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Tokai Carbon’s Carbon Black Business Sales Up 43%

Tokai Carbon’s results for the first nine months (January-September) of the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022, showed net sales of 246.33 billion yen ($1.76 billion), up 33.1 percent year-on-year; operating income of 28.02 billion yen, up 58.6 percent; ordinary income of 32.13 billion yen, up 83.1 percent; and net income of 16.12 billion yen, up 68.6 percent. In the...

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Tokai Carbon Looks to Boost Carbon Black Profitability With New Management Plan

Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd. (TYO:5301) President Hajime Nagasaka has unveiled T-2023, the company’s new three-year medium-term management plan. The company aims to end the plan in fiscal 2023 with record-high sales revenue of 320 billion yen ($2.94 billion), as well as operating income of 57 billion yen, an ROS figure of 18 percent and an EBITDA of 86 billion yen....

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Tokai Carbon Positions Carbon Black Business as Revenue Base in New Medium-Term Plan

Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd. (TYO:5301) has positioned its carbon black business as a major base of revenue within T-2021, a new medium-term management plan set to run from 2019 to 2021. Under this plan, Tokai Carbon’s carbon black business is projected to generate 124 billion yen for 2021, up from a 115.3 billion projection for 2019. Operating profit from the...

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Carbon Black Association Points to International Competition at 70th Anniversary Event

Japan’s Carbon Black Association held its 21st annual convention on Oct. 9, commemorating the association’s 70th anniversary since its 1948 establishment and providing discussion on issues in the industry. Speaking at the event, Hajime Nagasaka – head of the Carbon Black Association and President at Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd. (TYO:5301) – commented on the competitive environment currently facing the industry...

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Tokai Carbon Set to Hugely Outperform Targets From T-2018 Management Plan

Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd. (TYO:5301) appears likely to significantly exceed targets set under T-2018, the company’s medium-term management plan slated to end this fiscal year after a three-year run. Coming as a result of increased product prices and other such factors, the company now expects to post annual figures far above its initial targets of 110 billion yen ($990.23 million)...

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Tokai Carbon Expects Strong Business Performance to Continue

Carbon black manufacturer Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd. (TYO:5301) is enjoying strong business performance, with recently posted business results showing drastic increases to the company’s sales and profits. Sales for the year through December 2017 were up 19.9 percent from the previous year. Meanwhile, operating profit rose by 915.1 percent, ordinary profit by 678.3 percent, and net profit increased by approximately...

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