Weak demand in major applications, including automotive, housing-related, and electrical wire applications

「主に床材や壁紙、電線被覆材などの建築部材向け汎用可塑剤は、住宅着工戸数に持ち直しの動きが見られたものの、海外からの廉価品流入による競争激化が継続し、販売数量は前年同期を下回りました。しかしながら、原材料価格の高騰に応じた適正な製品価格への改定に努めた結果、売上高は前年同期を上回りました。また、高耐熱・高耐候などの機能性可塑剤につきましては、用途の高度化を背景に国内外の需要が引き続き堅調に推移し、全体の実績を下支えいたしました。」

「General-purpose plasticizers used mainly in building materials such as flooring, wallpaper and wire insulation fell below the previous year in both volume and revenue as the competitive environment deteriorated due to sluggish housing starts, higher construction costs and inflows of inexpensive overseas products. Products for the automotive industry were affected in the first half by lower sales due to the Trump tariffs. Orders recovered on a trend in the second half as this impact subsided, but both volume and revenue remained below the previous year.」

「General-purpose plasticizers used mainly in building materials such as flooring, wallpaper and wire insulation fell substantially below the previous year in both volume and revenue due to increased inflows of inexpensive overseas products. Products for the automotive industry exceeded the previous year in both volume and revenue as demand recovered in some regions. For electronic-materials products, volume was approximately at the previous year's level as end demand remained weak due to the sluggish Chinese economy and the impact of reciprocal tariffs, while revenue fell below the previous year due to price competition from inexpensive overseas products.」

「General-purpose plasticizers used mainly in building materials such as flooring, wallpaper and wire insulation fell substantially below the previous year in both volume and revenue due to weak domestic demand and intensified competition from inexpensive overseas products. Products for the automotive industry fell below the previous year in both volume and revenue due to sluggish demand.」

「Plasticizer products used mainly as raw materials for building materials such as flooring and wire insulation recorded lower volume than the previous year as domestic demand remained weak and competition for share with inexpensive overseas products intensified. However, revenue exceeded the previous year as price revisions progressed in response to higher raw-material prices. Meanwhile, electronic-materials products exceeded the previous year in both volume and revenue as demand from manufacturers remained firm.」

「Exports of plasticizer products used mainly as raw materials for building materials such as flooring and wire insulation remained weak due to reduced price competitiveness following a sharp decline in overseas market prices. However, as domestic demand gradually recovered and price pass-through progressed in response to higher raw-material prices, both volume and revenue were approximately at the previous year's levels. Products for the automotive and electronic-materials industries remained firm as demand from manufacturers recovered, with both volume and revenue exceeding the previous year.」

「Plasticizer products used as raw materials for building materials such as flooring and wire insulation recorded higher sales volume than the previous year as domestic demand was on a gradual recovery trend, but revenue fell below the previous year due to the significant impact of lower overseas market prices. Products for the automotive industry remained firm as demand recovered, with both volume and revenue exceeding the previous year. For electronic-materials products, actual end demand recovered slowly, but demand from manufacturers improved, resulting in higher volume and revenue than in the previous year.」

「Plasticizer products used as raw materials for building materials such as flooring and wire insulation saw exports decline substantially due to reduced price competitiveness following the fall in overseas market prices. Domestic demand also remained weak, but sales volume recovered as difficulties procuring raw materials in the previous fiscal year were resolved, leaving both sales volume and revenue at approximately the previous year's levels. Products for the automotive industry exceeded the previous year in both volume and revenue as automotive production recovered steadily.」

「Plasticizer products used as raw materials for building materials such as flooring and wire insulation saw exports decline due to lower overseas market prices, while domestic demand also remained weak. However, sales volume recovered as difficulties procuring raw materials were resolved, leaving revenue at approximately the previous year's level. Demand for products for the automotive industry was on a recovery trend as automotive production recovered, with both volume and revenue exceeding the previous year.」

「Products for the automotive industry recorded lower revenue and volume than in the previous year due to sluggish growth in automotive production caused by the semiconductor shortage.」

「The Group was forced to operate under difficult business conditions due to surging crude oil and vegetable oil prices, difficulties procuring raw materials caused by supply chain disruptions, and the impact of reduced automotive production.」

「Against a backdrop of a gradual recovery in the domestic economy, demand for the Group's products also remained on a recovery trend.」

「In sales to lifestyle-related industries, demand for toiletries and textiles recovered to pre-COVID levels, while sales of additives for daily necessities, pharmaceuticals and food products remained strong.」

「Recovery was seen in lifestyle-related and residential-equipment-related businesses. The automotive business was also on a recovery trend, but restrictions on automotive production due to the global semiconductor shortage emerged in the second half.」

「Plasticizer sales fell sharply as demand for housing-materials-related applications, the main sales market, declined, while outdoor construction also decreased this summer, particularly due to the prolonged rainy season.」

「Plasticizer sales to housing-materials-related applications, which were heavily affected by the spread of COVID-19, declined sharply, while sales of general-purpose plasticizers (DOP and DINP), widely used in wallpaper, flooring and wire, fell substantially.」

「Plasticizers faced difficult conditions in the housing-materials sector, a major sales market, due to the decline in housing starts and increased inflows of inexpensive overseas products.」

「Plasticizers faced difficult conditions as demand for residential equipment and building-material applications, the main end market, declined both domestically and overseas, accompanied by falling prices.」

「The situation was challenging because demand remained weak in housing equipment and materials applications, the Company’s major sales channel, except in the electrical wire segment, while inflows of imported products increased.」

「Demand for housing material applications, the Company’s major sales channel, remained weak, and plasticizers were also affected by low-priced competing imports, causing net sales to decline from the previous year.」

「Demand in the electrical wire segment of the housing material applications served by the Company’s major customers remained weak, causing sales volumes to stagnate. However, net sales exceeded the previous year, partly due to the effect of product price revisions in response to soaring raw material prices.」

「Demand in the electrical wire segment of the housing material applications served by the Company’s major customers failed to recover, causing sales volumes to decline. However, net sales increased because product prices were revised in response to soaring raw material prices.」

「Demand in the electrical wire segment of the housing material applications served by the Company’s major customers remained weak, but net sales of plasticizers increased as product prices were revised in response to higher raw material prices.」

「Although housing material applications remained weak, sales of resin raw material products increased because electrical and electronic applications performed well in Japan and overseas.」

「Plasticizers benefited from firm demand for housing material applications, the Company’s major sales channel, which increased sales volumes, while net sales also increased as product prices were revised in response to higher raw material prices.」

「Plasticizers benefited from firm demand for housing material applications, the Company’s major sales channel, which increased sales volumes, while revised product prices also lifted net sales above the previous year.」

「Plasticizers outperformed the previous year because the Company revised product prices in line with fluctuations in raw material prices and demand for housing material applications, one of its major sales channels, showed signs of recovery.」

「Sales volumes stagnated because the recovery in demand for housing-related materials and electrical wires, the Company’s major customers, was slow.」

「The recovery in demand for housing-related materials and electrical wires remained slow, product prices also languished, and plasticizer net sales fell below the previous year.」

「Plasticizers were affected by lower crude oil prices, while the recovery in demand for housing-related materials and electrical wires remained slow, and net sales fell below the previous year.」

「Plasticizers were affected by weak demand for housing-related materials and electrical wires, as well as lower crude oil prices, and net sales fell well below the previous year.」