Sales Growth, Profitability Improvement and Cost Reduction Centered on Quality First
First written in FY2016. 32 of 35 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: 2026-08-12.
32 other companies' latest entry also says "Restated".
- 2026-08-12RestatedEarnings
「Against this backdrop, the Group has continued to devote every effort to increasing sales and improving productivity based on its quality-first approach.」
The Group continues its policy of increasing sales and improving productivity on the foundation of a quality-first approach. - FY2026RestatedAnnual report
「Under these conditions, based on its quality-first approach, the Group has worked with full commitment to increase revenue and improve productivity. In addition to its core steelmaking refractories, it has pursued advanced materials technologies, including fine ceramics, and environmental solutions technologies, while advancing management rationalization through cost reductions and other measures.」
The Company continues to pursue a policy of combining quality first, revenue growth, productivity improvement, efforts in advanced materials and environmental solutions technologies, and cost reductions. - 2026-06-04RestatedGeneral Meetings of Shareholders
「Guided by our commitment to quality first, the Group has devoted every effort to increasing sales and improving productivity.」
The business report reaffirms the existing policy of increasing sales and improving productivity on the foundation of a quality-first approach. - FY2026-H1RestatedAnnual report
「Under these conditions, based on its quality-first approach, the Group has worked with full commitment to increase revenue and improve productivity. In addition to its core steelmaking refractories, it has pursued advanced materials technologies, including fine ceramics, and environmental solutions technologies, while advancing management rationalization through cost reductions and other measures.」
The Company continues to pursue a policy of combining quality first, revenue growth, productivity improvement, efforts in advanced materials and environmental solutions technologies, and cost reductions. - FY2025-H1RestatedAnnual report
「Under these conditions, based on its quality-first approach, the Group has worked with full commitment to increase revenue and improve productivity.」
The Company continues to pursue a policy of increasing revenue and improving productivity based on a quality-first approach. - FY2024-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Under these conditions, based on its quality-first approach, the Group has worked with full commitment to increase revenue and improve productivity. In addition to its core steelmaking refractories, it has pursued advanced materials technologies, including fine ceramics, and environmental solutions technologies, while advancing management rationalization through cost reductions and other measures.」
The Company continues to pursue a policy of combining quality first, revenue growth, productivity improvement, efforts in advanced materials and environmental solutions technologies, and cost reductions. - FY2024-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Under these conditions, based on its quality-first approach, the Group has worked with full commitment to increase revenue and improve productivity. In addition to its core steelmaking refractories, it has pursued advanced materials technologies, including fine ceramics, and environmental solutions technologies, while advancing management rationalization through cost reductions and other measures.」
The Company continues to pursue a policy of combining quality first, revenue growth, productivity improvement, efforts in advanced materials and environmental solutions technologies, and cost reductions. - FY2024-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, based on its quality-first approach, the Group has worked with full commitment to increase revenue and improve productivity. In addition to its core steelmaking refractories, it has pursued advanced materials technologies, including fine ceramics, and environmental solutions technologies, while advancing management rationalization through cost reductions and other measures.」
The Company continues to pursue a policy of combining quality first, revenue growth, productivity improvement, efforts in advanced materials and environmental solutions technologies, and cost reductions. - FY2023RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, based on its quality-first approach, the Group has worked with full commitment to increase revenue and improve productivity. In addition to its core steelmaking refractories, it has pursued advanced materials technologies, including fine ceramics, and environmental solutions technologies, while advancing management rationalization through cost reductions and other measures.」
The Company continues to pursue a policy of combining quality first, revenue growth, productivity improvement, efforts in advanced technologies and cost reductions. - FY2023-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Based on its quality-first approach, the Group has worked with full commitment to increase revenue and improve productivity. In addition to its core steelmaking refractories, it has pursued advanced materials technologies, including fine ceramics, and environmental solutions technologies, while advancing management rationalization through cost reductions and other measures.」
The Company continues to pursue a policy of combining quality first, revenue growth, productivity improvement, efforts in advanced materials and environmental solutions technologies, and cost reductions. - FY2023-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Under these conditions, based on its quality-first approach, the Group has worked with full commitment to increase revenue and improve productivity. In addition to its core steelmaking refractories, it has pursued advanced materials technologies, including fine ceramics, and environmental solutions technologies, while advancing management rationalization through cost reductions and other measures.」
The Company continues to pursue a policy of combining quality first, revenue growth, productivity improvement, efforts in advanced technologies and cost reductions. - FY2023-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Under these conditions, based on its quality-first approach, the Group has worked with full commitment to increase revenue and improve productivity. In addition to its core steelmaking refractories, it has pursued advanced materials technologies, including fine ceramics, and environmental solutions technologies, while advancing management rationalization through cost reductions and other measures.」
The Company continues to pursue a policy of combining quality first, revenue growth, productivity improvement, efforts in advanced materials and environmental solutions technologies, and cost reductions. - FY2022RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, based on its quality-first approach, the Group has worked with full commitment to increase revenue and improve productivity. In addition to its core steelmaking refractories, it has pursued advanced materials technologies, including fine ceramics, and environmental solutions technologies, while advancing management rationalization through cost reductions and other measures.」
The Company continues to pursue a policy of combining quality first, revenue growth, productivity improvement, efforts in advanced technologies and cost reductions. - FY2022-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Under these conditions, based on its quality-first approach, the Group has worked with full commitment to increase revenue and improve productivity. In addition to its core steelmaking refractories, it has pursued advanced materials technologies, including fine ceramics, and environmental solutions technologies, while advancing management rationalization through cost reductions and other measures.」
The Company continues to pursue a policy of combining quality first, revenue growth, productivity improvement, efforts in advanced materials and environmental solutions technologies, and cost reductions. - FY2022-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Under these conditions, based on its quality-first approach, the Group has worked with full commitment to increase revenue and improve productivity. In addition to its core steelmaking refractories, it has pursued advanced materials technologies, including fine ceramics, and environmental solutions technologies, while advancing management rationalization through cost reductions and other measures.」
The Company continues to pursue quality first, revenue growth, productivity improvement, efforts in advanced materials and environmental solutions technologies, and cost reductions. - FY2022-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Under these conditions, based on its quality-first approach, the Group has worked with full commitment to increase revenue and improve productivity. In addition to its core steelmaking refractories, it has pursued advanced materials technologies, including fine ceramics, and environmental solutions technologies, while advancing management rationalization through cost reductions and other measures.」
The Company continues to pursue a policy of combining quality first, revenue growth, productivity improvement, efforts in advanced technologies and cost reductions. - FY2021-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Under these conditions, based on the theme adopted by the Group for fiscal 2020, “Opportunities for growth exist precisely in challenging conditions!”, and the principles of “sincerity toward customers” and “pursuing new technologies,” which are important elements of our spirit, we worked to improve quality and strengthen technological capabilities and pursued productivity improvements. While introducing measures to prevent infectious diseases, including working from home and changing the format of meetings within the Company and with business partners, we also worked to rationalize management through cost reductions and other measures.」
Under challenging conditions, the Company continues to pursue a policy of combining quality improvement, stronger technological capabilities, productivity improvement, measures to prevent infectious diseases and cost reductions. - FY2021-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Under these conditions, based on the theme adopted by the Group for fiscal 2020, “Opportunities for growth exist precisely in challenging conditions!”, and the principles of “sincerity toward customers” and “pursuing new technologies,” which are important elements of our spirit, we worked to improve quality and strengthen technological capabilities and pursued productivity improvements. While introducing measures to prevent infectious diseases, including working from home and changing the format of meetings within the Company and with business partners, we also worked to rationalize management through cost reductions and other measures.」
The Company continues to pursue a policy of combining quality improvement, stronger technological capabilities, productivity improvement and cost reductions. The policy now also includes advancing management rationalization while implementing measures to prevent infectious diseases. - FY2021-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Under these conditions, based on its quality-first approach, the Group has worked with full commitment to increase revenue and improve productivity. In addition to its core steelmaking refractories, it has pursued advanced materials technologies, including fine ceramics, and environmental solutions technologies, while advancing management rationalization through cost reductions and other measures.」
The Company continues to pursue a policy of combining quality first, revenue growth, productivity improvement, efforts in advanced materials and environmental solutions technologies, and cost reductions. - FY2020RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, based on its quality-first approach, the Group has worked with full commitment to increase revenue and improve earnings. In addition to its core steelmaking refractories, it has pursued advanced materials technologies, including fine ceramics, and environmental solutions technologies, while advancing management rationalization through cost reductions and other measures.」
The Company continues to pursue a policy of combining quality first, revenue growth, earnings improvement, efforts in advanced technologies and cost reductions. - FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, based on its quality-first approach, the Group has worked with full commitment to increase revenue and improve productivity. In addition to its core steelmaking refractories, it has pursued advanced materials technologies, including fine ceramics, and environmental solutions technologies, while advancing management rationalization through cost reductions and other measures.」
The Company continues to pursue revenue growth, productivity improvement, efforts in advanced technologies and cost reductions, based on a quality-first approach. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, based on its quality-first approach, the Group has worked with full commitment to increase revenue and improve productivity. In addition to its core steelmaking refractories, it has advanced management rationalization through cost reductions and other measures in advanced materials technologies, including fine ceramics, and environmental solutions technologies.」
The Company continues to pursue revenue growth, productivity improvement, efforts in advanced materials and environmental solutions technologies, and cost reductions, based on a quality-first approach. - FY2020-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, based on its quality-first approach, the Group has worked with full commitment to increase revenue and improve productivity. In addition to its core steelmaking refractories, it has pursued advanced materials technologies, including fine ceramics, and environmental solutions technologies, while advancing management rationalization through cost reductions and other measures.」
The Company continues to pursue revenue growth, productivity improvement, efforts in advanced technologies and cost reductions, based on a quality-first approach. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, based on its quality-first approach, the Group has worked with full commitment to increase revenue and improve earnings. In addition to its core steelmaking refractories, it has pursued advanced materials technologies, including fine ceramics, and environmental solutions technologies, while advancing management rationalization through cost reductions and other measures.」
The Company continues to pursue a policy of increasing revenue, improving earnings, pursuing advanced technologies and reducing costs, based on a quality-first approach. - FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, based on its quality-first approach, the Group has worked with full commitment to increase revenue and improve productivity. In addition to its core steelmaking refractories, it has pursued advanced materials technologies, including fine ceramics, and environmental solutions technologies, while advancing management rationalization through cost reductions and other measures.」
The Company continues to pursue a policy of increasing revenue, improving productivity, pursuing advanced materials and environmental solutions technologies, and reducing costs, based on a quality-first approach. - FY2019-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, based on its quality-first approach, the Group has worked with full commitment to increase revenue and improve productivity. In addition to its core steelmaking refractories, it has pursued advanced materials technologies, including fine ceramics, and environmental solutions technologies, while advancing management rationalization through cost reductions and other measures.」
The Company continues to pursue revenue growth, productivity improvement, efforts in advanced technologies and cost reductions, based on a quality-first approach. - FY2018ReframedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, based on its quality-first approach, the Group has worked with full commitment to increase revenue and improve earnings. In addition to its core steelmaking refractories, it has pursued advanced materials technologies, including fine ceramics, and environmental solutions technologies, while advancing management rationalization through cost reductions and other measures.」
For the full year, the phrase “earnings improvement” has returned, replacing “productivity improvement” used in the immediately preceding quarterly report. The direction of combining quality, revenue, advanced technologies and cost reductions continues. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Despite these conditions, the Group has continued to work with full commitment to increase revenue and improve productivity under its quality-first approach. In addition to its core steelmaking refractories, it has focused on advanced materials technologies, including fine ceramics, and environmental solutions technologies, while advancing management rationalization through cost reductions and other measures amid rising procurement costs, particularly for raw materials and fuel.」
The Company continues to pursue revenue growth, productivity improvement, a focus on advanced materials and environmental solutions technologies, and cost reductions, based on a quality-first approach. - FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Despite these conditions, the Group has continued to work with full commitment to increase revenue and improve productivity under its quality-first approach. In addition to its core steelmaking refractories, it has focused on advanced materials technologies, including fine ceramics, and environmental solutions technologies, while advancing management rationalization through cost reductions and other measures amid rising procurement costs, particularly for raw materials and fuel.」
The Company continues to pursue a policy of increasing revenue, improving productivity, focusing on advanced materials and environmental solutions technologies, and reducing costs, based on a quality-first approach. - FY2018-Q1ReframedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, based on its quality-first approach, the Group has worked with full commitment to increase revenue and improve productivity. In addition to its core steelmaking refractories, it has pursued advanced materials technologies, including fine ceramics, and environmental solutions technologies, while advancing management rationalization through cost reductions and other measures.」
Quality first, revenue growth, efforts in advanced materials and environmental solutions technologies, and cost reductions continue, but the phrase “earnings improvement” has been replaced with “productivity improvement.” - FY2017RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, based on its quality-first approach, the Group has worked with full commitment to increase revenue and improve earnings. In addition to its core steelmaking refractories, it has pursued advanced materials technologies, including fine ceramics, and environmental solutions technologies, while advancing management rationalization through cost reductions and other measures.」
The Company continues to pursue a policy of increasing revenue, improving earnings, pursuing advanced technologies and reducing costs, based on a quality-first approach. - FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, based on its quality-first approach, the Group has worked with full commitment to increase revenue and improve earnings by reducing costs. In addition to its core steelmaking refractories, it has pursued advanced materials technologies, including fine ceramics, and environmental solutions technologies, while advancing management rationalization through cost reductions and other measures.」
The Company continues to pursue a policy of increasing revenue, improving earnings through cost reductions, pursuing advanced technologies and reducing costs, based on a quality-first approach. - FY2017-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, based on its quality-first approach, the Group has worked with full commitment to increase revenue and improve earnings by reducing costs. In addition to its core steelmaking refractories, it has pursued advanced materials technologies, including fine ceramics, and environmental solutions technologies, while advancing management rationalization through cost reductions and other measures.」
There has been no material change in the policy of pursuing revenue growth, earnings improvement through cost reductions, advanced technologies and cost reductions based on a quality-first approach. - FY2017-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, based on its quality-first approach, the Group has worked with full commitment to increase revenue and improve earnings. In addition to its core steelmaking refractories, it has pursued advanced materials technologies, including fine ceramics, and environmental solutions technologies, while advancing management rationalization through cost reductions and other measures.」
There has been no material change in the policy of pursuing revenue growth, earnings improvement, advanced technologies and cost reductions based on a quality-first approach. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「Based on our quality-first approach, the Group has worked with full commitment to increase revenue and improve earnings. In addition to its core steelmaking refractories, it has pursued advanced materials technologies, including fine ceramics, and environmental solutions technologies, while advancing management rationalization through cost reductions and other measures.」
Quality, revenue, earnings and costs are identified as targets for strengthening the Group’s overall business fundamentals.