Productivity Improvement
First written in FY2016. 20 of 41 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2017-Q1. Latest entry: 2026-08-07.
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- 2026-08-07AdvancedEarnings
「Through further cost-reduction activities, including consolidated production at manufacturing sites, profit increased by ¥387 million year on year to ¥974 million, up 66.1%.」
The company cited cost reductions through consolidated production as the reason for the increase in segment profit in the First Division. - FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「As a result of improved cost ratios from further cost-reduction activities, including consolidated production at manufacturing sites, the amount increased by ¥2,285 million from the previous consolidated fiscal year to ¥3,287 million, up 228.0% year on year.」
Improved cost ratios from production consolidation and cost-reduction activities have translated into higher profit for the First Business Division. - FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「Segment profit for the First Business Division in the current interim consolidated accounting period increased by ¥1,074 million from the previous interim consolidated accounting period to ¥1,536 million, up 233.0%, owing to higher gross profit from increased revenue and productivity improvements (cost reductions), lower depreciation expense, and other factors.」
Segment profit for the First Business Division increased by ¥1,074 million to ¥1,536 million, owing in part to higher gross profit from productivity improvements. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「Segment profit increased by ¥1,241 million year on year to ¥2,662 million, up 87.4% from the previous consolidated fiscal year, owing to the effects of price revisions, improved margins resulting from higher productivity, and lower depreciation expenses for urethane and thermal insulation materials, which had been impaired in the previous fiscal year.」
It states that segment profit in the industrial materials business increased by ¥1,241 million, or 87.4%, owing to productivity improvements, price revisions, and other factors. - FY2025-H1RestatedAnnual report
「Although the Company worked to improve productivity and reduce expenses in response to persistently high raw material prices and energy costs, as well as higher procurement costs resulting from the weaker yen and other factors,」
Productivity improvement continues, together with expense reductions, as a measure to address rising costs. - FY2024RestatedAnnual report
「The Group will intensify its efforts to further improve productivity (reduce costs).」
Productivity improvement continues as a measure to address rising costs and deteriorating profitability. - FY2024-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Although the Company worked to improve productivity and reduce expenses in response to rising raw material prices and energy costs, as well as higher procurement costs resulting from the weaker yen and other factors, operating loss was ¥436 million, compared with an operating loss of ¥49 million in the same quarter of the previous year.」
Productivity improvement and expense reductions continue as measures to address higher raw material and energy costs and the weaker yen. - FY2024-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Although the Company worked to improve productivity and reduce expenses in response to rising raw material prices and energy costs, as well as higher procurement costs resulting from the weaker yen and other factors,」
Productivity improvement continues, together with expense reductions, as a measure to address rising costs. - FY2024-Q1Changes to planned investment and scheduled completionAnnual report
「Reporting company | Shiga No. 2 Plant (Toyosato, Shiga) | Industrial materials business | Urethane manufacturing equipment | ¥1,730 million | ¥1,551 million | Internal funds and borrowings | June 2020 | December 2023 | Expansion of production capacity」
For the urethane manufacturing equipment at the Shiga No. 2 Plant, the planned investment is ¥1,730 million, payments to date are ¥1,551 million, and the scheduled completion changed to December 2023. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「During the consolidated fiscal year, the Company made total capital investments of ¥5,824 million in production facilities, research and development, environmental measures, and other areas aimed at supporting new products and expanding production capacity.」
As focused investments in growth areas, the Company actually invested ¥5,824 million in facilities, research and development, environmental measures, and other areas. It also disclosed new plans to install urethane manufacturing equipment at the Shiga No. 2 Plant and manufacturing equipment for disaster-prevention products at the Ashikaga No. 2 Plant. - FY2023-Q3Further postponement of scheduled facility completionAnnual report
「Reporting company | Shiga No. 2 Plant (Toyosato, Shiga) | Industrial materials business | Urethane manufacturing equipment | ¥1,526 million | ¥1,058 million | Internal funds and borrowings | June 2020 | June 2023 | Expansion of production capacity (Note) The scheduled completion month changed from September 2022 under the plan at the end of the previous consolidated fiscal year to June 2023.」
Payments for the urethane manufacturing equipment at the Shiga No. 2 Plant progressed to ¥1,058 million, while the scheduled completion changed from September 2022 to June 2023. - FY2023-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Under the plan at the end of the previous consolidated fiscal year, completion was scheduled for July 2022, but the facility was completed in August 2022.」
It states that the vehicle interior materials manufacturing equipment at the China Foshan plant was completed in August 2022, showing concrete progress in the production capacity expansion plan. - FY2023-Q1Change to scheduled facility completionAnnual report
「阿基里斯 (Foshan) New Materials Co., Ltd. Head Plant (Guangdong, China) Plastics business Vehicle interior materials manufacturing equipment ¥2,550 million ¥2,237 million Internal funds and borrowings March 2020 August 2022 Expansion of production capacity (Note) The scheduled completion month was changed from the plan at the end of the previous consolidated fiscal year.」
For the vehicle interior materials manufacturing equipment at the China Foshan plant, payments to date amounted to ¥2,237 million, and the scheduled completion changed from July 2022 to August 2022. - FY2022Capital investment progress and changes to scheduled completionAnnual report
「Reporting company Shiga No. 2 Plant (Toyosato, Shiga) Industrial materials business Urethane manufacturing equipment ¥1,526 million ¥899 million Internal funds and borrowings June 2020 September 2022 Expansion of production capacity 阿基里斯 (Foshan) New Materials Co., Ltd. Head Plant (Guangdong, China) Plastics business Vehicle interior materials manufacturing equipment ¥2,550 million (Note) ¥1,892 million Internal funds and borrowings March 2020 July 2022 Expansion of production capacity」
Payments for the Shiga No. 2 Plant amounted to ¥899 million, and the scheduled completion was updated to September 2022. Following completion of the building portion at the Foshan plant, the total planned investment was organized at ¥2,550 million, with payments to date of ¥1,892 million and scheduled completion in July 2022. - FY2022-Q2Changes to planned investment and scheduled completion, and payment progressAnnual report
「Reporting company | Shiga No. 2 Plant (Toyosato, Shiga) | Industrial materials business | Urethane manufacturing equipment | ¥1,526 million | ¥437 million | Internal funds and borrowings | June 2020 | May 2022 | Expansion of production capacity. 阿基里斯 (Foshan) New Materials Co., Ltd., Head Plant (Guangdong, China) | Plastics business | New vehicle interior materials manufacturing equipment and building | ¥4,841 million | ¥2,838 million | Internal funds and borrowings | March 2020 | April 2022 | Expansion of production capacity」
For the Shiga No. 2 Plant, the planned investment is ¥1,526 million, payments to date are ¥437 million, and the scheduled completion changed to May 2022. Payments for the Foshan plant progressed from ¥2,178 million to ¥2,838 million. - FY2022-Q1Changes to planned investment and payment progressAnnual report
「阿基里斯 (Foshan) New Materials Co., Ltd., Head Plant (Guangdong, China) | Plastics business | New vehicle interior materials manufacturing equipment and building | ¥4,841 million | ¥2,178 million | Internal funds and borrowings | March 2020 | April 2022 | Expansion of production capacity」
For the Foshan plant plan, the planned investment changed from ¥4,710 million at the end of the previous consolidated fiscal year to ¥4,841 million, while payments progressed from ¥2,135 million to ¥2,178 million. The scheduled completion remains April 2022. - FY2021Changes to facility plans and payment progressAnnual report
「Reporting company | Shiga No. 2 Plant (Toyosato, Shiga) | Industrial materials business | Urethane manufacturing equipment | ¥1,230 million | ¥274 million | Internal funds and borrowings | June 2020 | March 2022 | Expansion of production capacity 阿基里斯 (Foshan) New Materials Co., Ltd., Head Plant (Guangdong, China) | Plastics business | New vehicle interior materials manufacturing equipment and building | ¥4,710 million | ¥2,135 million | Internal funds and borrowings | March 2020 | April 2022 | Expansion of production capacity」
The planned investment and payments to date for the Shiga No. 2 Plant were ¥1,230 million and ¥274 million, respectively, while those for the Foshan plant were ¥4,710 million and ¥2,135 million. The scheduled completion of the Foshan plant was updated to April 2022. - FY2021-Q3Changes to facility plans and payment progressAnnual report
「阿基里斯 (Foshan) New Materials Co., Ltd., Head Plant (Guangdong, China) | Plastics business | New vehicle interior materials manufacturing equipment and building | ¥4,511 million | ¥1,124 million | Internal funds and borrowings | March 2020 | March 2022 | Expansion of production capacity」
For the China Foshan plant plan, payments progressed from ¥689 million to ¥1,124 million, while the scheduled completion changed from June 2021 to March 2022. Payments for the new urethane manufacturing equipment and building at the Shiga No. 2 Plant amounted to ¥131 million. - FY2021-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Reporting company | Shiga No. 2 Plant (Toyosato, Shiga) | Industrial materials business | New urethane manufacturing equipment and building | ¥1,246 million | ¥6 million | Internal funds and borrowings | June 2020 | March 2022 | Expansion of production capacity 阿基里斯 (Foshan) New Materials Co., Ltd., Head Plant (Guangdong, China) | Plastics business | New vehicle interior materials manufacturing equipment and building | ¥4,511 million | ¥689 million | Internal funds and borrowings | March 2020 | June 2021 | Expansion of production capacity」
Payments for the new facilities at the Shiga No. 2 Plant progressed from ¥0 million to ¥6 million. In addition, the Foshan plant plan was changed to include vehicle interior materials manufacturing equipment and made more specific, with a planned investment of ¥4,511 million, payments to date of ¥689 million, and scheduled completion in June 2021. - FY2021-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Reporting company | Shiga No. 2 Plant (Toyosato, Shiga) | Industrial materials business | New urethane manufacturing equipment and building | ¥1,246 million | ¥0 million | Internal funds and borrowings | June 2020 | March 2022 | Expansion of production capacity」
A new plan was confirmed for the Shiga No. 2 Plant to install urethane manufacturing equipment and construct a building, involving an investment of ¥1,246 million and scheduled for completion in March 2022. - FY2020AdvancedAnnual report
「During the consolidated fiscal year, the Company made total capital investments of ¥4,561 million in production facilities, research and development, environmental measures, and other areas aimed at supporting new products and expanding production capacity.」
It states that ¥4,561 million was actually invested in supporting new products, expanding production capacity, research and development, and environmental measures. - FY2020-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Reporting company | Shiga No. 2 Plant (Toyosato, Shiga) | Industrial materials business | Thermal insulation materials manufacturing equipment | ¥544 million | ¥67 million | Internal funds | October 2019 | January 2021 | Expansion of production capacity. 阿基里斯 (Foshan) New Materials Co., Ltd., Head Plant (Guangdong, China) | Plastics business | Vehicle materials manufacturing plant building | ¥2,095 million | — | Internal funds | March 2020 | February 2021 | Expansion of production capacity」
The plans to install thermal insulation materials manufacturing equipment at the Shiga No. 2 Plant and construct a vehicle materials manufacturing plant building at the Foshan subsidiary have been made specific, including the investment amounts, start dates, scheduled completion dates, and expansion of production capacity. - FY2020-Q2Further postponement of scheduled facility completionAnnual report
「Shiga No. 2 Plant (Toyosato, Shiga) | Industrial materials business | New urethane manufacturing equipment and building | ¥664 million | July 2018 | November 2019 | Expansion of production capacity」
For the new urethane manufacturing equipment and building at the Shiga No. 2 Plant, the scheduled completion changed from August 2019 in the previous plan to November 2019. - FY2020-Q1Further postponement of scheduled facility completionAnnual report
「Shiga No. 2 Plant (Toyosato, Shiga) | Industrial materials business | New urethane manufacturing equipment and building | ¥664 million | July 2018 | October 2019 | Expansion of production capacity」
For the new urethane manufacturing equipment and building at the Shiga No. 2 Plant, the scheduled completion changed from August 2019 in the previous plan to October 2019. - FY2019ReframedAnnual report
「② Improving the productivity of existing equipment through the addition of smart processes and digital technologies」
The measures for improving productivity have been made more specific, shifting from a focus on production equipment upgrades and enhancement of proprietary technologies to improving the productivity of existing equipment through the addition of smart processes and digital technologies. - FY2019-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Shiga No. 2 Plant (Toyosato, Inukami District, Shiga) | Industrial materials business | New urethane manufacturing equipment and building | ¥664 million | ¥264 million | Internal funds and borrowings | July 2018 | July 2019 | Expansion of production capacity. This is the restoration of the plant destroyed by the fire that occurred in March 2018. The scheduled completion of the environmental equipment at the Ashikaga No. 2 Plant changed, and the equipment was completed in December 2018.」
The plan to install urethane manufacturing equipment and construct a building at the Shiga No. 2 Plant destroyed by fire was made more specific, at a cost of ¥664 million. It also states that the environmental equipment at the Ashikaga No. 2 Plant was completed in December 2018. - FY2019-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Shiga No. 2 Plant (Toyosato, Inukami District, Shiga) | Industrial materials business | New urethane manufacturing equipment and building | ¥664 million | ¥62 million | Internal funds and borrowings | July 2018 | July 2019 | Expansion of production capacity Ashikaga No. 2 Plant (Ashikaga, Tochigi) | Plastics business | Environmental equipment (smoke exhaust treatment equipment for wall-material manufacturing equipment) | ¥509 million | June 2016 | December 2018 | Expansion of production capacity」
A new plan to install urethane manufacturing equipment and construct a building at the Shiga No. 2 Plant was newly confirmed as part of the restoration of the plant destroyed by fire, at a cost of ¥664 million. In addition, the scheduled completion of the environmental equipment at the Ashikaga No. 2 Plant changed to December 2018. - FY2019-Q1Postponement of scheduled facility completion and greater specificity in the description of the issueAnnual report
「② Improving productivity through enhancement of proprietary technologies Ashikaga No. 2 Plant (Ashikaga, Tochigi) Plastics business Environmental equipment (Smoke exhaust treatment equipment for wall-material manufacturing equipment) ¥509 million Started June 2016 Scheduled completion September 2018 Expansion of production capacity」
The productivity improvement issue was made more specific as “improving productivity through enhancement of proprietary technologies.” In addition, the scheduled completion of the ¥509 million environmental equipment at the Ashikaga No. 2 Plant changed from August 2018 to September 2018. - FY2018AdvancedAnnual report
「During the consolidated fiscal year, the Company made total capital investments of ¥4,291 million in production facilities, research and development, environmental measures, and other areas aimed at supporting new products and expanding production capacity.」
The Company made capital investments of ¥4,291 million to support new products, expand production capacity, conduct research and development, and implement environmental measures. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Ashikaga No. 1 Plant (Ashikaga, Tochigi) | Training facility | ¥649 million | Started October 2017 | Scheduled completion November 2018」
The existing capital investment plan for the training facility at the Ashikaga No. 1 Plant, involving ¥649 million and scheduled for completion in November 2018, continues to be disclosed. - FY2018-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Ashikaga No. 1 Plant (Ashikaga, Tochigi) | Training facility | ¥649 million | Started October 2017 | Scheduled completion November 2018」
A new training facility plan at the Ashikaga No. 1 Plant, involving an investment of ¥649 million, started in October 2017 and was newly confirmed for completion in November 2018. - FY2018-Q1ReframedAnnual report
「② Improving product competitiveness and productivity (use and enhancement of proprietary technologies and introduction of new equipment)」
Product competitiveness and productivity improvement are presented as an integrated issue, with the use and enhancement of proprietary technologies and the introduction of new equipment explicitly identified as measures. - FY2017AdvancedAnnual report
「Based on the Group's basic strategy of making focused investments in growth areas, the Group made total capital investments of ¥2,649 million during the consolidated fiscal year in new products, equipment upgrades, research and development, and environmental measures.」
It states that ¥2,649 million was actually invested in new products, equipment upgrades, research and development, and environmental measures as focused investments in growth areas. - FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Ashikaga No. 1 Plant (Ashikaga, Tochigi) | Vehicle interior materials manufacturing equipment | ¥389 million | Started June 2016 | Scheduled completion March 2017 | Expansion of production capacity. Kyushu Plant (Iizuka, Fukuoka) | New urethane manufacturing equipment and building | ¥622 million | Started May 2016 | Scheduled completion June 2017 | Expansion of production capacity. Ashikaga No. 2 Plant (Ashikaga, Tochigi) | Environmental equipment | ¥509 million | Started June 2016 | Scheduled completion December 2017 | — | Expansion of production capacity.」
The plan to install and expand production facilities continues to be disclosed. The scheduled completion of the thermal insulation materials manufacturing equipment also continues to be tracked as August 2017. - FY2017-Q2Addition of an equipment plan and change in the scheduled completion dateAnnual report
「Ashikaga Second Plant (Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture): environmental-protection equipment, ¥509 million, work started in June 2016, scheduled for completion in December 2017, increasing production capacity.」
A plan to install new environmental-protection equipment has been added. Meanwhile, the scheduled completion date for the insulation-materials production equipment has changed from March 2017 to May 2017. - FY2017-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Ashikaga First Plant (Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture): production equipment for vehicle-interior materials, ¥389 million, work started in June 2016, scheduled for completion in March 2017, increasing production capacity. Kyushu Plant (Iizuka, Fukuoka Prefecture): new polyurethane production equipment and building, ¥622 million, work started in May 2016, scheduled for completion in June 2017, increasing production capacity.」
Specific plans have been finalised to renew and strengthen production facilities, including equipment for vehicle-interior materials and new polyurethane equipment and buildings. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「(1) Improving productivity, strengthening production technology capabilities and renewing production facilities」
Identifies improving productivity as a key issue and cites strengthening production technology capabilities and renewing production facilities as measures.