Securing stable earnings through the consumables and maintenance business
First written in FY2018. 11 of 17 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2022-Q2. Latest entry: 2026-10-26.
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- 2026-10-26AdvancedEarnings
「機械修理・メンテナンス及び砥石等の研磨に使用する消耗品の販売が増加したことから、売上高は増加いたしました。損益については、売上高増加に伴う影響により増益となりました。」
修理・メンテナンスおよび消耗品販売の増加が売上高・利益の増加につながり、安定収益源の実績が進展した。 - FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「Although orders for consumables used for polishing, including grinding wheels, and machine repair and maintenance increased, net sales declined due to the decrease following the previous year’s corresponding period, when polishing machines for film processing for lithium-ion batteries were sold. Profit increased due to the impact of improved polishing machine margins. As a result, net sales were ¥198 million, down 8.2% year on year, and segment profit was ¥40 million, up 24.0%.」
Although polishing machine sales declined following the previous increase, higher orders for consumables and repairs and maintenance led to higher sales, while improved margins also contributed to higher profit. - 2026-07-30AdvancedEarnings
「砥石等の研磨に使用する消耗品及び機械修理・メンテナンスの受注増により販売は増加した」
研磨機事業で消耗品及び修理・メンテナンスの受注増が販売増として現れた。 - FY2025WorsenedAnnual report
「Although sales of polishing machines for processing films used in lithium-ion batteries, sales from machinery repairs and maintenance, and sales of consumables used for polishing, such as grinding wheels, declined, revenue increased as sales of polishing machines for gravure printing machines, construction machinery and other applications rose.」
The polishing machine business as a whole posted higher revenue, but repairs and maintenance and consumables sales, which had been positioned as stable sources of earnings, declined. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「Net sales increased as sales of polishing machines for film processing for lithium-ion batteries, gravure printing machines and other applications rose. Profit increased due to the impact of higher net sales. As a result, net sales were ¥421 million, up 6.3% year on year, and segment profit was ¥69 million, up 40.7%.」
Driven mainly by higher sales of polishing machines, the mirror-polishing machine business posted a 6.3% increase in revenue and a 40.7% increase in segment profit, further establishing its track record as a stable source of earnings. - FY2024-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Net sales increased as sales of polishing machines for film processing for lithium-ion batteries rose. Although the gross profit margin declined due to higher labor costs and other expenses, profit increased due to the impact of higher net sales. As a result, net sales were ¥192 million, up 26.0% year on year, and segment profit was ¥16 million, up 0.4%.」
Higher sales of polishing machines for film processing for lithium-ion batteries resulted in 26.0% revenue growth, and profit increased despite a decline in gross margin due to higher labor costs. - FY2024-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Net sales increased as sales of polishing machines and consumables used for polishing for film processing for lithium-ion batteries rose. The segment returned to profitability due to the impact of higher net sales. As a result, net sales were ¥102 million, up 102.9% year on year, and segment profit was ¥8 million, compared with a segment loss of ¥0 million in the previous year’s corresponding quarter.」
Higher polishing-machine and consumables sales resulted in 102.9% revenue growth and a return to profitability, demonstrating progress in expanding earnings sources through the consumables business. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「Sales increased due to higher sales of polishing machines and consumables used for polishing, including products for film processing for lithium-ion batteries, and more orders for machine repair and maintenance. Profit increased due to the impact of higher net sales. As a result, net sales were ¥396 million, up 24.8% year on year, and segment profit was ¥49 million, up 157.8%.」
The combined revenue stream of polishing machines, consumables, and repairs and maintenance expanded, and segment profit increased 157.8%. - FY2023-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Net sales increased as sales of polishing machines and consumables used for polishing, including products for film processing for lithium-ion batteries, rose and orders for machine repair and maintenance remained firm. The segment returned to profitability due to the impact of higher net sales. As a result, net sales were ¥207 million, up 44.1% year on year, and segment profit was ¥22 million, compared with a segment loss of ¥6 million in the previous year’s corresponding quarter.」
Higher sales and orders for polishing machines, consumables, and repairs and maintenance resulted in 44.1% revenue growth and a shift from a segment loss to a ¥22 million profit. Expansion of stable sources of earnings progressed in terms of results. - FY2023-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Revenue increased because orders for machine repairs and maintenance remained firm, while sales of polishing machines for film processing for lithium-ion batteries and other applications, as well as consumables used in polishing, increased.」
In addition to firm orders for repairs and maintenance, higher sales of polishing machines and consumables were reflected in the results, demonstrating progress toward expanding stable sources of earnings. - FY2023-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Although orders for machine repairs and maintenance increased, revenue declined due to the negative effect of the year-earlier quarter, when large polishing machines for metal rolling and processing were sold.」
Orders for repairs and maintenance continued to increase, but the increase was insufficient to offset the negative effect of the large polishing-machine projects in the prior year. - FY2022-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Sales increased due to higher orders for large polishing machines for metal rolling and processing, consumables used for cylinder polishing for construction machinery, and machine repair and maintenance associated with used machine sales. Despite the impact of higher selling, general and administrative expenses, including labor costs, the loss narrowed due to the impact of higher net sales. As a result, net sales were ¥144 million, up 24.9% year on year, and the segment reported a loss of ¥6 million, compared with a segment loss of ¥20 million in the previous year’s corresponding quarter.」
Higher orders for consumables and repair and maintenance led to increased sales, with revenue up 24.9% and the segment loss narrowing from ¥20 million to ¥6 million. - FY2022-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Revenue increased because sales rose on higher orders for large polishing machines for metal rolling and processing, as well as machine repairs and maintenance and consumables used in polishing.」
Higher orders for consumables and repair and maintenance translated into higher sales, demonstrating progress in terms of results toward the policy of establishing stable sources of earnings. - FY2021-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Although sales of visual inspection machines (※５) and inspection fixtures, which are consumables, declined, sales increased due to orders for electrical continuity inspection machines (※６), modification projects for previously sold machines and maintenance, reflecting the recovery in capital investment demand centered on China.」
Although sales of consumables such as inspection jigs declined, orders for modifications to previously sold equipment and for maintenance increased. There was no material change in the policy of positioning consumables and repair and maintenance as stable sources of earnings. - FY2021-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Although sales increased due to higher orders for consumables used in polishing and for machine repairs and maintenance, revenue declined because sales of polishing machines decreased.」
Orders for consumables and repair and maintenance continued to increase, but the business as a whole recorded lower revenue due to the decline in polishing-machine sales. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「The Group will continue to promote business portfolio reform, strengthen its consumables and repair and maintenance businesses, and work to establish a structure for securing stable earnings.」
Business portfolio reform continued, with consumables and repair and maintenance positioned as stable sources of earnings. - FY2018First statedAnnual report
「In addition to expanding our product lineup to meet diversifying customer needs, we will promote the consumables business, including jigs used in substrate inspection machines and grinding wheels used in mirror-polishing machines, as well as the repair and maintenance business, with the aim of generating sustainable earnings.」
The company stated for the first time its policy of promoting inspection jigs, grinding wheels for polishing and other consumables, together with repair and maintenance, as sources of recurring revenue.