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Kitagawa (6317) · TargetAdvanced

Establishing an Overseas Business Base

First written in FY2016. 21 of 35 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2027-H1.

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ProgressHeldSoftenedWorseRestatedFY2016 – FY2019-Q1RestatedFY2020-Q2 – FY2022-Q3RestatedFY2023-Q3 – FY2024-Q3AdvancedFY2025-H1 – FY2026-H12016: 320162017: 420172018: 220182019: 320192020: 320202021: 320212022: 220222023: 420232024: 220242025: 220252026: 72026
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Expansion of the overseas business strategyA theme 67 companies write about · 0 as a headwind · 67 as a tailwind

23 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".

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  1. FY2027-H1AdvancedAnnual report

    「In Japan, sales of chucks and cylinders increased against a backdrop of rising demand for lathes and other factors. Overseas sales also increased to ¥5,447 million, up 12.7% year on year, as adoption by target customers progressed.」

    Adoption by overseas target customers progressed in the machine tool equipment business, and sales increased 12.7% year on year. This demonstrated concrete progress in the sales side of the overseas business foundation.
  2. 2026-09-12Worseneds.kabutan.jp

    「金属素形材事業では、メキシコ子会社にて自動車向け部品の計画未達による減益を見込むものの、産業機械事業を中心とする増益がこれを上回るため、各段階利益は前回発表予想を上回る見込みとなりました。」

    メキシコ子会社の自動車向け部品で計画未達による減益見込みが新たに具体化した。
  3. FY2026AdvancedAnnual report

    「The Company will expand local production in India and strengthen engineering and after-sales services in key markets such as Mexico and Vietnam, seeking to expand its global market share while strengthening earnings capacity.」

    Regarding its overseas business foundation, the Company took concrete steps to strengthen engineering and after-sales services in Mexico and Vietnam, in addition to expanding local production in India. Overseas sales, led by China and India, increased 9.3% year on year.
  4. FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report

    「Sales at this company increased by ¥4,833 million, up 12.0% year on year, as overseas orders from India, China and elsewhere increased.」

    Sales in the machine tool equipment business increased 12.0% year on year due to higher overseas orders, including from India and China, demonstrating progress in the overseas business foundation's sales operations.
  5. FY2025AdvancedAnnual report

    「The Company's sales were ¥9,031 million, down 2.2% year on year, as increased orders, mainly for India, overseas were offset by weak capital investment in Japan.」

    Overseas orders increased, mainly for India, and the overseas business foundation, including the Indian subsidiary established in the previous fiscal year, made progress in sales operations.
  6. FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report

    「During the interim consolidated accounting period, the company established Kitagawa Techonology India Pvt.Ltd.」

    The Company established a local subsidiary in India, moving into a specific expansion phase for its overseas business foundation.
  7. FY2024-Q3RestatedAnnual report

    「Against this backdrop, the Company worked to expand overseas sales, particularly in Mexico and India, where future growth is expected, in addition to strengthening relationships with existing customers.」

    In addition to strengthening relationships with existing customers, the Company continues to expand its overseas sales network, particularly in Mexico and India.
  8. FY2024-Q2RestatedAnnual report

    「Under these circumstances, this company has worked to expand its overseas sales network, focusing mainly on Mexico and India, while also strengthening relationships with existing customers.」

    In addition to strengthening relationships with existing customers, the Company continues to expand its overseas sales network, particularly in Mexico and India.
  9. FY2024-Q1RestatedAnnual report

    「Under these circumstances, this company has worked to expand its overseas sales network, focusing mainly on Mexico and India.」

    The expansion of the overseas sales network, centered on Mexico and India, continues.
  10. FY2023RestatedAnnual report

    「The Kitagawa Global Hand Company (machinery business) will strengthen its overseas business operations, including expansion into India, rebuild its sales and service networks, and systematize online sales.」

    Regarding the strengthening of its overseas business foundation, the Company continues to pursue specific measures, including entering India, restructuring its sales and service networks, and systematizing online sales.
  11. FY2023-Q3RestatedAnnual report

    「In Mexico, the subsidiary completed preparations for producing newly ordered automotive parts and began mass production. In Thailand, the subsidiary suspended operations on some production lines to improve production efficiency.」

    The Company continues operating its overseas sites, including beginning mass production of newly ordered parts in Mexico and suspending operations on some production lines in Thailand.
  12. FY2023-Q2AdvancedAnnual report

    「At the Mexican subsidiary, preparations for producing newly ordered automotive parts were completed and mass production began. At the Thai subsidiary, a review of production items was completed, and some production lines were shut down to improve production efficiency.」

    In Mexico, the Company completed preparations for producing newly ordered parts and began mass production. In Thailand, it moved to the stage of suspending some production lines after completing a review of its production items.
  13. FY2022-Q3RestatedAnnual report

    「Against this backdrop, the Company worked to improve earnings capacity by strengthening coordination among its domestic and overseas production sites and improving productivity through automation. It also considered measures to address business challenges, including identifying business opportunities and risks associated with the transition to a decarbonized society and developing high-value-added materials. In addition, its Mexican subsidiary prepared for mass production of parts for the next vehicle models, while its Thai subsidiary focused on improving profitability by reviewing its production items.」

    The Company continues to coordinate its domestic and overseas production sites, pursue automation, prepare for mass production of parts for next-generation models in Mexico, and review production items in Thailand.
  14. FY2022-Q2RestatedAnnual report

    「Under these circumstances, the Company worked to improve profitability by strengthening cooperation among production sites in Japan and overseas and improving productivity through automation, while considering ways to address business challenges, including identifying business opportunities and risks associated with the transition to a decarbonized society and developing high-value-added materials.」

    The Company continues to strengthen earnings capacity and its business foundation by enhancing coordination among its domestic and overseas production sites, improving productivity through automation, and developing materials.
  15. FY2021RestatedAnnual report

    「To secure overseas markets with growth potential, the Group will continue working to establish the business foundations of its overseas sites and expand its business domains by making strategic investments of management resources.」

    The Company continues to target securing overseas markets, establishing the foundations of overseas sites, and expanding its business domains through strategic investment of management resources.
  16. FY2021-Q3RestatedAnnual report

    「Against this backdrop, the Company continued promoting its existing initiatives, including strengthening coordination among its domestic and overseas production sites, improving production efficiency, and increasing product added value. In particular, it focused on improving quality for key products, including automotive transmission components, and worked to strengthen earnings capacity.」

    The Company continues to strengthen earnings capacity through coordination among its domestic and overseas production sites, improved production efficiency and added value, and quality improvements for key products.
  17. FY2021-Q2RestatedAnnual report

    「Against this backdrop, the Company continued promoting its existing initiatives, including strengthening coordination among its domestic and overseas production sites, improving production efficiency, and increasing product added value. In particular, it focused on improving quality for key products, including automotive transmission components, and worked to strengthen earnings capacity.」

    The Company continues to strengthen its business foundation and earnings capacity through stronger coordination among its domestic and overseas production sites, improved production efficiency and added value, and quality improvements for key products.
  18. FY2021-Q1RestatedAnnual report

    「Against this backdrop, the business worked to strengthen coordination among its domestic and overseas production sites and secure new orders for high-value-added parts, mainly automotive transmission components, by leveraging the Company's strength in an integrated production system covering materials development through machining.」

    The Company continues to pursue orders by coordinating its domestic and overseas production sites and leveraging its integrated production system covering materials development through machining.
  19. FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report

    「Against this backdrop, the business continued working to strengthen coordination with its domestic and overseas production sites. At its overseas sites, it actively approached automakers transferring production from China and focused on securing new orders for automotive parts. In Japan, it also focused on securing orders for automotive parts that could leverage the Company's strength in an integrated production system covering materials development through machining.」

    The Company continues to coordinate its domestic and overseas production sites, approach automakers transferring production from China, and pursue orders in Japan by leveraging its integrated production system.
  20. FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report

    「Against this backdrop, the business worked to strengthen coordination with domestic and overseas production sites and improve profitability.」

    The Company continues to strengthen its business foundation and earnings capacity, including overseas operations, by enhancing coordination among its domestic and overseas production sites.
  21. FY2020-Q1AdvancedAnnual report

    「As part of our global expansion, we are building a power chuck production plant in India and will strengthen our business in the Indian market.」

    Regarding the development of its overseas business foundation, the Company began construction of a power chuck production plant in India, taking concrete steps to strengthen its presence in the Indian market.
  22. FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report

    「We continued working to improve quality and production efficiency and to improve profitability at our domestic and overseas production sites, while focusing on new product development in each business field to establish our business base.」

    The company continues to establish its business base through profitability improvements at domestic and overseas production sites and new product development.
  23. FY2019-Q2AdvancedAnnual report

    「In addition, to balance production loads among global sites and make effective use of equipment, we began reciprocal supply among our three sites in Thailand, Mexico and Japan.」

    The Company began reciprocal supply among its 3 production sites in Thailand, Mexico, and Japan, moving into a specific coordination phase for its production business foundation, including overseas operations.
  24. FY2019-Q1RestatedAnnual report

    「In addition, the Group continued working to improve quality and production efficiency, and made a concerted effort to establish a business foundation by improving profitability and expanding production capacity at its domestic and overseas production sites.」

    The Company continues to work toward establishing a business foundation at its domestic and overseas production sites by improving quality and production efficiency, improving profitability, and expanding production capacity.
  25. FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report

    「We continued to work to improve quality and production efficiency, while undertaking Group-wide initiatives to establish the business platform by improving profitability and expanding production facilities at domestic and overseas production sites in Thailand and Mexico.」

    The Company continues to establish a business foundation at its domestic and Thailand and Mexico production sites through improvements in quality and production efficiency, profitability improvements, and expanded production capacity.
  26. FY2018-Q1RestatedAnnual report

    「We continued to work to improve quality and production efficiency, while undertaking Group-wide initiatives to establish the business platform by improving profitability and expanding production facilities at domestic and overseas production sites in Thailand and Mexico.」

    The Company continues to establish a business foundation at its domestic and Thailand and Mexico production sites by improving quality and production efficiency, improving profitability, and expanding production capacity.
  27. FY2017RestatedAnnual report

    「Across the Group, we will work to establish a global production structure, including establishing business platforms in Mexico and Thailand and reviewing the business structure in China.」

    The Company continues to build a global production system, including establishing business foundations in Mexico and Thailand and reviewing its business structure in China.
  28. FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report

    「Under these circumstances, our group worked to improve quality and production efficiency and, throughout the group, pursued measures to establish a business base, including improving profitability and expanding production facilities at our overseas production sites in Thailand and Mexico.」

    The Company continues to work toward establishing a business foundation by improving profitability and expanding production capacity at its overseas production sites in Thailand and Mexico.
  29. FY2017-Q2RestatedAnnual report

    「Under these circumstances, our group worked to improve quality and production efficiency and, throughout the group, pursued measures to establish a business base, including improving profitability and expanding production facilities at our overseas production sites in Thailand and Mexico.」

    The Company continues to establish a business foundation by improving profitability and expanding production capacity at its overseas production sites in Thailand and Mexico.
  30. FY2017-Q1RestatedAnnual report

    「Against this backdrop, the Group continued working to improve quality and production efficiency, focusing on improving profitability at overseas production sites, including Mexico, and putting those businesses on a stable footing.」

    The Company continues to work to improve profitability at overseas production sites and put the businesses on a stable footing.
  31. FY2016First statedAnnual report

    「The Group has identified the establishment of a foundation for its overseas business, higher productivity through work-style reform, strengthening its development structure, and promoting human resources development and training as key challenges it faces, and will continue working to strengthen its management foundation.」

    The establishment of a foundation for the overseas business is identified as one of the key challenges.
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"Expansion, rationalization and renewal of manufacturing facilities" moved the same way as this thread, in the same document, in 6 of its 35 moves.

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  1. ★This thread
  2. 1Expansion, rationalization and renewal of manufacturing facilities6×
  3. 2Securing profits through improved production efficiency and quality control and cost reductions5×
  4. 3Responding to existing customers' global expansion and expanding orders for new products5×
  5. 4Stable operations at local plants in Mexico, Thailand and China, and the global expansion of the brand4×
  6. 5Strong orders for self-propelled multistory parking structures and expected second-half revenue recognition4×
  7. 6Production capacity expansion at the Mexican subsidiary3×

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