening. “In the first half, performance was strong as we produced and shipped orders received...
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Fujikura Composites Posts Record-HighProfits
Fujikura Composites reported record-high operating and ordinary profits for the first half of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026, supported by a recovery in industrial materials and a favorable product mix. For the April–September period, net sales increased 2.9% year-on-year to 20.23 billion yen ($130.68 million). Operating profit rose 19.3% to 2.68 billion yen, while ordinary profit climbed 15.2%...
Sumitomo Riko Launches SG Building as Symbol of Vision 2029
Sumitomo Riko has commenced full-scale operations at the Sumitomo Riko Green Transformation Building (SG Building), constructed as a core hub for its infrastructure and living environment business. Built at the Komaki Plant in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, the SG Building consolidates chemical products operations that had previously been dispersed across the site and serves as a model factory that achieves a...
Surging Raw Material Costs Impact First Half Results: Okamoto
Okamoto reported a decline in both revenue and profit for the first half of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026 (April–September 2025), as rising raw material prices, the strong yen, and sluggish demand in China put pressure on its performance. Consolidated net sales fell 2.9% from a year earlier to 52.90 billion yen ($340.74 million), while operating profit dropped...
Asahi Rubber Expects Higher Revenue and a Return to Profit
Asahi Rubber’s financial results for the first half of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026 (April–September 2025) show net sales of 3.89 billion yen ($24.95 million), a 5.2% increase year-on-year. Operating profit reached 122 million yen (compared with a 48-million-yen loss a year earlier), ordinary profit was 119 million yen (vs. a 57-million-yen loss), and net profit totaled 89...
Togawa Industry Sales Stable in First Half, Markets Remain Challenging
For the first half (April–September) of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026, Togawa Industry, a manufacturer of rubber and resin hoses, posted a 3% year-on-year increase in sales. The company said that, although revenue rose slightly, the gain was largely due to the price revisions implemented this spring. In terms of volume, sales for automotive production equipment, semiconductor manufacturing...
