Technology Acquisition Through Venture Investments and M&A
First written in FY2016. 6 of 12 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2026.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 1 of 6 companies on the "Worse" side.
4 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「Sales of general industrial abrasives were ¥6,426 million, up 18.7% year on year, partly because sales from 南興セラミックス, which became a subsidiary in the previous fiscal year, were included.」
Disclosed Nanko Ceramics' post-subsidiarization sales contribution, with general industrial abrasives sales of ¥6,426 million for FY2026, up 18.7% from the previous fiscal year. - 2026-05-14Cited as achievedEarnings
「Sales of general industrial abrasives were ¥6,426 million, up 18.7% year on year, partly because sales from 南興セラミックス, which became a subsidiary in the previous fiscal year, were included.」
The contribution of sales from 南興セラミックス following its conversion into a subsidiary was cited in the full-year sales results. - FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「In general industrial abrasives, net sales were ¥3,511 million, up 33.1% year on year, mainly because sales of Nanko Ceramics, which became a subsidiary in the previous fiscal year, were added.」
Sales by Nanko Ceramics, which became a subsidiary in the previous fiscal year, contributed to sales of general industrial abrasives, resulting in a 33.1% year-on-year increase in sales for this application. The Company disclosed the post-M&A business contribution together with the figures. - FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「As part of these initiatives, the Company established a corporate venture capital fund in November of the same year to strengthen its businesses and accelerate the creation of new businesses, and invested in multiple venture companies with proprietary technologies.」
Continues its policy of investing in multiple ventures through a corporate venture capital fund and acquiring technologies and new businesses. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「As part of these initiatives, the Company established a corporate venture capital fund in November of the same year to strengthen its businesses and accelerate the creation of new businesses, and invested in multiple venture companies with proprietary technologies.」
Continues its policy of investing in multiple ventures through a corporate venture capital fund and acquiring technologies and new businesses. - FY2020-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「As part of these initiatives, the Company established a corporate venture capital fund in November of the same year to strengthen its businesses and accelerate the creation of new businesses, and invested in multiple venture companies with proprietary technologies.」
Continues its policy of investing in multiple ventures through a corporate venture capital fund and acquiring technologies and new businesses. - FY2019Explicit disclosure that the initiatives had not yet generated revenueAnnual report
「Although the Company continued initiatives related to new businesses and M&A during the consolidated fiscal year, they had not generated sufficient revenue, and both consolidated net sales and the proportion of consolidated net sales from new businesses fell short of plan.」
Explicitly stated that initiatives in new businesses and M&A continued, while sufficient revenue had not yet been recorded during the consolidated fiscal year. - FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The Company established the Advanced Technology Research Institute in April 2015 to strengthen its businesses and accelerate the creation of new businesses. In November of the same year, it established a corporate venture capital fund and invested in multiple venture companies with proprietary technologies.」
Continues its policy of investing in multiple ventures through a corporate venture capital fund and acquiring technologies and new businesses. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「For its long-term activities, the company established the Advanced Technology Research Institute in April 2015 and, to strengthen its existing businesses and accelerate the creation of new businesses, established a corporate venture capital fund in November of the same year and invested in multiple venture companies with proprietary technologies.」
Continues its policy of investing in multiple ventures through a corporate venture capital fund and acquiring technologies and new businesses. - FY2018AdvancedAnnual report
「In November of the same year, the Company established a corporate venture capital fund and invested in multiple venture companies with proprietary technologies.」
For venture investment, explicitly disclosed not only the establishment of a fund but also a track record of investments in multiple companies. - FY2017RestatedAnnual report
「Two years have passed since the Advanced Technology Research Institute was established to pursue 3 initiatives: 1) deepening and strengthening existing core technologies; 2) creating new businesses in fields compatible with Fujimi's technologies; and 3) investing in or acquiring through M&A promising ventures that possess technologies offering synergies with Fujimi and useful means of strengthening or complementing its foundational technologies.」
Continues to identify 3 areas for the Advanced Technology Research Institute: core technologies, new businesses, and venture investment and M&A. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「One year has passed since the Advanced Technology Research Institute was established to pursue 3 initiatives: 1) deepening and strengthening existing core technologies; 2) creating new businesses in fields compatible with Fujimi's technologies; and 3) investing in or acquiring through M&A promising ventures that possess technologies offering synergies with Fujimi and useful means of strengthening or complementing its foundational technologies.」
Defines 3 areas for the institute: core technologies, new businesses, and venture investment and M&A.