Ube held a briefing on its medium-term management plan, “Ube Vision 2030 Transformation-2nd Stage,” covering fiscal years 2025 to 2030. “Considering the promotion of basic business structure reforms, specialization, digital transformation (DX), and corporate culture reform, we need to establish a solid six-year plan and execute it steadily,” Ube said, extending the plan’s duration from the previous three years to...
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Ube Says Sales up, Profits Down in First Half
Ube announced its business results for the first half (April-September) of the fiscal year ending March 2025, with net sales of 243.04 billion yen ($1.58 billion), up 11.4% year-on-year; operating income of 6.05 billion yen, up 15.9%; ordinary income of 1,90 billion yen, down 83.2%; and net income of 318 million yen, down 96.5%. Sales in the Resins & Plastics...
Lanxess Sells Urethane Systems Business to Ube
Lanxess signed an agreement to sell its Urethane Systems business to Ube. The value of the business is equivalent to 460 million euros ($503.3 million), and the sale price is expected to be approximately 500 million euros. With this transaction, Lanxess will exit its last polymer business. The Urethane Systems business has five manufacturing sites worldwide and laboratories for application...
Ube Sales Down But Net Income Up: 9M Results
Ube posted results for the nine months (April-December) of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024. Sales were 332.95 billion yen ($2.23 billion), down 9.6% year-on-year; operating income 12.31 billion yen, down 5.2%; ordinary income 23.18 billion yen, compared with a loss of 4.53 billion yen in the same period a year earlier; and net income of 19.95 billion yen,...
Taiwan Ube Receives ISCC PLUS Certification
Ube Taiwan, a member of the Ube Group of chemical companies, has received ISCC PLUS (International Sustainable Carbon) certification, an international certification to realize and guarantee a sustainable supply chain and covers mainly biomass, recycled-derived, and other raw materials sold worldwide. With this certification, Ube Taiwan will begin selling three ISCC PLUS certified Ube Group products, including from Ube Elastomer...
Ube to be Included in MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (WIN)
Ube has been selected as a component of the MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (WIN), a stock price index developed by MSCI that select companies that are taking the lead in women’s activities based on disclosed information related to gender diversity. As a result, the company is now included in all six ESG indices managed by the Japan Pension Fund...