Demand for factory expansions, renovations and machinery upgrades aimed at improving customer productivity
First written in FY2020-Q1. 5 of 16 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2024-Q1. Latest entry: FY2026.
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- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「During the current fiscal year, companies’ appetite for capital investment has remained firm,」
Regarding customers’ appetite for capital investment, the Company indicated that it had shifted from a cautious stance through the previous fiscal year to a firm level in the current fiscal year. This has also led to an increase in orders related to engineered wood in the woodworking machinery business. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「Against a backdrop of growing interest in new wood-based building materials that can replace metals and other materials, including LVL and ultra-thick plywood, the Company is focusing on establishing and disseminating technologies for their efficient production, as well as」
To meet customers’ capital investment demand for new wood-based building materials, the Company has incorporated the establishment and dissemination of technologies for the efficient production of LVL and ultra-thick plywood into its specific response policies. - FY2024-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「In the woodworking machinery business, capital investment appetite is increasing, driven by replacement with machinery that improves productivity and reduces labor requirements, as well as the construction of new plants to increase the domestic consumption rate of domestic timber.」
It states that customers are proceeding with upgrades to machinery that reduces labor requirements and the construction of new plants for domestic timber, increasing their appetite for capital investment. - FY2024-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「In the woodworking machinery business, capital investment appetite is increasing, driven by replacement with machinery that improves productivity and reduces labor requirements, as well as the construction of new plants to increase the domestic consumption rate of domestic timber.」
It states that customers’ capital investment appetite is increasing, driven by upgrades to machinery that improves productivity and reduces labor requirements and the construction of new plants for domestic timber. - FY2023MitigatedAnnual report
「In the plywood machinery and woodworking machinery businesses, customers’ capital investment plans are gradually recovering, but」
It states that, following the decline in capital investment appetite through the previous fiscal year, customers’ capital investment plans for plywood and woodworking machinery are gradually recovering. - FY2023-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「The business environment surrounding the company is changing, with housing starts trending downward and changes in the uses of timber resources and procurement conditions prompting customers to actively review their market outlooks and capital expenditure plans. The importance of responding to changes in the environment is increasing, including the need to review the company's order plans.」
The company described a situation in which declining housing starts and changes in the uses of timber resources and procurement conditions require reviews not only of customers' market outlooks and capital expenditure plans but also of the company's order plans. - FY2022Recovery in capital expenditure appetiteAnnual report
「Capital expenditure appetite also showed signs of recovery, partly because industry performance remained strong.」
Against the decline in capital expenditure appetite through the previous fiscal year, the company stated that customers' capital expenditure appetite was recovering, supported by improved timber demand and industry performance. - FY2022-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「The industry's cautious stance toward capital expenditure has strengthened further.」
The company stated that the industry's cautious stance toward capital expenditure had strengthened further against a backdrop of issues with the supply and demand of housing materials resulting from soaring timber resource prices. - FY2021WorsenedAnnual report
「In the plywood machinery and woodworking machinery businesses, customers are expected to become increasingly cautious about capital expenditure plans because housing starts are declining and signs of an economic slowdown are strengthening, which could affect the company's order plans.」
While demand for customer factory expansions and renovations and machinery replacements had been identified, customers were expected to take a more cautious approach to capital expenditure plans because of declining housing starts and an economic slowdown. - FY2021-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Customers also reduced their willingness to invest in equipment due to weaker demand caused by the economic slowdown, and our order environment remained difficult.」
Against demand from customer companies for factory expansions and renovations and machinery replacements, declining capital expenditure appetite due to an economic slowdown and challenging order conditions have continued. - FY2021-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「Customers also reduced their willingness to invest in equipment due to weaker demand caused by the economic slowdown, and our order environment remained difficult.」
Against the previously identified demand for customer factory expansions and renovations and machinery replacements, declining capital expenditure appetite due to an economic slowdown has been newly identified. - FY2020RestatedAnnual report
「Some customers were considering factory expansions and renovations and machinery replacements to improve productivity, using retained earnings that increased as corporate earnings improved.」
The company continues to recognize customer companies' consideration of factory expansions and renovations and machinery replacements as a demand factor. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Some customers are considering factory expansions and renovations and machinery replacements to improve productivity, using retained earnings that increased as corporate earnings improved.」
Customer companies' consideration of factory expansions and renovations and machinery replacements, funded by increased retained earnings resulting from improved corporate earnings, continues to be a demand factor. - FY2020-Q1First statedAnnual report
「Some customers are considering factory expansions and renovations and machinery replacements to improve productivity, using retained earnings that increased as corporate earnings improved.」
The company identified customer companies' consideration of factory expansions and renovations and machinery replacements, funded by increased retained earnings resulting from improved corporate earnings, as a new demand factor.