Hayashikane Sangyo Co.,Ltd.

Hayashikane Sangyo Co., Ltd. is a corporate group centered on its food business, which primarily manufactures, procures and sells functional ingredients, processed foods and meat, and its feed business, which includes the manufacture, procurement and sale of compound feed and seafood. In its seafood business, the group purchases and sells seafood produced by customers of its fish-farming feed. As an other business, it leases real estate owned in Osaka Prefecture and elsewhere. Its main products and services include functional ingredients, processed foods, meat, compound feed, seafood and fish-farming feed. Major customers include Qingdao Tianyi Jixing International Trade Co., Ltd., Umios Corporation and 株式会社兵殖. Regional revenue was ¥40,724 million in Japan, ¥8,132 million in China and ¥411 million in Other, for a total of ¥49,267 million. Under the medium-term plan Challenge2028, the group targets ROIC of at least 5.0% and EBITDA of 6.0%, and has a policy of maintaining a payout ratio of at least 30% and reducing cross-shareholdings. Following a redefinition of its five-year plan to reduce CO2 emissions by the fiscal year ending March 2030, it achieved an approximately 38% reduction in the fiscal year ending March 2026, equivalent to 17,178t-CO2. It is also promoting human capital initiatives, including measures to support women's advancement and reduce average overtime hours.