Stable-Revenue Businesses and Growth Products

「In the water-related business, in addition to groundwater intake for water supply and certain equipment processes related to water treatment, which have traditionally been within the Group’s business scope, we are working to expand the scope of proposals and contracted services available to the Group into the processes before and after these stages, as well as water treatment plant operations and maintenance.」

「We have been working to expand the scale of the water-related business with the aim of moving away from a profit structure dependent on the energy-related business.」

「In the energy-related business, we recognise the establishment of a structure capable of securing stable earnings as an issue. We are working to strengthen maintenance services for plant equipment, deepen relationships of trust through ongoing dialogue with customers in providing these services, and identify demand for equipment renewals at an early stage.」

「In the water-related business, we provide a broad range of water treatment services in domestic water supply and food and agriculture. ……In the energy-related business, we recognise the establishment of a structure capable of securing stable earnings as an issue, and」

「In the water-related business, we provide a broad range of water treatment services in domestic water supply and food and agriculture. 矢澤フェロマイト株式会社, which became a consolidated subsidiary in the previous consolidated fiscal year, designs, manufactures and installs water supply and wastewater treatment facilities. This has expanded the range of facility designs and contracted services we can provide, increasing order opportunities. Overseas, as travel restrictions and other activity restrictions related to the spread of COVID-19 have been lifted, we have resumed sales activities and are working to create and capture demand based on the water intake and water treatment technologies the Group has provided to date.」

「In the water-related business, we aim to expand into domestic water supply and water treatment for the food and agriculture sectors, and to expand overseas by modelling and deploying our water intake and water treatment technologies based on our accumulated track record, thereby establishing the business as an earnings base alongside the energy-related business. We also aim to reduce costs through optimisation of the Group’s production structure and other measures, enhance price competitiveness, expand order opportunities and markets beyond our core products, and strengthen periodic maintenance services in order to establish a structure capable of securing stable earnings.」

「In addition, we aim to reduce costs through optimisation of the Group’s production structure and other measures, enhance price competitiveness, expand order opportunities and markets beyond our core products, and strengthen periodic maintenance services in order to establish a structure capable of securing stable earnings.」

「In the energy-related business, we aim to establish a structure capable of securing stable earnings, reduce costs through optimisation of the Group’s production structure and other measures, enhance price competitiveness, expand order opportunities and markets beyond our core products, and strengthen periodic maintenance services.」

「In the energy-related business, we aim to maximise profit by reducing costs through optimisation of the Group’s production structure and other measures, enhancing price competitiveness, expanding order opportunities, expanding markets beyond our core products, and strengthening periodic maintenance services to establish a structure capable of generating a certain level of earnings.」

「In the water-related business, we aim to expand into domestic water supply and water treatment for the food and agriculture sectors, and to expand overseas by modelling and deploying our water intake and water treatment technologies based on our accumulated track record, thereby establishing the business as an earnings base alongside the energy-related business. In the energy-related business, we recognise the establishment of a structure capable of securing stable earnings as an issue.」

「In the energy-related business, we recognise the establishment of a structure capable of securing stable earnings as an issue. We aim to build this structure by reducing costs through optimisation of the Group’s production structure and other measures, enhancing price competitiveness, expanding order opportunities and markets beyond our core products, and strengthening periodic maintenance services.」

「In the water-related business, we aim to expand into domestic water supply and water treatment for the food and agriculture sectors, and to expand overseas by modelling and deploying our water intake and water treatment technologies based on our accumulated track record, thereby establishing the business as another earnings base alongside the energy-related business. In the energy-related business, we recognise the establishment of a structure capable of securing stable earnings as an issue.」

「Against this backdrop, the water-related business is focusing on identifying and developing projects, mainly in Japan.」

「The company has identified growth in sales of the water-related business, the full-scale operation of NAGAOKA VIETNAM CO., LTD. (established in March 2020 and a wholly owned subsidiary), and the securing of stable earnings in the energy-related business as priority issues, and is working to address them.」

「We will strengthen sales activities and focus on expanding orders in the water-related business in order to establish it as another earnings base for the Group.」

「We have sought to expand orders in order to establish the water-related business as another earnings base for the Group.」

「We aim to achieve stable management by expanding sales of Chemiless, which is positioned as a growth product, and reducing fixed costs.」

「The Group positions its energy-related business, which manufactures and sells screen internals for petroleum refining and petrochemical plants, and its water intake business, which manufactures and sells screens for water intake and other products as part of the water-related business, as businesses capable of generating stable earnings. Meanwhile, the Group positions Chemiless, which treats iron, manganese, ammonia nitrogen, arsenic and other substances in groundwater exceeding drinking-water standards without using chemicals, as a medium-term growth product. Hisys is positioned as a long-term growth product because it addresses one of the factors driving up the cost of producing desalinated water at conventional seawater desalination plants.」