Denka announced its financial results for the first quarter of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026 (April–June 2025). Consolidated net sales came in at 94.07 billion yen ($640.58 million), down 1.2% year-on-year. Operating profit declined 51.2% to 2.30 billion yen, and ordinary profit fell 53.7% to 1.67 billion yen. Net profit, however, surged 122.2% to 5.00 billion yen, largely...
Denka has achieved the highest A-rank rating for the fourth consecutive year in the Japan Refrigerant and Environment Conservation Organization’s (JRECO) 4th Fluorocarbon Measures Rating, which evaluates efforts toward compliance with the Fluorocarbon Emissions Control Law. The rating assesses publicly available information on fluorocarbon measures from 1,641 companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market. JRECO independently evaluates companies’...
Denka announced that its U.S. subsidiary, Denka Performance Elastomer (DPE), will not resume operations at its chloroprene rubber (CR) manufacturing facility, currently shut down for scheduled maintenance, and will instead place it on indefinite suspension. The company faced significant profit deterioration due to DPE’s struggling CR business, recording a special loss of approximately 16.1 billion yen ($107.33 million) for fixed...
The Excellent Corporation for Health Management certification system recognizes corporations, including large enterprises and small-to-medium businesses, that practice exemplary health management. It is divided into the Large-Scale Corporation Category and the Small-to-Medium-Scale Corporation Category, with top performers in the former category earning the additional White 500 designation. Moreover, the Health and Productivity Stock Selection is a program by the Ministry...
Denka has launched Snecton, a low-dielectric organic insulating resin with electrical characteristics required of materials to reduce electrical signal loss in next-generation high-speed communications beyond 5G and 6G. In addition to the sales launch for copper clad laminates (CCL) of various high-speed telecommunications equipment, the product is now being considered for flexible copper clad laminates (FCCL) and various interlayer insulation...
Denka’s chloroprene rubber (CR) business in the first half (April-September) of fiscal 2024 “did not recover as much as expected due to the impact of the global economic downturn on sales for automotive parts and general industrial products,” the company said. Although overall conditions were harsh, inquiries for latex for gloves increased from the latter half of the first half of...
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