Cost Reduction and Restructuring
First written in FY2016. 19 of 30 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2017-Q1. Latest entry: 2026-08-07.
3 other companies' latest entry also says "Other".
- 2026-08-07OtherEarnings
「Restructuring costs (including costs associated with termination of employment contracts)」
The company recorded restructuring costs of ¥232 million in the quarter, indicating that the measures were continuing. - FY2026Decrease in restructuring costs and reversal of provisionsAnnual report
「The gain from the reversal of restructuring provisions for the consolidated fiscal year related to the European architectural glass business and resulted from the reversal of provisions after restructuring was completed at a lower cost than initially expected.」
Restructuring costs decreased from ¥8.248 billion in the previous fiscal year to ¥1.713 billion, while a ¥1.504 billion gain from the reversal of provisions was recognized in the European architectural glass business. - FY2026-H1Decrease in restructuring costsAnnual report
「Restructuring costs (including costs associated with terminating employment contracts) △194 △259」
Restructuring costs decreased from ¥259 million in the same period of the previous fiscal year to ¥194 million, but measures involving costs associated with terminating employment contracts continued. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「Restructuring costs for the consolidated fiscal year arose mainly in the architectural and automotive glass businesses in Europe.」
Restructuring continued mainly in the European architectural and automotive glass businesses, and expenses under individually disclosed items totaled ¥8.248 billion. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「Restructuring costs (including costs associated with terminating employment contracts) △259」
Restructuring costs of ¥259 million were recognized for the current interim consolidated accounting period, and measures including costs associated with terminating employment contracts continued. - FY2024ReframedAnnual report
「Under "Digital Transformation," we view the initiatives during the period of this medium-term management plan as a second PMI (post-merger integration), and will fully leverage digital technologies to renew operations and enhance our capacity to create added value.」
The use of DX under the previous cost-structure reforms was reorganized as a company-wide transformation, described as a second PMI, involving data and process standardization and a renewal of global management. - FY2024-Q3Update to cumulative restructuring costsAnnual report
「Most restructuring costs for the cumulative third quarter of both the current and previous fiscal years included costs associated with terminating employees' employment contracts.」
Restructuring costs totaled ¥349 million for the cumulative third quarter, including costs associated with terminating employees' employment contracts. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「Under cost-structure reforms, we will continue to pursue fundamental reforms to the cost structure, including workforce efficiency, fixed-cost reductions and procurement-cost reductions. We consider digital transformation (DX) essential to advancing these efforts and plan to promote it across the entire company.」
DX was added to the cost-reduction measures and explicitly identified as a means of promoting them across the entire company. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「Workforce reductions were carried out mainly in the European and North American automotive glass businesses in connection with the consolidation and closure of facilities and production lines. Approximately 1,000 employees were reduced in the fiscal year ending March 2022, bringing the cumulative reduction for the fiscal years ending March 2021 and March 2022 to 2,340 compared with the fiscal year ending March 2020, while personnel costs were reduced by ¥13.6 billion.」
具体的な進捗として、コスト構造改革により、約1,000人を fiscal year ending March 2022 に、累計2,340人を fiscal year ending March 2020 比で削減し、人件費を¥13.6 billion削減したことを開示した。加えて、直接費を¥5 billion、自動車用ガラス事業で¥6.8 billion削減した。 - FY2022-Q3Update to restructuring-related amountsAnnual report
「Gain from reversal of restructuring provisions 194 - Restructuring costs (including costs associated with terminating employment contracts) △118 △3,997」
For the cumulative third quarter, a ¥194 million gain from the reversal of provisions recognized in the previous fiscal year and restructuring costs of ¥118 million were recorded. This was down from costs of ¥3.997 billion in the same period of the previous fiscal year. - FY2022-Q2Update to restructuring-related amountsAnnual report
「Gain from reversal of restructuring provisions 109 - Restructuring costs (including costs associated with terminating employment contracts) △80 △1,064」
For the cumulative second quarter, a ¥109 million gain from the reversal of provisions recognized in the previous fiscal year and restructuring costs of ¥80 million were recorded. This was down from costs of ¥1.064 billion in the same period of the previous fiscal year. - FY2022-Q1Reversal of restructuring provisionsAnnual report
「The gain from the reversal of restructuring provisions for the cumulative first quarter of the current fiscal year related to provisions recognized in the previous consolidated fiscal year.」
For restructuring, a ¥57 million gain from the reversal of provisions recognized in the previous fiscal year was recorded, while restructuring costs of ¥56 million were also recognized in the current fiscal year. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「This included ¥14.7 billion in restructuring costs recognized mainly in the third and fourth quarters in connection with cost-structure reforms. Through these measures, the Group aims to generate at least ¥10 billion in cost improvements in the fiscal year ending March 2022.」
¥14.7 billion in restructuring costs related to cost-structure reforms was recognized, with a target of at least ¥10 billion in cost improvements for the fiscal year ending March 2022. - FY2021-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Restructuring costs for the cumulative third quarter of the current fiscal year arose mainly in connection with the Group's business-structure reforms, one objective of which was to achieve cost-structure reforms including substantial fixed-cost reductions.」
Restructuring was described as business-structure reform, rather than as measures by region and business as previously, including substantial fixed-cost reductions. Cumulative costs reached ¥3.997 billion. - FY2021-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Most restructuring costs include costs associated with the termination of employees’ employment contracts. During the first quarter of the current consolidated fiscal year, these costs arose in the architectural glass business in Southeast Asia and the automotive glass business in Europe.」
Restructuring, including the termination of employees' employment contracts, was carried out in the architectural glass business in Southeast Asia and the automotive glass business in Europe. - FY2020AdvancedAnnual report
「Restructuring costs for the consolidated fiscal year totaled ¥6.368 billion.」
Ongoing cost reductions and restructuring were carried out, and costs including those associated with terminating employees' employment contracts were recognized. - FY2020-Q3Restructuring continued and costs increasedAnnual report
「Most restructuring costs for the cumulative third quarter of both the current and previous fiscal years included costs associated with terminating employees' employment contracts. These costs arose from numerous small-scale restructuring initiatives in regions around the world.」
Numerous small-scale restructuring initiatives continued in regions around the world, with cumulative third-quarter costs totaling ¥3.814 billion. - FY2020-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Most restructuring costs for the cumulative second quarter of both the current and previous fiscal years included costs associated with terminating employees' employment contracts. These costs arose from numerous small-scale restructuring initiatives in regions around the world.」
Numerous small-scale restructuring initiatives continued in regions around the world, with related costs for the cumulative second quarter totaling ¥1.720 billion. The disclosure also described improved performance in the fine glass business through ongoing cost reductions and an improved sales mix. - FY2020-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Performance in the fine glass business improved further as the business foundation was strengthened through ongoing cost reductions. Most restructuring costs for the cumulative first quarter of the current fiscal year included costs associated with terminating employees' employment contracts. These costs arose from numerous small-scale restructuring initiatives in regions around the world.」
The disclosure stated that the fine glass business improved through ongoing cost reductions and that small-scale restructuring continued in regions around the world. Restructuring costs totaled ¥800 million. - FY2019AdvancedAnnual report
「The major restructuring activities during the current consolidated fiscal year involved the architectural glass and automotive glass businesses in Europe and the architectural glass business in Japan.」
Restructuring costs of ¥4.415 billion were recognized, with Europe and Japan specifically disclosed as the regions and businesses covered. - FY2019-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Restructuring costs for the cumulative third quarter of the current fiscal year mainly related to the architectural and automotive glass businesses in Europe.」
Cumulative restructuring costs reached ¥1.967 billion, mainly relating to the European architectural and automotive glass businesses. - FY2019-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Restructuring costs for the cumulative second quarter of the current fiscal year mainly related to the architectural and automotive glass businesses in Europe.」
The disclosure identified the European architectural and automotive glass businesses as the main areas subject to restructuring costs. - FY2018AdvancedAnnual report
「The expenses for the current consolidated fiscal year, the fiscal year ended March 2018, arose from the restructuring of the high-performance glass business in China and the automotive glass business in Europe, as well as numerous small-scale restructuring initiatives in regions around the world.」
Restructuring expanded to China, Europe and other regions, and the related cost-bearing measures continued throughout the fiscal year. - FY2018-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「The gain on the sale of property, plant and equipment and other assets during the cumulative third quarter of the current fiscal year resulted from the disposal of operating assets following the completion of restructuring in the high-performance glass business in China, which had begun in the first half of the fiscal year.」
Restructuring in China's high-performance glass business, initiated in the first half, was completed, progressing to the disposal of operating assets. - FY2018-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「The costs for the cumulative second quarter of the current fiscal year arose from restructuring in the high-performance glass business in China, as well as numerous small-scale restructuring initiatives in regions around the world.」
First-half restructuring costs totaled ¥2.218 billion, with the scope expanding to the high-performance glass business in China and small-scale initiatives across regions worldwide. - FY2018-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「The costs for the cumulative first quarter of the current fiscal year arose primarily from relatively small-scale restructuring carried out in regions around the world.」
The disclosure states that restructuring continued in regions around the world, resulting in related costs. - FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In Other regions, sales for the cumulative third quarter of the current fiscal year decreased by ¥14.9 billion year on year to ¥72.0 billion. Operating profit before individually disclosed items increased by ¥1.8 billion year on year to ¥8.7 billion, owing to improved performance in the architectural glass business and the effects of restructuring measures in the high-performance glass business in the previous fiscal year.」
The effects of restructuring measures implemented in the previous fiscal year continue to be cited as a factor behind improved operating profit in Other regions. - FY2017-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「The costs for the cumulative second quarter of the current fiscal year primarily arose from restructuring in the European architectural and automotive glass businesses in Europe and the high-performance glass business in Vietnam.」
Restructuring extended to the European architectural and automotive glass businesses and the Vietnamese high-performance glass business, with first-half costs totaling ¥1.621 billion. - FY2017-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「The costs for the cumulative first quarter of the current fiscal year primarily arose from restructuring in the European architectural glass business and the Vietnamese high-performance glass business.」
Restructuring costs arose in the European architectural glass business and the Vietnamese high-performance glass business, and implementation of the measures progressed. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「Our Group has already been working to reduce fixed costs in South America by consolidating processing facilities, and will continue to actively expand sales of replacement glass in the region.」
Fixed-cost reductions are being pursued in South America through the consolidation of processing facilities, alongside expanded sales of replacement glass.