Growth in information recording-related products and functional materials
First written in FY2017-Q1. 11 of 30 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: 2026-08-06.
Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals Mfg. moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2019.
0 other companies' latest entry also says "Cited as achieved".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「Pigments and dispersions for the information electronics industry performed well in both liquid-crystal display and office equipment applications.」
For information electronics-related products, which had previously shown divergent performance by application, both liquid-crystal display and office equipment applications were described as performing well. - 2026-05-15AdvancedEarnings forecast revision
「Products for liquid crystal displays: pigments performed well due to increased sales of new products Coating agents performed steadily Pigments and colorants for office equipment and commercial printing performed well」
For information electronics-related products, where performance had differed by application in the previous interim period, the Company disclosed increased sales of new pigments for liquid crystal displays and strong performance in products for office equipment and commercial printing. - FY2026-H1Improvement in liquid-crystal display applications and weak office equipment applications reported togetherAnnual report
「Sales of pigments and dispersions for the information electronics industry performed well in liquid-crystal display applications. Meanwhile, office equipment applications performed poorly.」
Liquid-crystal display applications, previously described as weak through the previous fiscal year, performed well, while office equipment applications remained weak, continuing the divergence by demand sector. - FY2025WorsenedAnnual report
「Sales of pigments and dispersions for the information electronics industry performed poorly in both liquid-crystal display and office equipment applications.」
The description changed from steady office equipment applications in the previous interim period to poor performance in both liquid-crystal display and office equipment applications in the current fiscal year. - FY2025-H1Weak liquid-crystal display applications and steady office equipment applications reported togetherAnnual report
「Sales of pigments and dispersions for the information electronics industry performed poorly in liquid-crystal display applications, while office equipment applications performed steadily.」
While weak performance in liquid-crystal display applications continued, office equipment applications were described as steady, and the divergence by demand sector continued. - FY2024-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「Sales of pigments and dispersions for the information electronics industry showed signs of strength in liquid-crystal display applications from the beginning of the fiscal year, but weakened toward the end of the fiscal year.」
Although liquid-crystal display applications had shown signs of recovery through the previous quarter, they weakened toward the end of the current quarter, with a slowdown due to production adjustments explicitly noted. - FY2024-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Sales of pigments and dispersions for the information electronics industry showed signs of recovery in liquid-crystal display applications from the beginning of the fiscal year, but」
Liquid-crystal display applications were described as showing signs of recovery from the poor performance caused by inventory adjustments in the previous fiscal year. - FY2024-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Sales of pigments and dispersions for the information electronics industry showed signs of recovery in liquid-crystal display applications from the beginning of the fiscal year, while recovery in office equipment applications continued.」
For information electronics-related products that had previously been described as weak or still recovering, the company reported signs of recovery in liquid-crystal display applications and continued recovery in office equipment applications. - FY2023-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Sales of pigments and pigment dispersions for the information electronics industry continued to recover in office equipment applications, while display applications performed poorly due to inventory adjustments for liquid-crystal panels and declining stay-at-home demand.」
Recovery in office equipment applications and poor performance in display applications due to liquid-crystal panel inventory adjustments and declining stay-at-home demand have continued. - FY2023-Q2Specific factors behind weak performance in display applications identifiedAnnual report
「Sales of pigments and dispersions for the information electronics industry continued to recover in office equipment applications from the effects of COVID-19, while display applications performed poorly due to inventory adjustments for liquid-crystal panels and declining stay-at-home demand.」
While weak performance in display applications continued, the factors were specified as inventory adjustments for liquid-crystal panels and declining stay-at-home demand. Recovery in office equipment applications continued. - FY2023-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「Sales of pigments and dispersions for the information electronics industry performed well in office equipment applications as they recovered from the effects of COVID-19, while display applications performed poorly due to declining panel demand.」
Display applications, previously described as performing well, shifted to poor performance due to declining panel demand. Meanwhile, recovery and strong performance in office equipment applications continued. - FY2022-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Pigments and dispersions for the information electronics industry performed well in display applications, while office equipment applications showed signs of recovery.」
Strong performance in display applications and a recovery trend in office equipment applications, which had previously been weak, have continued. - FY2022-Q1Recovery trend in office equipment applications explicitly notedAnnual report
「Pigments and dispersions for the information electronics industry continued to perform steadily in display applications, while office equipment applications showed signs of recovery.」
While display-related applications continued to perform steadily against the backdrop of expanding telework, a recovery trend was explicitly noted for office equipment applications, which had previously been weak. - FY2021-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Pigments for information display and recording performed steadily in display-related applications, supported by the expansion of telework, while office equipment-related applications performed poorly.」
The divergence by demand sector has continued, with display-related applications remaining steady against the backdrop of expanding telework, while office equipment-related applications have remained poor. - FY2021-Q1Clearer divergence by demand sectorAnnual report
「Pigments for information display and recording performed steadily in display-related applications, supported by the expansion of telework, while office equipment-related applications performed poorly.」
The previous description of poor performance in pigments for information display and recording was replaced by a split assessment: display-related applications were steady, supported by the expansion of telework, while office equipment-related applications were poor. Differences by demand sector have become clearer. - FY2020WorsenedAnnual report
「Pigments for information display and recording slowed in the second half and performed poorly. Other general-purpose pigments also performed poorly.」
The description of information display and recording-related products and general-purpose pigments changed from generally strong and steady performance, respectively, to poor performance. - FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Pigments for information display and recording performed poorly. General-purpose pigments performed steadily.」
Poor performance in pigments for information display and recording and steady performance in general-purpose pigments were reported for the second consecutive quarter. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Pigments for information display and recording performed poorly. General-purpose pigments performed steadily.」
Poor performance in pigments for information display and recording and steady performance in general-purpose pigments were reported for the second consecutive quarter. - FY2020-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「Pigments for information display and recording performed poorly. General-purpose pigments performed well.」
The description of information display and recording-related products changed from “generally strong” to poor performance in pigments for information display and recording. General-purpose pigments were described as performing well. - FY2019-Q3SoftenedAnnual report
「Information display and recording materials performed at about the same level as the previous year. Other general-purpose pigments performed steadily.」
The description of information display and recording materials weakened from “generally strong” through the previous quarter to “about the same as the previous year.” Other general-purpose pigments were described as steady. - FY2019-Q2SoftenedAnnual report
「Information display and recording materials generally performed well. General-purpose pigments performed steadily in Japan but remained sluggish overseas.」
While information display and recording materials continued to perform generally well, general-purpose pigments performed steadily in Japan but poorly overseas, weakening the description from the previous overall assessment of steady performance. - FY2019-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Information display and recording materials generally performed well. General-purpose pigments performed steadily overall.」
Generally strong performance in information display and recording materials and steady performance in general-purpose pigments have continued. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Information recording-related products generally performed well, except for some products. General-purpose pigments performed steadily overall.」
Generally strong performance in information recording-related products and steady performance in general-purpose pigments have continued. - FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Information recording-related products generally performed well, except for certain major customers. General-purpose pigments performed steadily overall.」
Generally strong performance in information recording-related products and steady performance in general-purpose pigments have continued. - FY2018-Q1SoftenedAnnual report
「Information recording-related products generally performed well, except for certain major customers. General-purpose pigments performed steadily overall, and pigments for overseas markets performed well.」
Strong performance in information recording-related products continued, with the qualification that this excluded certain major customers. General-purpose pigments and pigments for overseas markets were described as steady and strong, respectively. - FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Information recording-related products continued to perform well.」
Strong performance in information recording-related products has continued. - FY2017-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Information recording-related products and general-purpose pigments for the automotive and building materials industries performed well. Interior materials for the vehicle industry continued to perform steadily in North America, while specialty coating agents for information recording-related materials also continued to grow.」
Strong performance continued in information recording-related products, while general-purpose pigments for automotive and building materials, interior materials for North America, and specialty coating agents all showed growth. - FY2017-Q1First statedAnnual report
「Information recording-related products continued to perform well. Sales of pigments for color filters also showed signs of recovery.」
The company cited strong performance in information recording-related products and a recovery in sales of pigments for color filters as progress in the business.