Expansion into new ceramic applications and increasingly stringent reliability requirements
First written in FY2016. 8 of 9 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2026.
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- FY2026RestatedAnnual report
「Our products are widely used by electronic component manufacturers, particularly as indispensable products in the manufacture of electronic components for smartphones, vehicle electrification, and autonomous driving.」
It continues to position applications related to electronic components for smartphones, vehicle electrification, and autonomous driving as business opportunities. - 2026-05-01RestatedFinancial results briefing materials
「Our products are used to manufacture MLCCs and batteries, which are essential for EVs, 5G communications-related products and other products expected to achieve further growth, and demand is expected to increase further.」
Demand for ceramics used in EV- and 5G-related products, MLCCs and batteries continues to be cited as a growth opportunity. - FY2024RestatedAnnual report
「Our products are widely used by electronic component manufacturers, particularly as indispensable products in the manufacture of electronic components for smartphones, vehicle electrification, and autonomous driving.」
It continues to recognize the applications and demand for ceramics products in the manufacture of electronic components for smartphones, vehicle electrification, and autonomous driving as business opportunities. - FY2022-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Against a backdrop of heightened uncertainty in the market environment for our core electronic components industry, following the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic, our results progressed steadily, supported by increased component inventories in the automotive market and growing demand for related equipment, including 5G equipment.」
It explains that the demand environment for the businesses, including ceramics, improved against a backdrop of increased component inventories in the automotive market and growing demand for 5G-related equipment. - FY2021RestatedAnnual report
「Ceramics are used in a wide range of applications, and further expansion into many more fields is expected in the future.」
It continues to recognize the expansion of ceramics applications as a business opportunity. - FY2020RestatedAnnual report
「Ceramics are used in a wide range of applications, and further expansion into many more fields is expected in the future.」
It reconfirms the expansion of ceramics applications, particularly growing demand for electronic components and battery materials, automotive electrification, and information and communications equipment, as a business opportunity. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「Advanced materials are constantly required to improve and reduce costs, making their manufacturing environments increasingly demanding. Accordingly, the ceramics products used in their manufacture are required to offer outstanding properties and reliability, as well as high cost performance.」
It reconfirms the need for product properties, reliability, and cost performance to address advances in advanced materials, cost reductions, and increasingly demanding manufacturing environments. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「Products in this field have short improvement and development cycles, face intense cost competition, and are constantly required to achieve greater production efficiency. In addition, as advanced materials continue to progress, they are increasingly used under more severe conditions and in harsher environments, and our ceramics products face the same circumstances.」
It reconfirms the need to address short development cycles, intense cost competition, and harsh operating environments as ceramics applications expand. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「Unlike in the past, ceramics are now being actively adopted not only as replacements for metals and resins but also in new applications. Accordingly, while products with higher performance are increasingly required to capitalize on ceramics' mechanical and thermal properties, even greater emphasis is being placed on reliability in terms of quality.」
Recognition of the business environment in which ceramics applications are expanding from replacement uses to new applications, with high performance and quality reliability required.