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Ishihara Chemical (4462) · TargetRestated

Maintaining High Market Share in Niche Markets

First written in FY2017. 5 of 11 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2026.

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ProgressHeldSoftenedWorseFirst statedFY2017 – FY2019RestatedFY2020AdvancedFY2024-Q1RestatedFY2025 – FY20262017: 120172018: 020182019: 320192020: 220202021: 020212022: 220222023: 120232024: 020242025: 120252026: 12026
Same theme, other companies
Achieving High Profitability and Creating Markets through Niche-Leading BusinessesA theme 33 companies write about · 0 as a headwind · 33 as a tailwind

The whole theme swung hardest in 2024: 2 of 8 companies on the "Worse" side.

13 other companies' latest entry also says "Restated".

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  1. FY2026RestatedAnnual report

    「We will maintain high market shares in business fields described as niche markets, develop our businesses in a balanced manner across 3 core fields, enhance the earnings power of each and thereby drive overall growth in the Company's performance.」

    Reconfirms the basic objective of maintaining a high market share in niche markets.
  2. FY2025RestatedAnnual report

    「We will maintain high market shares in business fields described as niche markets, develop our businesses in a balanced manner across 3 core fields, enhance the earnings power of each and thereby drive overall growth in the Company's performance.」

    Reconfirms the basic objective of maintaining a high market share in niche markets.
  3. FY2024-Q1AdvancedAnnual report

    「Industrial Chemicals significantly outperformed the previous year, driven by higher prices for existing products, increased market share and the acquisition of new projects, despite a delay in the recovery of steel demand.」

    The disclosure cites increased market share and the acquisition of new projects in Industrial Chemicals, indicating concrete progress in market share in niche markets and other areas.
  4. FY2023-Q2RestatedAnnual report

    「Industrial Chemicals significantly outperformed the previous year, supported by rising market conditions and increased market share resulting from supply-chain strengthening.」

    The continued disclosure of increased market share resulting from supply-chain strengthening again confirms results consistent with the objective relating to market share in niche markets and other areas.
  5. FY2023-Q1AdvancedAnnual report

    「Industrial Chemicals significantly outperformed the previous year, supported by improving market conditions, including a recovery in steel demand, and increased market share resulting from supply-chain strengthening.」

    The disclosure cites increased market share resulting from supply-chain strengthening, indicating concrete progress in market share in niche markets and other areas.
  6. FY2020RestatedAnnual report

    「We will maintain high market shares in business fields described as niche markets, develop our businesses in a balanced manner across 3 core fields, enhance the earnings power of each and thereby drive overall growth in the Company's performance.」

    Restates the basic objective of maintaining a high market share in niche markets.
  7. FY2020-Q3AdvancedAnnual report

    「Performance was strong, supported by the acquisition of bidding projects for government agencies and new projects for steel companies, as well as increased market share for caustic soda, aluminum ingots and polymerization inhibitors for styrene monomer.」

    In addition to acquiring new projects for steel companies, the disclosure cites increased market share for caustic soda, aluminum ingots and polymerization inhibitors for styrene monomer, indicating concrete progress in market share in niche markets and other areas.
  8. FY2020-Q2AdvancedAnnual report

    「Performance was strong, supported by newly acquired bidding projects for government agencies and industrial-waste treatment projects, as well as increased market share for caustic soda, aluminum ingots and polymerization inhibitors for styrene monomer.」

    The disclosure cites increased market share for caustic soda, aluminum ingots and polymerization inhibitors for styrene monomer, indicating concrete progress toward the objective of maintaining a high market share in niche markets and other areas.
  9. FY2020-Q1AdvancedAnnual report

    「Performance was strong, supported by higher caustic soda delivery volumes for the steel market, increased market share for aluminum ingots, the acquisition of industrial-waste treatment projects, and an increase in bidding projects for government agencies.」

    The disclosure cites increased market share for aluminum ingots, indicating concrete progress in market share in niche markets and other areas. However, no company-wide market-share figures have been disclosed.
  10. FY2019RestatedAnnual report

    「We will maintain high market shares in business fields described as niche markets, develop our businesses in a balanced manner across 3 core fields, enhance the earnings power of each and thereby drive overall growth in the Company's performance.」

    Restates the basic objective of maintaining a high market share in niche markets.
  11. FY2017First statedAnnual report

    「With self-development, product development and market development as its corporate philosophy of the “three developments,” the Company will maintain a high market share in business areas described as niche markets, develop its business in a balanced manner across its three core fields, enhance the profitability of each, and seek to expand the Company's overall performance.」

    The Company explicitly identifies maintaining a high market share in niche markets as a basic objective, alongside the three developments and the expansion of three fields and four businesses.
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"Diversification of Production Locations and Expansion of Production Capacity" moved the same way as this thread, in the same document, in 4 of its 11 moves.

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  1. ★This thread
  2. 1Diversification of Production Locations and Expansion of Production Capacity4×
  3. 2Strengthening Shareholder Returns Based on Stable Dividends2×
  4. 3Business expansion through the development of new products, technologies and markets2×
  5. 4Risk of Price Declines and Market Volatility Relating to Securities Held2×
  6. 5Priority Allocation of Retained Earnings to Research and Development, New Businesses and New Technologies2×
  7. 6Decline in Industrial Chemicals Market Share Due to Competitors’ Aggressive Pricing2×

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