Responding to industry consolidation and preparing for M&A
First written in FY2016. 8 of 14 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2020. Latest entry: 2026-11-13.
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- FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「At a meeting of the Board of Directors held on 20 June 2025, the company resolved to conduct an absorption-type merger in which its consolidated subsidiary 大西機工株式会社 would be the surviving company and its consolidated subsidiary 株式会社澤永商店 would be the absorbed company. The absorption merger was completed on 1 October 2025.」
As part of the reorganization of existing subsidiaries, the company completed the absorption merger of 澤永商店 by 大西機工, with 大西機工 as the surviving company, and proceeded to improve organizational operating efficiency following the M&A. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「24 December 2024 (deemed acquisition date: 31 December 2024)」
The company acquired 100% of the shares of KamogawaＨＤ and completed the M&A transaction to make the Kamogawa Group a consolidated subsidiary. - FY2023RestatedAnnual report
「To expand its market share, our group will strengthen its financial position by maintaining sufficient cash and cash equivalents among total assets, improving asset efficiency and raising return on equity so that it can move actively to pursue industry consolidation when necessary, including by preparing for M&A.」
The company continues its policy of linking industry consolidation, market-share expansion, M&A preparedness and the securing of cash and cash equivalents. - FY2022Cited as achievedAnnual report
「During the consolidated fiscal year, the company strengthened its technical sales structure through the introduction of various tools at the Technical Center and operated the cutting-tools specialty e-commerce site “さくさくEC.” As an M&A initiative, it completed the acquisition of 広州加茂川国際貿易有限公司.」
The company reviewed the M&A of 広州加茂川国際貿易有限公司 as an initiative completed during the fiscal year. - FY2022-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「We decided to acquire all equity interests in 広州加茂川国際貿易有限公司 because making it a consolidated subsidiary is expected to expand our group's cutting tools business.」
The company acquired all equity interests in 広州加茂川国際貿易有限公司, which had been identified as a candidate for a strategic alliance, on 22 December 2021 and made it a wholly owned subsidiary. The acquisition cost was ¥131,501 thousand. - FY2022-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「We decided to acquire all equity interests in 広州加茂川国際貿易 because making it a consolidated subsidiary is expected to expand our group's cutting tools business.」
The company resolved to pursue a strategic alliance with 広州加茂川国際貿易, which has strong customers and a sales base in China, by acquiring all equity interests for ¥131,501 thousand and planning to make it a subsidiary in mid-November 2021. - FY2021-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「As part of its growth strategy, the company made 株式会社東新商会 and 株式会社澤永商店 subsidiaries to expand its business in the Kanto and Kyushu regions, and in December 2020 made 株式会社川野辺製作所, which has strong business partners in Japan and North America, a subsidiary.」
Based on its existing policy of forming strategic alliances with companies that have strong customer bases, the company made 川野辺製作所 a subsidiary in December 2020. The acquired voting rights ratio was 85.8%, and the company planned to proceed with the process of making it a wholly owned subsidiary. - FY2021-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「As part of our growth strategy, our group has continued to consider strategic alliances with companies that have strong customer bases and management challenges such as the absence of a successor. We decided to acquire the shares of 東新商会 because making it a consolidated subsidiary is expected to expand our group's cutting tools business.」
Based on its policy of forming strategic alliances with companies that have strong customer bases and challenges such as the absence of a successor, the company acquired 99.0% of 東新商会 and 100.0% of 澤永商店 and made them subsidiaries. - FY2021-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, the company promoted measures to create new businesses and strengthen and expand its business platform using M&A and other means as growth strategies, but performance remained sluggish against a challenging business environment.」
The company continues to create new businesses and strengthen and expand its business platform through M&A and other means, but no specific milestones, such as the completion of a new acquisition, were described. - FY2020AdvancedAnnual report
「On 27 February 2020, the company acquired 32.0% of its treasury shares from 大西機工社 and made the company a wholly owned subsidiary.」
The policy of preparing for M&A was implemented in concrete terms through the acquisition of shares in 大西機工株式会社 and its conversion into a wholly owned subsidiary. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「We aim to expand market share through industry-specific sales methods, including friendly M&A with distributors facing management challenges such as succession issues and customers' overseas expansion, strengthening the technical sales structure using the Technical Center, and expanding our range of new products.」
The company has outlined measures to expand market share, including friendly M&A driven by succession issues and other challenges faced by distributors, but no M&A transactions were completed during the consolidated fiscal year. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「To expand its market share, our group will strengthen its financial position by raising its equity ratio so that it can move actively to pursue industry consolidation when necessary, including by preparing for M&A.」
In light of slowing growth in the domestic market and the possibility of industry consolidation, the company links market-share expansion, M&A preparedness and financial strengthening.