Expanding orders for pesticide processing by leveraging 3 plants
First written in FY2016. 16 of 34 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2018. Latest entry: 2026-09-17.
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- 2026-09-17Advancedkabushiki.jp
「In the high-margin agribusiness, orders for herbicides, insecticides and fungicides remained above plan.」
Orders for herbicides, insecticides and fungicides remained above plan, and the expansion of orders for pesticide processing was reported as concrete progress in earnings. - FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「In the main agrochemical business, insecticides and fungicides performed well, and price revisions and new orders for herbicides also contributed, resulting in substantial increases in revenue and profit. As a result, segment revenue was ¥3,444 million, up 22.8% year on year, and segment profit was ¥829 million, up 50.0%.」
Strong sales of insecticides and fungicides, price revisions and new herbicide orders increased revenue in the agricultural business by 22.8% and segment profit by 50.0%. New orders and pricing measures are having a tangible impact on full-year performance. - FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「In the main agrochemical business, herbicides performed well, resulting in higher revenue. As a result, segment revenue was ¥1,092 million, up 16.9% year on year, and segment profit was ¥32 million, compared with a segment loss of ¥18 million in the same period of the previous year.」
Strong herbicide sales increased revenue in the agricultural business by 16.9%, and the segment swung from a loss of ¥18 million in the same period of the previous year to a profit of ¥32 million. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「In contract agrochemical processing, revenue increased because demand for insecticides and fungicides rose significantly and bentonite sales remained firm. As a result, segment revenue was ¥934 million, up 11.4% year on year, and the segment loss was ¥18 million, compared with a segment loss of ¥93 million in the same period of the previous year.」
Higher demand for insecticides and fungicides and firm bentonite sales increased revenue in the agricultural business by 11.4% and narrowed the segment loss from ¥93 million to ¥18 million. - FY2024WorsenedAnnual report
「In contract agrochemical processing, demand declined, mainly for paddy-rice herbicides, while manufacturing costs increased, resulting in substantial declines in revenue and profit. As a result, revenue in this field was ¥2,703 million, down 2.6% year on year, and operating profit was ¥400 million, down 30.6%.」
Lower demand for paddy-rice herbicides and higher manufacturing costs reduced revenue in the agricultural business field by 2.6% and operating profit by 30.6%. - FY2024-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「In contract agrochemical processing, demand declined, mainly for paddy-rice herbicides, while manufacturing costs increased, resulting in substantial declines in revenue and profit. As a result, revenue in this field was ¥1,753 million, down 8.4% year on year, and operating profit was ¥140 million, down 59.2%.」
Lower demand for paddy-rice herbicides and higher manufacturing costs reduced revenue in contract agrochemical processing by 8.4% and operating profit by 59.2%. - FY2024-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「In contract agrochemical processing, revenue and profit increased due in part to orders for new paddy-rice herbicide products. As a result, revenue in this field was ¥422 million, up 25.1% year on year, and the operating loss was ¥55 million, compared with an operating loss of ¥68 million in the same period of the previous year.」
The company won orders for new paddy-rice herbicide products, increasing revenue in the agricultural business field by 25.1% and narrowing the operating loss from ¥68 million to ¥55 million year on year. - FY2023Higher revenue from price revisions, but lower profit due to product mixAnnual report
「In contract agrochemical processing, demand for paddy-rice herbicides declined, but price revisions for Kunipia, mainly for agrochemical applications, resulted in a slight increase in revenue overall. However, profit declined because of changes in the product mix, among other factors.」
Price revisions for Kunipia for agrochemical applications offset lower demand for paddy-rice herbicides, resulting in a slight increase in revenue in the agricultural business, while changes in the product mix reduced profit. - FY2023-Q3Slight revenue growth, but lower profit due to product mixAnnual report
「In contract agrochemical processing, demand for paddy-rice herbicides declined, but demand for insecticides and other products increased, resulting in a slight increase in revenue overall. However, profit declined because of changes in the product mix, among other factors. As a result, segment revenue was ¥1,914 million, up 0.7% year on year, and segment profit was ¥344 million, down 18.5%.」
Higher demand for insecticides and other products offset lower demand for paddy-rice herbicides, resulting in a 0.7% year-on-year increase in revenue, while changes in the product mix reduced segment profit by 18.5%. - FY2023-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「In contract agrochemical processing, lower demand, particularly for paddy-rice herbicides, resulted in lower revenue and profit. As a result, segment revenue was ¥919 million, down 0.8% year on year, and segment profit was ¥32 million, down 41.1%.」
Lower demand for paddy-rice herbicides reduced revenue in the agricultural business by 0.8% and segment profit by 41.1%, with continued deterioration in terms of actual order growth. - FY2023-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「In contract agrochemical processing, lower demand, particularly for paddy-rice herbicides, resulted in lower revenue and profit. As a result, segment revenue was ¥337 million, down 17.8% year on year, and the segment loss was ¥68 million, compared with a segment loss of ¥6 million in the same period of the previous year.」
In contract agrochemical processing, lower demand for paddy-rice herbicides reduced revenue by 17.8% and widened the segment loss. - FY2022ReframedAnnual report
「In the agricultural business, we will further enhance our formulation technology, particularly granulation technology, and use IT to reduce staffing and labor requirements, thereby helping to resolve labor shortages, improve productivity and raise customer satisfaction.」
The focus has been made more specific, shifting from the previous emphasis on leveraging 3 plants and expanding orders to a combination of advanced granulation technology and IT-enabled reductions in staffing and labor requirements. - FY2022-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In contract agrochemical processing, inventory adjustments by major customers and a decline in sales of paddy-rice herbicides, in particular, resulted in lower revenue and profit. As a result, segment revenue was ¥1,900 million, down 12.3% year on year, and segment profit was ¥423 million, down 21.9%.」
Inventory adjustments by major customers and lower sales of paddy-rice herbicides resulted in lower revenue and profit in the agricultural business. Weakness continues in terms of actual order growth. - FY2022-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In contract agrochemical processing, inventory adjustments by major customers and a decline in sales of paddy-rice herbicides, in particular, resulted in lower revenue and profit. As a result, segment revenue was ¥926 million, down 12.5% year on year, and segment profit was ¥55 million, down 51.9%.」
Inventory adjustments by major customers and lower sales of paddy-rice herbicides resulted in lower revenue and profit in the agricultural business. Revenue fell 12.5% year on year and segment profit fell 51.9%, with weakness continuing in terms of actual order growth. - FY2022-Q1SoftenedAnnual report
「In contract agrochemical processing, inventory adjustments by major customers and a decline in sales of paddy-rice herbicides, in particular, resulted in lower revenue and profit. As a result, segment revenue was ¥410 million, down 21.4% year on year, and the segment recorded a loss of ¥6 million, compared with segment profit of ¥46 million in the same period of the previous year.」
In contract agrochemical processing, inventory adjustments by major customers reduced sales of paddy-rice herbicides. Revenue declined 21.4%, and the segment swung from profit in the same period of the previous year to a ¥6 million loss. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「In the main agrochemical business, sales of insecticides declined, but sales of paddy-rice herbicides increased significantly, among other factors, resulting in higher revenue and profit overall. As a result, segment revenue was ¥3,013 million, up 2.0% year on year, and segment profit was ¥789 million, up 9.9%.」
Higher sales of paddy-rice herbicides lifted full-year revenue in the agricultural business by 2.0% and segment profit by 9.9%. - FY2021-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「In the main agrochemical business, efforts to spread out the traditionally concentrated agrochemical production schedule led to some contract products being produced earlier than planned. As a result, sales of paddy-rice herbicides increased significantly, among other factors, leading to substantial increases in revenue and profit. Segment revenue was ¥2,167 million, up 11.9% year on year, and segment profit was ¥541 million, up 47.0%.」
Spreading out the agrochemical production schedule and bringing forward some production increased sales of paddy-rice herbicides, with revenue in the agricultural business up 11.9% and segment profit up 47.0%. - FY2021-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In the main agrochemical business, efforts to spread out the traditionally concentrated agrochemical production schedule led to some contract products being produced earlier than planned. As a result, sales of paddy-rice herbicides increased significantly, among other factors, leading to substantial increases in revenue and profit.」
The company has continued to post higher sales of paddy-rice herbicides and substantial increases in revenue and profit by spreading out its agrochemical production schedule and bringing forward some contract production. - FY2021-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「In the main agrochemical business, efforts to spread out the traditionally concentrated agrochemical production schedule led to some contract products being produced earlier than planned. As a result, sales of paddy-rice herbicides increased significantly, among other factors, leading to substantial increases in revenue and profit.」
The company spread out its agrochemical production schedule and brought forward some contract production, leading to higher sales of paddy-rice herbicides and substantial increases in revenue and profit in the agricultural business. - FY2020-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「In the main agrochemical business, demand for insecticides and fungicides declined, but paddy-rice herbicides remained firm, resulting in higher revenue and profit overall. As a result, segment revenue was ¥1,936 million, up 2.4% year on year, and segment profit was ¥368 million, up 5.1%.」
While demand for insecticides and fungicides declined, paddy-rice herbicides offset the decline, and the agricultural business posted higher revenue and profit year on year. Segment profit also improved to ¥368 million, up 5.1% year on year. - FY2019AdvancedAnnual report
「In the agricultural business, we partially introduced an inventory management system at the Onahama Plant in the fiscal year ended March 2019. By continuing to invest in labor-saving and staff-reduction measures using IT, we will help resolve labor shortages, improve productivity and raise customer satisfaction.」
IT initiatives at the agrochemical processing sites progressed to the implementation stage with the partial introduction of an inventory management system. - FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In the main agrochemical business, demand for insecticides and fungicides declined, but paddy-rice herbicides remained firm, resulting in a slight increase in revenue. However, profit declined because of higher depreciation and amortization expenses for equipment newly installed in the previous fiscal year, among other factors.」
The agricultural business posted a slight increase in revenue, supported by firm sales of paddy-rice herbicides, but profit declined because of higher depreciation and amortization expenses for equipment, among other factors. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In the main agrochemical business, revenue increased due in part to higher demand, mainly for paddy-rice herbicides, but profit declined because of higher depreciation and amortization expenses for equipment newly installed in the previous fiscal year, among other factors.」
Higher demand for paddy-rice herbicides increased revenue in the agricultural business, but profit declined because of higher depreciation and amortization expenses for equipment newly installed in the previous fiscal year, among other factors. - FY2019-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「In the main agrochemical business, revenue increased due in part to higher demand, mainly for paddy-rice herbicides. As a result, segment revenue was ¥397 million, up 21.8% year on year, and the segment loss was ¥7 million, compared with a segment loss of ¥41 million in the same period of the previous year.」
Higher demand for agrochemicals increased revenue in the agricultural business, while the segment loss narrowed from ¥41 million to ¥7 million year on year. - FY2018AdvancedAnnual report
「In the fiscal year ended March 2018, the company expanded the packaging lines at the Onahama and Koriyama plants. In the fiscal year ended March 2019, it planned to introduce an inventory management system and other systems, as well as continue investing in the packaging line at the Onahama plant.」
The previous theme of expanding agrochemical processing orders by leveraging 3 plants has progressed toward specific equipment and IT investments aimed at improving productivity and addressing labor shortages. - FY2017ReframedAnnual report
「In the agricultural business, we will invest in equipment to reduce staffing and labor requirements and address aging facilities by using IT and other technologies, thereby helping to resolve labor shortages, reduce costs and improve customer satisfaction.」
The focus has shifted from the previous emphasis on synergies among the 3 plants and expanding orders to productivity-enhancement measures centered on IT use, reduced staffing and labor requirements, and responses to aging facilities. - FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group continues to promote its overseas expansion initiatives, efforts to capture demand related to earthquake-recovery projects, and the realization of synergies between the Koriyama and Onahama plants, while also」
The company continues to promote synergies between the Koriyama and Onahama plants. - FY2017-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group continues to promote its overseas expansion initiatives, efforts to capture demand related to earthquake-recovery projects, and the realization of synergies between the Koriyama and Onahama plants, while also」
The company continues to promote synergies between the Koriyama and Onahama plants. - FY2017-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「We will continue to promote initiatives for overseas expansion, capture demand related to earthquake reconstruction and realize synergies between the Koriyama and Onahama plants,」
The company continues to promote synergies between the Koriyama and Onahama plants. However, some production was carried over because of scheduled repairs at the Onahama Plant. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「In the agricultural business, we will leverage the strength of owning 3 plants, Ota, Onahama and Koriyama, and use the equipment newly installed at the Onahama Plant during the current fiscal year to win orders for new products and increase orders for existing products.」
The company aims to win orders for new products and increase orders for existing products by leveraging its 3 plants and equipment newly installed during the current fiscal year.