Transformation into Development-Oriented Companies and New Product Launch Rate
First written in FY2016. 3 of 7 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2026.
Gun Ei Chemical Industry moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2023.
0 other companies' latest entry also says "Softened".
- FY2026SoftenedAnnual report
「New product sales accounted for 10% of sales for the current period (products within 5 years of launch as of the end of the consolidated fiscal year).」
The new product sales ratio fell from the 16% disclosed previously to 10%. The previous 30% new product launch rate target also continues not to be explicitly stated. - FY2023SoftenedAnnual report
「New product sales accounted for 16% of sales for the current period (products within 5 years of launch as of the end of the consolidated fiscal year).」
The new product sales ratio fell to 16% from the 22% disclosed previously. While the previous 30% new product launch rate target is not explicitly stated in this filing either, development based on deeper core technologies, industry-government-academia collaboration, and the capture of market needs continues. - FY2021RestatedAnnual report
「The Company has established a structure that further strengthens coordination within the GCI Group and among the development, sales, and manufacturing divisions, as well as clarifying and strengthening coordination among functions within the Development Division, and is promoting the capture of market needs and development based on technological seeds. New product sales accounted for 22% of sales for the current period (products within 5 years of launch as of the end of the consolidated fiscal year).」
The new product sales ratio was 22%, with no significant change from the previous year's 22%. Coordination among development, sales, and manufacturing and development based on market needs and technological seeds continue. - FY2019SoftenedAnnual report
「The Company has established a structure that further strengthens coordination within the development team, in addition to the existing coordination between development and sales, and is promoting the timely capture of customer needs and the development of technological seeds. New product sales accounted for 22% of sales for the current period (products within 5 years of launch as of the end of the consolidated fiscal year).」
The 22% new product sales ratio and coordination between development and sales are cited as measures, but the previous 30% new product launch rate target is not stated in this filing. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「Under the medium- to long-term target of a 30% new product launch rate, we will continue to deepen and accumulate core technologies in the phenolic resins and starch-based sugar products fields, our main product areas, with our R&D capabilities as the backbone, while pursuing the creation of new business models and new demand from a global perspective through marketing.」
The 30% new product launch rate target and the creation of new demand through R&D, accumulation of core technologies, and marketing continue. The new product sales ratio for the current period is 23.5%. - FY2017RestatedAnnual report
「Under the medium- to long-term target of a 30% new product launch rate, we will continue to deepen and accumulate core technologies in the phenolic resins and starch-based sugar products fields, our main product areas, with our R&D capabilities as the backbone, while using marketing activities to pursue the creation of new business models and new demand from a global perspective.」
The medium- to long-term target of a 30% new product launch rate has been maintained, with R&D, accumulation of core technologies, and the creation of new demand through marketing explicitly identified as the means. The new product sales ratio for the current period is disclosed as 22%. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「(1) Transformation into a development-oriented company Under the medium- to long-term target of a 30% new product launch rate, we will continue to deepen and accumulate core technologies in the phenolic resins and starch-based sugar products fields, our main product areas, with our R&D capabilities as the backbone, while expanding applications from conventional materials development into downstream materials for technology-intensive products.」
A numerical target of a 30% new product launch rate has been established, with R&D capabilities, core technologies, and application expansion into downstream materials identified as the means of achieving it. The new product sales ratio for the current period is stated as 25%.