Continuation of research and development activities
First written in FY2017-Q1. 6 of 33 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2017. Latest entry: FY2026.
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- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「As a new product, the company developed SUPPRESS, a hybrid melting furnace using dual gas and electric heat sources, contributing to a compact, space-saving design and reduced CO2 emissions.」
In R&D activities, the company advanced the development and commercialization of new products including SUPPRESS, MEL-KEEPER-Reborn, NAAP and Calsia crucibles. Research on graphene oxide progressed to preparations for mass production and patent allowance. R&D expenses totaled ¥298.266 million. - FY2026-H1Decline in R&D expenses, no change in activitiesAnnual report
「The total amount of R&D expenses for the six-month interim period was ¥156 million. There were no significant changes in the status of the Group’s R&D activities during the period.」
While stating that there were no significant changes in R&D activities, R&D expenses decreased from ¥174.317 million in the same period of the previous year to ¥156.732 million. - FY2025-H1Increase in R&D expenses, no change in activitiesAnnual report
「The total amount of R&D expenses for the six-month interim period was ¥174 million. There were no significant changes in the status of the Group’s R&D activities during the period.」
While stating that there were no significant changes in R&D activities, R&D expenses increased from ¥153.687 million in the same period of the previous year to ¥174.317 million. - FY2024-Q3Increase in R&D expenses, no change in activitiesAnnual report
「The total amount of R&D expenses for the first nine months of the current fiscal year was ¥238 million. There were no significant changes in the status of the Group’s R&D activities during the period.」
While continuing to state that there were no significant changes in R&D activities, R&D expenses increased from ¥226 million in the cumulative period of the same quarter of the previous year to ¥238 million. - FY2024-Q2Slight decline in R&D expenses, no change in activitiesAnnual report
「The total amount of R&D expenses for the first six months of the current fiscal year was ¥153 million. There were no significant changes in the status of the Group’s R&D activities during the period.」
The company continued to state that there were no significant changes in R&D activities, while R&D expenses edged down from ¥156.009 million in the cumulative period of the same quarter of the previous year to ¥153.687 million. - FY2024-Q1Increase in R&D expenses, no change in activitiesAnnual report
「The total amount of R&D expenses for the first three months of the current fiscal year was ¥77 million. There were no significant changes in the status of the Group’s R&D activities during the period.」
While continuing to state that there were no significant changes in R&D activities, R&D expenses increased from ¥73 million in the same quarter of the previous year to ¥77 million. - FY2023-Q3Increase in R&D expenses, no change in activitiesAnnual report
「The total amount of R&D expenses for the first nine months of the current fiscal year was ¥226 million. There were no significant changes in the status of the Group’s R&D activities during the period.」
While stating that there were no significant changes in R&D activities, R&D expenses totaled ¥226 million, up from ¥152 million in the cumulative period of the same quarter of the previous year. - FY2023-Q2Increase in R&D expenses, no change in activitiesAnnual report
「The total amount of R&D expenses for the first six months of the current fiscal year was ¥156 million. There were no significant changes in the status of the Group’s R&D activities during the period.」
While stating that there were no significant changes in R&D activities, R&D expenses increased from ¥103.56 million in the cumulative period of the same quarter of the previous year to ¥156 million. - FY2023-Q1Increase in R&D expenses, no change in activitiesAnnual report
「The total amount of R&D expenses for the first three months of the current fiscal year was ¥73 million. There were no significant changes in the status of the Group’s R&D activities during the period.」
The company continued to state that there were no significant changes in R&D activities, while R&D expenses increased from ¥38 million in the same quarter of the previous year to ¥73 million. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「These products have significantly shortened the time from curing through drying to commencement of use, to one-third of the time required for conventional monolithic refractories for the VE series and one-eighth for the VELOX series. As a high-performance product, the W2 series of high-toughness castable materials, which are less prone to cracking and crack propagation when formed into structures, has also completed development and commercialization and will be introduced to the market sequentially.」
The VE and VELOX series’ time-saving performance was quantified at one-third and one-eighth of the conventional time, respectively, and development and commercialization of the W2 series was completed. R&D expenses totaled ¥196.275 million. - FY2022-Q3Increase in R&D expenses, no change in activitiesAnnual report
「The total amount of R&D expenses for the first nine months of the current fiscal year was ¥152 million. There were no significant changes in the status of the Group’s R&D activities during the period.」
While continuing to state that there were no significant changes in R&D activities, R&D expenses totaled ¥152 million. - FY2022-Q2Increase in R&D expenses, no change in activitiesAnnual report
「The total amount of R&D expenses for the first six months of the current fiscal year was ¥103 million. There were no significant changes in the status of the Group’s R&D activities during the period.」
While continuing to state that there were no significant changes in R&D activities, R&D expenses increased from ¥74.426 million in the cumulative period of the same quarter of the previous year to ¥103.596 million. - FY2022-Q1Increase in R&D expenses, no change in activitiesAnnual report
「The total amount of R&D expenses for the first three months of the current fiscal year was ¥52 million. There were no significant changes in the status of the Group’s R&D activities during the period.」
While continuing to state that there were no significant changes in R&D activities, R&D expenses increased from ¥38 million in the same quarter of the previous year to ¥52 million. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「To accommodate larger products and improve mass-production efficiency, the company newly installed a large-scale firing furnace as molding equipment, following the large-scale CIP (cold isostatic press), significantly improving productivity, quality and performance.」
Following the installation of the large-scale CIP, the company installed a large-scale firing furnace and disclosed improvements in its ability to handle large products, mass-production efficiency, productivity, quality and performance. Total R&D expenses were ¥150.609 million. - FY2021-Q3Increase in R&D expenses, no change in activitiesAnnual report
「The total amount of R&D expenses for the first nine months of the current fiscal year was ¥114 million. There were no significant changes in the status of the Group’s R&D activities during the period.」
The company continued to state that there were no significant changes in R&D activities, and R&D expenses totaled ¥114 million for the first nine months. - FY2021-Q2Increase in R&D expenses, no change in activitiesAnnual report
「The total amount of R&D expenses for the first six months of the current fiscal year was ¥74 million. There were no significant changes in the status of the Group’s R&D activities during the period.」
The company continued to state that there were no significant changes in R&D activities, and R&D expenses totaled ¥74.426 million for the first six months. - FY2021-Q1Decline in R&D expenses, no change in activitiesAnnual report
「The total amount of R&D expenses for the first three months of the current fiscal year was ¥38 million. There were no significant changes in the status of the Group’s R&D activities during the period.」
While continuing to state that there were no significant changes in R&D activities, R&D expenses decreased from ¥46 million in the same quarter of the previous year to ¥38 million. - FY2020AdvancedAnnual report
「We have completed and begun selling the LITETEX series of insulating monolithic materials (patching materials).」
Product commercialization of R&D results advanced, including completion and the launch of the LITETEX series and the launch of the blowhole checker BC-1. R&D expenses totaled ¥128.432 million. - FY2020-Q3Increase in R&D expenses, no change in activitiesAnnual report
「The total amount of R&D expenses for the first nine months of the current fiscal year was ¥102 million. There were no significant changes in the status of the Group’s R&D activities during the period.」
While stating that there were no significant changes in R&D activities, R&D expenses increased from ¥72 million for the first six months to ¥102 million. - FY2020-Q2Increase in R&D expenses, no change in activitiesAnnual report
「The total amount of R&D expenses for the first six months of the current fiscal year was ¥72 million. There were no significant changes in the status of the Group’s R&D activities during the period.」
While stating that there were no significant changes in R&D activities, R&D expenses totaled ¥72 million for the first six months, up from ¥63 million in the same period of the previous year. - FY2020-Q1Increase in R&D expenses, no change in activitiesAnnual report
「The total amount of R&D expenses for the first three months of the current fiscal year was ¥46 million. There were no significant changes in the status of the Group’s R&D activities during the period.」
While continuing to state that there were no significant changes in R&D activities, R&D expenses totaled ¥46 million. - FY2019Decline in R&D expenses, continued product improvementsAnnual report
「The total amount of R&D expenses for the fiscal year was ¥121.501 million.」
While R&D expenses decreased from ¥124.196 million in the previous fiscal year to ¥121.501 million, the company continued development and improvements of graphite crucibles, environmentally compliant refractories, Freedom, NM furnaces and MK furnaces, among others. - FY2019-Q3Slight decline in R&D expenses, no change in activitiesAnnual report
「The total amount of R&D expenses for the first nine months of the current fiscal year was ¥93 million. There were no significant changes in the status of the Group’s R&D activities during the period.」
The company continued to state that there were no significant changes in R&D activities. R&D expenses edged down from ¥96 million in the cumulative period of the same quarter of the previous year to ¥93 million. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The total amount of R&D expenses for the first six months of the current fiscal year was ¥63 million. There were no significant changes in the status of the Group’s R&D activities during the period.」
The company continued to state that there were no significant changes in R&D activities. R&D expenses totaled ¥63 million for the first six months. - FY2019-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The total amount of R&D expenses for the first three months of the current fiscal year was ¥32 million. There were no significant changes in the status of the Group’s R&D activities during the period.」
The company continued to state that there were no significant changes in R&D activities. R&D expenses were ¥32 million, slightly down from ¥33 million in the same quarter of the previous year. - FY2018AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition, as a new initiative, we began selling the new Freedom melting furnace, which significantly suppresses oxide formation inside the furnace and reduces the frequency of oxide-cleaning operations.」
In addition to the continued disclosure that there were no significant changes in R&D activities, the company reported the specific product launch of the new Freedom melting furnace. Total R&D expenses were ¥124.196 million, down from ¥128.674 million in the previous fiscal year. - FY2018-Q3Slight decrease in R&D expensesAnnual report
「The total amount of R&D expenses for the first nine months of the current fiscal year was ¥96 million. There were no significant changes in the status of the Group’s R&D activities during the period.」
While stating that there were no significant changes in R&D activities, R&D expenses edged down from ¥97 million in the cumulative period of the same quarter of the previous year to ¥96 million. - FY2018-Q2Decline in R&D expensesAnnual report
「The total amount of R&D expenses for the first six months of the current fiscal year was ¥63 million. There were no significant changes in the status of the Group’s R&D activities during the period.」
While stating that there were no significant changes in R&D activities, R&D expenses decreased from ¥68.423 million in the cumulative period of the same quarter of the previous year to ¥63.473 million. - FY2018-Q1Higher Research and Development ExpensesAnnual report
「The total amount of R&D expenses for the first three months of the current fiscal year was ¥33 million. There were no significant changes in the status of the Group’s R&D activities during the period.」
While stating that there were no significant changes in R&D activities, R&D expenses increased from ¥30 million in the same quarter of the previous year to ¥33 million. - FY2017AdvancedAnnual report
「The total amount of R&D expenses for the fiscal year was ¥129 million.」
R&D expenses totaled ¥129 million for the full year, continuing the quarter-to-quarter cumulative increase. The disclosure also provides extensive details of specific development activities, including energy-saving furnaces, CO2-reduction products, regulatory-compliant refractories and special crucibles. - FY2017-Q3Continued increase in R&D expensesAnnual report
「The total amount of R&D expenses for the first nine months of the current fiscal year was ¥97 million. There were no significant changes in the status of the Group’s R&D activities during the period.」
While stating that there were no significant changes in R&D activities, R&D expenses increased from ¥68 million in the previous six-month period to ¥97 million. - FY2017-Q2Higher Research and Development ExpensesAnnual report
「The total amount of R&D expenses for the first six months of the current fiscal year was ¥68 million. There were no significant changes in the status of the Group’s R&D activities during the period.」
While stating that there were no significant changes in R&D activities, R&D expenses totaled ¥68 million for the six-month period. - FY2017-Q1First statedAnnual report
「Total research and development expenses for the first quarter of the current fiscal year were ¥30 million.」
Research and development expenses of ¥30 million were recorded on a cumulative quarterly basis, and the company stated that there had been no material changes in its research and development activities.