Improving Profitability by Reviewing Aging Equipment and Rebuilding the Production Structure
First written in FY2018. 4 of 6 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2019. Latest entry: FY2026.
12 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「For existing businesses, we will make profitability by product and customer visible, review our product mix and resource allocation from the perspectives of profitability, growth potential and capital efficiency, and restructure our business portfolio, including by reviewing unprofitable areas.」
Business portfolio optimization has been translated into concrete measures: visualizing profitability by product and customer, reviewing the product mix and resource allocation, and restructuring unprofitable areas. - 2026-05-28AdvancedManagement Planning
「Reform the business structure with a focus on profitability」
Business portfolio restructuring was presented as a key policy of the Fifth Medium-Term Management Plan, directly linked to establishing a revenue base. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「For products and businesses with low profitability, we will progressively scale back or withdraw from them, while improving cost competitiveness by integrating production lines and adjusting operating balances. We will also seek to maximize earnings power and production efficiency by strengthening collaboration with overseas plants and restructuring our global management resources.」
The measures for business portfolio optimization and domestic production-system restructuring have been specified as scaling back or withdrawing from low-profitability products and businesses, integrating production lines, adjusting operating balances and collaborating with overseas plants. - FY2024ReframedAnnual report
「Under the Fourth Medium-Term Management Plan, we will pursue “optimization of the business portfolio” by strengthening sales of separator supports, creating new customer value and restructuring our domestic production system.」
The description of profitability improvement, previously centered on eliminating aging facilities and withdrawing from unprofitable businesses, has been reorganized as business portfolio optimization and the restructuring of the domestic production system. - FY2019AdvancedAnnual report
「To strengthen the management foundation needed to achieve these objectives, we will seek to improve our earnings structure and capital efficiency by eliminating aging production facilities and withdrawing from unprofitable businesses.」
The company has entered the stage of implementing the elimination of aging production facilities and withdrawal from unprofitable businesses as specific measures to improve its earnings structure and capital efficiency. - FY2018First statedAnnual report
「We recognize that improving profitability is an important issue, and will work to improve profitability by reviewing aging facilities and restructuring our production system.」
Following impairment losses at the Tokushima and Komatsushima plants, a review of aging facilities and restructuring of the production system were identified as measures to improve earnings.