New Product Development and New Market Creation in the Plant Business

「プラント事業においては、半導体関連の需要は底堅く推移しているものの、設備部門、工事部門ともに前年の第１四半期と比較して大口案件の完工が少なかったことも影響し、売上高、利益ともに前年同四半期を下回る結果となりました。」

「Third, in the plant business, we will seek to expand sales through marketing next-generation energy-efficient industrial furnaces and by entering new fields. We will also expand overseas sales channels and further improve productivity by enhancing synergies with our subsidiary 岩佐機械工業株式会社.」

「In the plant business, the construction segment performed steadily, while in the equipment segment, customer capital investment also remained firm as demand related to semiconductors recovered. As a result, both sales and profit exceeded those of the same interim period of the previous year. In the plant business, sales for the interim consolidated accounting period were ¥2,780 million, up 6.7% year on year, and segment profit was ¥388 million, up 38.7% year on year.」

「We will develop next-generation industrial furnaces capable of reducing CO2 emissions by approximately 70% at most, thereby helping to reduce the environmental burden, while actively promoting the development and sale of new products that address customers’ new needs. We will also enhance synergies with 岩佐機械工業株式会社 and work to level out demand.」

「In the plant business, capital investment by customers in the equipment segment, which had increased in the previous fiscal year, reached a lull amid weak demand related to semiconductors, causing sales to decline. However, the construction segment performed steadily, and total segment sales exceeded those of the same quarter of the previous year. Profit, meanwhile, was below that of the same quarter of the previous year because of a change in the sales mix. In the plant business, sales for the cumulative second quarter of the fiscal year were ¥2,605 million, up 7.5% year on year, and segment profit was ¥280 million, down 16.4% year on year.」

「In the plant business, we actively pursued new customer acquisition and various cost reductions. However, customer capital investment, which had increased in the previous fiscal year, reached a lull, resulting in lower sales and profit than in the same quarter of the previous year.」

「The company will actively advance the development of sustainability-focused new products to meet customers' various needs and work to develop new markets and acquire new customers.」

「In the plant business, sales and profit both substantially exceeded the same quarter of the previous year, helped by the recovery in the capital investment environment among the company's major customers, firm orders and the addition of sales and profit from 岩佐機械工業株式会社, acquired in the previous fiscal year. In the plant business, sales for the nine months ended 31 December were ¥3,821 million, up 28.8% year on year, while segment profit was ¥573 million, up 105.3% year on year.」

「In the plant business, sales and profit both exceeded the same quarter of the previous year, helped by the recovery in the capital investment environment among the company's major customers, firm orders and the addition of sales and profit from 岩佐機械工業株式会社, acquired in the previous fiscal year. In the plant business, sales for the six months ended 30 September were ¥2,422 million, up 26.4% year on year, while segment profit was ¥335 million, up 27.9% year on year.」

「In the plant business, sales and profit both substantially exceeded the same quarter of the previous year, helped by the recovery in the capital investment environment among the company's major customers and the addition of sales and profit from 岩佐機械工業, acquired in the previous fiscal year.」

「Third, in the plant business, the company will actively advance new product development to meet customers' various needs and work to develop new markets and acquire new customers. It will also work to ensure smooth procurement of materials and improve delivery reliability.」

「At a meeting of its Board of Directors held on 12 October 2021, the company resolved to acquire the shares of 岩佐機械工業株式会社 and make it a subsidiary. It entered into a share transfer agreement on the same date, acquired all shares on 29 October 2021, and made the company a subsidiary.」

「In the plant business, sales declined year on year as a result of active cost-reduction efforts while the capital investment environment remained sluggish, but profit increased slightly.」

「Third, in the plant business, the company will actively advance new product development to meet customers' various needs and work to develop new markets and acquire new customers.」

「Third, in the plant business, the company will actively advance the development of new products to meet customers' various needs and work to create new markets.」

「In the plant business, sales for the nine months ended 31 December were ¥3,694 million, up 10.9% year on year, while segment profit was ¥630 million, up 17.4% year on year.」

「In the plant business, equipment demand remained strong, particularly for semiconductor manufacturing equipment, while the capital investment environment remained firm, and sales and profit both exceeded the same quarter of the previous year. In the plant business, sales for the six months ended 30 September were ¥2,490 million, up 14.0% year on year, while segment profit was ¥429 million, up 10.8% year on year.」

「In the plant business, the capital investment environment remained firm and the order backlog increased from the same quarter of the previous year. However, sales declined substantially due to a decrease in the completion of concentrated large-scale construction projects, which had been an exceptional factor in the previous year. Although the company actively pursued various cost-reduction measures, these were insufficient to offset the decline in sales, resulting in lower profit.」

「In the plant business, ceramic production equipment for semiconductor manufacturing equipment performed particularly well while corporate earnings remained high and the capital investment environment remained firm. As a result of initiatives to improve profitability, reduce costs and lower production costs, sales and profit both exceeded the same quarter of the previous year.」

「In the plant business, ceramic production equipment for semiconductor manufacturing equipment performed particularly well while corporate earnings remained high and the capital investment environment remained firm. As a result of initiatives to improve profitability and reduce costs, sales and profit both exceeded the same quarter of the previous year.」

「In the plant business, sales increased as ceramic production equipment for semiconductor manufacturing equipment performed particularly well while the capital investment environment remained firm against a backdrop of high corporate earnings. The company also pursued various cost-reduction measures to improve margins, resulting in improved profitability and substantially higher profit.」

「In the plant business as well, the company will strengthen new product development to broaden its product portfolio in response to customers' various needs, work to acquire new customers, and actively pursue overseas sales in anticipation of users' expansion overseas.」

「In the plant business as well, the company will strengthen development of new products that address emerging technology trends, work to acquire new customers, and actively pursue overseas sales in anticipation of customers' expansion into overseas markets.」

「In the plant business as well, the company will actively advance the development of new products to meet customers' various needs and work to create new markets.」