Risk of product defects, claims and repair costs
First written in FY2016. 15 of 32 entries say "Worsened", first in FY2018-Q2. Latest entry: 2026-11-12.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 12 of 60 companies on the "Worse" side.
- 2026-11-12MitigatedFinancial results presentation
「プラス要因は、価格転嫁及び生産性改善102百万円と製品保証引当金減少額49百万円」
製品保証引当金の減少額49百万円が営業利益の増加要因として示された。 - FY2026MitigatedAnnual report
「Product warranty provision 59,321 49,448」
The product warranty provision balance decreased from ¥59.321 million at the end of the previous fiscal year to ¥49.448 million, reducing the warranty-related burden. - FY2026-H1WorsenedAnnual report
「Product warranty provision 59,321 86,811」
The product warranty provision balance increased from ¥59.321 million at the end of the previous fiscal year to ¥86.811 million at the end of the interim period of the current fiscal year. The increase in the product warranty-related burden is shown quantitatively. - FY2025-H1WorsenedAnnual report
「Product warranty provision 59,096 60,086」
The product warranty provision balance increased from ¥59.096 million at the end of the previous fiscal year to ¥60.086 million at the end of the interim period of the current fiscal year, indicating an increased warranty-related burden. - FY2024WorsenedAnnual report
「Product warranty provision 44,842 59,096」
The product warranty provision balance increased from ¥44.842 million at the end of the previous fiscal year to ¥59.096 million, increasing the warranty-related burden. - FY2024-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「Product warranty provision 44,842 52,947」
The product warranty provision balance increased from ¥44.842 million at the end of the previous fiscal year to ¥52.947 million at the end of the third quarter of the current fiscal year, indicating an increased warranty-related burden. - FY2024-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「Product warranty provision 44,842 52,698」
The product warranty provision balance increased from ¥44.842 million at the end of the previous fiscal year to ¥52.698 million at the end of the second quarter, indicating an increased warranty-related burden. - FY2024-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「Product warranty provision 44,842 51,032」
The product warranty provision balance increased from ¥44.842 million at the end of the previous fiscal year to ¥51.032 million at the end of the first quarter, indicating an increased warranty-related burden. - FY2023WorsenedAnnual report
「The product warranty provision increased from ¥32.495 million at the end of the previous fiscal year to ¥44.842 million at the end of the current fiscal year.」
The product warranty provision balance increased from the end of the previous fiscal year, expanding the burden related to product warranties and repairs. Provision expense for product warranties also reached ¥66.169 million. - FY2023-Q3MitigatedAnnual report
「Product warranty provision 32,495 32,879」
The product warranty provision balance decreased from ¥54.767 million at the end of the previous quarter to ¥32.879 million. However, it remained slightly above the ¥32.495 million at the end of the previous fiscal year, and the text does not state that the warranty-related burden had been eliminated. - FY2023-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「Product warranty provision 32,495 54,767」
The product warranty provision balance increased from ¥32.495 million at the end of the previous fiscal year to ¥54.767 million at the end of the second quarter, indicating an increased warranty-related burden. - FY2023-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「Product warranty provision 32,495 55,113」
The product warranty provision balance increased from ¥32.495 million at the end of the previous fiscal year to ¥55.113 million at the end of the first quarter, indicating an increased warranty-related burden. - FY2022WorsenedAnnual report
「However, if substantial additional costs arise from product warranties, repair work or other measures to address claims caused by product defects, they could affect the performance of the Group.」
In the building materials and paving materials businesses, claims handling became a factor in lower profit, and the product warranty provision also increased to ¥32.495 million at fiscal year-end, indicating an increased warranty-related burden. - FY2022-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「Product warranty provision 12,241 27,704」
The product warranty provision balance increased from ¥12.241 million at the end of the previous fiscal year to ¥27.704 million at the end of the third quarter of the current fiscal year, increasing the warranty-related burden. - FY2022-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「Product warranty provision 12,241 22,473」
The product warranty provision balance increased from ¥12.241 million at the end of the previous fiscal year to ¥22.473 million at the end of the second quarter, increasing the warranty-related burden. - FY2021MitigatedAnnual report
「Product warranty provision 20,840 12,241」
The product warranty provision balance decreased from ¥20.840 million at the end of the previous fiscal year to ¥12.241 million, reducing the warranty-related burden. - FY2021-Q2MitigatedAnnual report
「Product warranty provision 20,840 14,271」
The product warranty provision decreased from ¥20.840 million at the end of the previous fiscal year to ¥14.271 million at the end of the second quarter of the current fiscal year, reducing the warranty-related burden. quantified is true, materialized is true. - FY2020MitigatedAnnual report
「We have established quality control standards and manufacture our group's products in accordance with them to prevent defects. We also carry product liability insurance and have taken measures to minimize the impact on performance in the event of claims for damages or other liabilities arising from defects.」
The Company continues to address these risks through quality-control standards and product liability insurance. The product warranty provision balance decreased from ¥35.083 million at the end of the previous fiscal year to ¥20.840 million. - FY2020-Q3MitigatedAnnual report
「Product warranty provision 35,083 26,885」
The product warranty provision decreased from ¥35.083 million at the end of the previous fiscal year to ¥26.885 million at the end of the third quarter of the current fiscal year, reducing the warranty-related burden. - FY2020-Q2MitigatedAnnual report
「Product warranty provision 35,083 28,598」
The product warranty provision decreased from ¥35.083 million at the end of the previous fiscal year to ¥28.598 million at the end of the second quarter of the current fiscal year, reducing the warranty-related burden. - FY2020-Q1MitigatedAnnual report
「Product warranty provision 35,083 26,345」
The product warranty provision decreased from ¥35.083 million at the end of the previous fiscal year to ¥26.345 million at the end of the first quarter of the current fiscal year, reducing the warranty-related burden. - FY2019-Q3MitigatedAnnual report
「Product warranty provision 37,508 32,504」
The product warranty provision balance decreased from ¥37.508 million at the end of the previous fiscal year to ¥32.504 million at the end of the third quarter of the current fiscal year, reducing the warranty-related burden. - FY2019-Q2MitigatedAnnual report
「Provision expense for product warranties 34,630 thousand yen 1,623 thousand yen」
Provision expense for product warranties decreased from ¥34.630 million in the cumulative period of the same quarter of the previous fiscal year to ¥1.623 million, reducing the impact of the warranty-related burden on the current period. - FY2019-Q1MitigatedAnnual report
「Profit increased substantially, owing to the Company's active efforts to reform productivity, improve efficiency and reduce costs, as well as the effect of the sharp decline this fiscal year in the product warranty provision incurred in the same period of the previous fiscal year.」
The Company explained that the impact on profit of the product warranty provision incurred in the same period of the previous fiscal year declined sharply this fiscal year, reducing the period impact of the warranty-related burden. However, the product warranty provision balance was ¥39.967 million at the end of the quarter. - FY2018WorsenedAnnual report
「However, if product warranty claims, repair work or other costs arise to address claims caused by product defects, they could affect the performance of the Group.」
The product warranty provision increased from ¥26.624 million at the end of the previous fiscal year to ¥37.508 million, while the provision expense for product warranties also reached ¥47.342 million, indicating an increased warranty-related burden. - FY2018-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「Product warranty provision 26,624 59,019」
The product warranty provision increased from ¥26.624 million at the end of the previous fiscal year to ¥59.019 million at the end of the third quarter of the current fiscal year. The cause is not specified in the text. - FY2018-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「Provision for product warranties ¥26.624 million ¥50.361 million. Provision for product warranties recognized as an expense ¥4.901 million ¥34.630 million.」
The provision for product warranties increased from ¥26.624 million at the end of the previous consolidated fiscal year to ¥50.361 million, and the provision for product warranties recognized as an expense during the cumulative period through the second quarter of the current fiscal year was ¥34.630 million. The text does not establish the cause. - FY2018-Q1MaterialisedAnnual report
「In the plant business, although signs of recovery were emerging in the capital investment environment as corporate earnings improved with the recovery of overseas economies, sales and profit both fell below the same quarter of the previous year because of the concentration of sales in unprofitable construction projects and the impact of warranty work.」
The impact of warranty work was explicitly identified as a factor behind the deterioration in sales and profit in the plant business. However, the text does not explicitly state that product defects or claims were the cause. - FY2017RestatedAnnual report
「We have established quality control standards and manufacture our group's products in accordance with them to prevent defects. We also carry product liability insurance and have taken measures to minimize the impact on performance in the event of claims for damages or other liabilities arising from defects.」
The company continues to address risks and countermeasures related to quality control standards, product liability insurance, product warranties and repair work. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「We have established quality control standards and manufacture our group's products in accordance with them to prevent defects. We also carry product liability insurance and have taken measures to minimize the impact on performance in the event of claims for damages or other liabilities arising from defects.」
The company identifies quality control standards and product liability insurance as countermeasures, while stating that product warranties, repair work and claims for damages may affect performance.