Mitsui Chemicals results for the first nine months (April-December) of the fiscal year ending March 2024 showed revenue of 1,274.53 billion yen ($8.54 billion), down 10.8% year-on-year; core operating profit of 72.38 billion yen, down 34.4%; and net income of 37.26 billion yen, down 42.6%. Among segments, Mobility posted sales revenue of 398.36 billion yen, up 1.9%, and core operating...
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Tosoh Reports 9M Net Sales Down 6%
Tosoh reported net sales of 747.89 billion yen ($5.01 billion), down 5.9% year-on-year, for the first nine months (April-December) of the fiscal year ending March 2024. Operating income stood at 59.55 billion yen, up 1.1%, ordinary income at 68.67 billion yen, down 5.0%, and net income at 41.37 billion yen, down 10.7%. By segment, the petrochemical business posted sales of...
Zeon Posts 9M Results, SSBR and Specialty Rubbers Steady on Stable New Car Production
Zeon posted sales of 283.81 billion yen ($1.9 billion), down 3.5% year-on-year, in the first nine months (April-December 2023) of the fiscal year ending March 2024. It further achieved operating income of 15.99 billion yen, down 42.6%, ordinary income of 19.91 billion yen, down 35.9%, and net income of 20.91 billion yen, up 14.4%. In the elastomer materials business segment,...
Fukoku’s Sales up 10% in First Half
Automotive rubber parts maker Fukoku posted sales of 42.95 billion yen ($291.76 million), up 10.2% year-on-year, operating profit of 1.06 billion yen, up 29.6%, recurring profit of 1.39 billion yen, down 23.2%, and net profit of 1.047 billion yen, down 28.7% in the first half (April-September) of the fiscal year ending March 2024). Sales were affected by the economic slowdown...
Mitsuboshi Belting Posts Increasing Sales of Mainstay Automotive Belts in First Half
Mitsuboshi Belting’s results for the first half (April-September 2023) of the fiscal year ending March 2024 showed an increase in sales of its mainstay automotive belts, but a decline in sales and profits from general industrial and OA equipment use. With the company raising product prices in 2021 and 2022, it said that this led to a buildup of market...
Achilles Posts First Half Results, Sales Down 6%
Rubber products maker Achilles posted sales of 38.18 billion yen ($258.94 million) in the first half of the fiscal year ending March 2024 (April-September 2023), down 6.4% year-on-year. The company posted an operating loss came of 519 million yen (vs. a loss of 102 million yen in the same period last year), an ordinary loss of 45 million yen (vs....