Securing Diamond Powder Inventory and Ensuring Supply Through Integrated Domestic Production

「In the New Materials Business, the company has secured sufficient inventories of the single-crystal diamond powder used by its customers. In addition, because polycrystalline diamond powder is produced entirely at the division's domestic plant, from synthesis through to finished products, the impact of the latest export restrictions on results for the current consolidated fiscal year is expected to be minor. The company will, however, continue to closely monitor developments by the Chinese authorities.」