Sustained Growth of Existing Products, Selective Focus and New Product Development

「For the antimony business, the Group aims to expand earnings by ensuring stable production, improving profitability, selling high-value-added products, and promoting the globalization of product sales. It will reduce costs by accelerating the digital transformation of production processes and labor saving. It will also promote the development of new products, including metal sulfides for battery materials, and establish manufacturing technologies for high-value-added products, led by the Technology Development Department.」

「2. Strengthening the competitiveness of existing businesses and taking on the challenge of global expansion」

「Against this backdrop, in the three-year medium-term management plan launched in April 2022 under the slogan “Demonstrating the strength of the Group and continuing to take on challenges for sustainable business growth — Challenge for Sustainable Growth,” the Group is pursuing initiatives under the four basic policies of “strengthening group collaboration,” “improving profitability,” “creating businesses that generate new value,” and “building an attractive company,” including expanding production capacity for high-value-added products, creating new businesses through open innovation, strengthening initiatives for automotive applications, improving business-process efficiency through digitalization, pursuing sustainability-related businesses, creating an environment where diverse talent can thrive, and promoting SDG activities.」

「In the three-year medium-term management plan launched in April 2022 under the slogan “Demonstrating the strength of the Group and continuing to take on challenges for sustainable business growth — Challenge for Sustainable Growth,” the Group is pursuing initiatives under the four basic policies of “strengthening group collaboration,” “improving profitability,” “creating businesses that generate new value,” and “building an attractive company,” including expanding production capacity for high-value-added products, creating new businesses through open innovation, strengthening initiatives for automotive applications, improving business-process efficiency through digitalization, pursuing sustainability-related businesses, creating an environment where diverse talent can thrive, and promoting SDG activities.」

「In the three-year medium-term management plan launched in April 2022 under the slogan “Demonstrating the strength of the Group and continuing to take on challenges for sustainable business growth — Challenge for Sustainable Growth,” the Group is pursuing initiatives under the four basic policies of “strengthening group collaboration,” “improving profitability,” “creating businesses that generate new value,” and “building an attractive company,” including expanding production capacity for high-value-added products, creating new businesses through open innovation, strengthening initiatives for automotive applications, improving business-process efficiency through digitalization, pursuing sustainability-related businesses, creating an environment where diverse talent can thrive, and promoting SDG activities.」

「Against this backdrop, in the three-year medium-term management plan launched in April 2022 under the slogan “Demonstrating the strength of the Group and continuing to take on challenges for sustainable business growth — Challenge for Sustainable Growth,” the Group is pursuing initiatives under the four basic policies of “strengthening group collaboration,” “improving profitability,” “creating businesses that generate new value,” and “building an attractive company,” including expanding production capacity for high-value-added products, creating new businesses through open innovation, strengthening initiatives for automotive applications, improving business-process efficiency through digitalization, pursuing sustainability-related businesses, creating an environment where diverse talent can thrive, and promoting SDG activities.」

「Against this backdrop, the Group launched a medium-term management plan covering fiscal 2022 through fiscal 2024 under the slogan “Demonstrating the strength of the Group and continuing to take on challenges for sustainable business growth — Challenge for Sustainable Growth.” Under the four basic policies of “strengthening group collaboration,” “improving profitability,” “creating businesses that generate new value,” and “building an attractive company,” the Group is working to expand production capacity for high-value-added products, create new businesses through open innovation, strengthen initiatives for automotive applications, improve business-process efficiency through digitalization, pursue sustainability-related businesses, create an environment where diverse talent can thrive, and promote SDG activities.」

「Against this backdrop, the Group launched a medium-term management plan for the fiscal years ending March 2023 through March 2025 under the slogan "Demonstrate the Group's Strength and Continue Taking on Challenges for Sustainable Growth — Challenge for Sustainable Growth." Under the basic policies of strengthening group collaboration, improving profitability, creating businesses that generate new value, and building an attractive company, the Group is working to expand production capacity for high-value-added products, create new businesses through open innovation, strengthen initiatives for automotive applications, improve business-process efficiency through digitalization, pursue sustainability businesses, create an environment where diverse talent can thrive, and promote SDGs initiatives.」

「Under the basic policies of “strengthening group collaboration,” “improving profitability,” “creating businesses that generate new value,” and “building an attractive company,” the Group is working to expand production capacity for high-value-added products, create new businesses through open innovation, strengthen initiatives for automotive products, improve business-process efficiency through digitalization, pursue sustainability businesses, create an environment in which diverse talent can thrive, and promote SDG activities.」

「<Basic Policies and Specific Initiatives> 1. Strengthening Group Collaboration: expanding group management functions; strategic allocation of group management resources; promoting a joint research and development framework. 2. Improving Profitability: reducing costs through automation and labor saving; expanding and strengthening high-value-added products; improving business-process efficiency through digitalization. 3. Creating Businesses That Generate New Value: creating new businesses through open innovation; strengthening initiatives for automotive products; pursuing sustainability businesses. 4. Building an Attractive Company: creating an environment in which diverse talent can thrive; strengthening stakeholder engagement; promoting SDG activities.」

「To achieve the current medium-term management plan, the Group is advancing its business activities based on specific initiatives including strengthening group management, developing competitive manufacturing capabilities, developing people capable of creating value, and building the business foundation through continuous improvement. By implementing these initiatives, the Group aims to achieve stable production and sales and enhance corporate value.」

「The basic policy is to “expand existing businesses and develop new businesses by enhancing the capabilities of the Group, its products, its people, and its profitability.” Specific initiatives include strengthening group management, developing competitive manufacturing capabilities, developing people capable of creating value, and building the business foundation through continuous improvement.」

「Under the aforementioned medium-term management plan, the Group set out the basic policy of “improving and strengthening the business foundation and enhancing profitability.” Specific initiatives included sustained growth of existing products, selection and concentration, development of new products, business development from a global perspective, productivity improvements, safety and health initiatives, and human-resource development, with the aim of enhancing corporate value.」

「Specific initiatives included sustained growth of existing products, selection and concentration, development of new products, business development from a global perspective, productivity improvements, safety and health initiatives, and human-resource development, with the aim of enhancing corporate value.」

「Specific initiatives included sustained growth of existing products, selection and concentration, and development of new products.」