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Quality Stabilization and Cost Reduction Through Production-Line Automation

First written in FY2016. 18 of 29 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: 2026-08-07.

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ProgressHeldSoftenedWorseRestatedFY2016 – FY2019RestatedFY2021-Q1 – FY2023-Q1WorsenedFY2024-Q3 – FY20242016: 320162017: 320172018: 220182019: 120192020: 220202021: 420212022: 420222023: 220232024: 220242025: 220252026: 42026
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Reducing labor requirements and improving productivity through IT and automationA theme 126 companies write about · 0 as a headwind · 129 as a tailwind

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  1. 2026-08-07AdvancedEarnings

    「売上高が増加したことや経費抑制に努めたこと等により、営業利益は169百万円(前年同期比8.1%増)、経常利益は189百万円(前年同期比15.8%増)となりました。」

    経費抑制と増収により、営業利益・経常利益が前年同期を上回った実績を示している。
  2. FY2026AdvancedAnnual report

    「Operating profit for the fiscal year was ¥341 million, up 5.4% year on year. The main factors were higher sales and efforts to improve productivity, including greater efficiency in manufacturing costs and sales and administrative operations.」

    The company advanced productivity improvements and streamlined manufacturing costs and sales, general and administrative operations, resulting in operating profit of ¥341 million, up 5.4% from the previous fiscal year.
  3. FY2026-H1RestatedAnnual report

    「In terms of earnings, operating profit was ¥269 million, up 195.5% year on year, mainly due to higher revenue and efforts to control expenses.」

    The company continues to control expenses as a measure to improve profitability and identifies this as a factor contributing to higher operating profit alongside revenue growth.
  4. FY2025AdvancedAnnual report

    「For thin-film processed products, including displays, which are our main products, we are working to improve profitability and asset efficiency by making effective use of existing facilities, reducing costs, and reviewing our pricing strategy.」

    The company identified more effective use of existing facilities, cost reductions and a review of its pricing strategy as specific measures to improve profitability and asset efficiency. Full-year operating profit was ¥323 million, turning profitable from an operating loss of ¥655 million in the previous year.
  5. FY2024WorsenedAnnual report

    「Sales of display and mobility products declined by ¥990 million and productivity and production efficiency deteriorated. As a result, the operating loss was ¥655 million, compared with operating profit of ¥66 million in the previous fiscal year.」

    Revenue from Display and Mobility declined by ¥990 million, and productivity and production efficiency deteriorated. Operating results also turned from a ¥66 million profit in the previous fiscal year to a ¥655 million loss.
  6. FY2024-Q3WorsenedAnnual report

    「Sales of products for display and mobility applications declined by ¥1,014 million, resulting in lower productivity and production efficiency, and an operating loss of ¥472 million, compared with operating profit of ¥317 million in the same period of the previous year.」

    Revenue from Display and Mobility declined by ¥1,014 million, and productivity and production efficiency deteriorated. Operating profit for the same period of the previous year turned into an operating loss of ¥472 million.
  7. FY2024-Q2Updated the deterioration in productivity and production efficiency accompanying the decline in sales.Annual report

    「With sales of display and mobility products decreasing by ¥792 million and productivity and production efficiency deteriorating as a result, the operating loss was ¥395 million, compared with operating income of ¥228 million in the same period of the previous year.」

    The company states that productivity and production efficiency deteriorated as sales for display and mobility applications declined by ¥792 million.
  8. FY2023-Q3RestatedAnnual report

    「Orders for thin-film products for cover panels continued to perform well, supported by the effect of the production line introduced in the second half of the previous fiscal year.」

    The effect of the production line introduced in the second half of the previous fiscal year continued to emerge, and the Company describes orders for thin-film products for cover panels as strong. This represents the continuation of the previously reported effect of the production line introduction, not the introduction of new equipment.
  9. FY2023-Q2AdvancedAnnual report

    「The production line for antireflective and antifouling films for cover panels, introduced in the second half of the previous fiscal year, began full-scale operation, improving productivity, and ...」

    The company reports tangible progress, with the production line introduced in the second half of the previous fiscal year entering full-scale operation and productivity improving.
  10. FY2023-Q1RestatedAnnual report

    「As a result of efforts to improve production capacity and productivity in response to higher orders, operating income was ¥16 million, compared with an operating loss of ¥21 million in the same period of the previous year.」

    The company states that it worked to improve production capacity and productivity in response to increased orders, and continues to implement measures to improve production efficiency.
  11. FY2022RestatedAnnual report

    「As part of its review of its manufacturing strategy, the company continues to improve quality and productivity by reducing quality-loss costs and improving yields in line with the characteristics of products manufactured at each production site, as well as improving process efficiency and equipment utilization through automation and IT adoption.」

    The company continues to reduce quality loss costs, improve yields, and improve process and equipment efficiency through automation and IT adoption.
  12. FY2022-Q3RestatedAnnual report

    「In terms of earnings, the effects of measures to improve profitability, including cost reductions, were observed,」

    The company states that it continued measures to improve profitability, including expense reductions, and that these measures produced results. No new automation measures or target figures were disclosed.
  13. FY2022-Q2RestatedAnnual report

    「As measures to improve profitability, including expense reductions, have proved effective,」

    The Company states that it has continued measures to improve profitability, such as reducing expenses, and that these have produced results. No new specific measures or achievement figures are provided.
  14. FY2022-Q1RestatedAnnual report

    「In terms of earnings, measures to improve profitability, including expense reductions, proved effective,」

    The Company continues to implement measures to improve profitability, including cost reductions, and states that their effects have been observed, but provides no new specific measures or achievement figures.
  15. FY2021RestatedAnnual report

    「As a fundamental review of its manufacturing strategy, the company is working to improve productivity by manufacturing at the optimal sites, improving equipment utilisation, improving process efficiency through automation and IT implementation, and reducing quality loss costs.」

    The Company continues measures to improve productivity through optimal manufacturing locations, more efficient equipment utilization, automation and IT adoption, and reductions in quality loss costs.
  16. FY2021-Q3RestatedAnnual report

    「As a fundamental review of its manufacturing strategy, the company is working to improve productivity by enhancing overall equipment effectiveness at manufacturing sites best suited to each product and production method, improving work efficiency in the pre- and post-deposition processes through automation and IT adoption, and further reducing quality-loss costs.」

    The company continues measures to improve productivity by optimizing manufacturing sites, automating and introducing IT to processes before and after film formation, and reducing quality-loss costs.
  17. FY2021-Q1RestatedAnnual report

    「As a fundamental review of its manufacturing strategy, the company is working to improve productivity by enhancing overall equipment effectiveness at manufacturing sites best suited to each product and production method, improving work efficiency in the pre- and post-deposition processes through automation and IT adoption, and further reducing quality-loss costs.」

    The company continues measures to improve productivity by optimizing manufacturing sites, automating and introducing IT to processes before and after film formation, and reducing quality-loss costs.
  18. FY2020RaisedAnnual report

    「As a fundamental review of its manufacturing strategy, the company is working to improve productivity by enhancing overall equipment effectiveness at manufacturing sites best suited to each product and production method, improving work efficiency in the pre- and post-deposition processes through automation and IT adoption, and further reducing quality-loss costs.」

    In addition to automating and improving the efficiency of existing production lines, the company is expanding the scope of its measures to include optimization of manufacturing sites, automation and IT adoption in the pre- and post-deposition processes, and reductions in quality-related loss costs.
  19. FY2019RestatedAnnual report

    「We will maintain our competitiveness and work to further improve business performance by strengthening marketing and technology development, improving productivity and stabilizing quality.」

    The Company continues measures to improve competitiveness and profitability through technology development, productivity gains and quality stabilization.
  20. FY2018RestatedAnnual report

    「We will maintain our competitiveness by improving production efficiency, including through automation of production lines, and stabilizing quality.」

    The company has reaffirmed that production-line automation, production efficiency improvements and quality stabilization are means of maintaining competitiveness.
  21. FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report

    「In terms of earnings, depreciation expense declined significantly due to the impairment of fixed assets carried out in the previous fiscal year, and the company worked to improve efficiency across management, including through cost reductions and reductions in expenses incurred,」

    The company continues to improve efficiency across management, including by reducing costs and expenses incurred, and has reconfirmed its policy of improving profitability through productivity and cost improvements.
  22. FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report

    「In addition to a substantial decrease in depreciation and amortization following the impairment of fixed assets conducted in the previous fiscal year, the Company pursued efficiency improvements across management, including cost reductions and reductions in incurred expenses.」

    The company continues to improve profitability by pursuing greater efficiency across management, including cost reductions and reductions in expenses incurred.
  23. FY2018-Q1RestatedAnnual report

    「Under these circumstances, the Group pursued orders for its mainstay products, including antistatic films for liquid-crystal panels, transparent conductive films for touch panels and other thin-film products, while working to improve profitability through higher productivity and cost reductions.」

    The company continues initiatives to improve profitability through higher productivity and lower costs.
  24. FY2017RestatedAnnual report

    「In response to various requirements for thin-film products for diversified FPD substrates, including liquid crystal displays and organic EL displays, the Group will maintain its competitiveness by improving production efficiency through measures such as automating production lines and stabilizing quality.」

    The company continues to use production-line automation, production efficiency improvements, and quality stabilization to maintain its competitiveness.
  25. FY2017-Q2RestatedAnnual report

    「Although the Company worked to improve profitability, including by controlling expenses incurred,」

    The company continues to improve profitability by controlling expenses incurred, but no specific new progress has been disclosed.
  26. FY2017-Q1RestatedAnnual report

    「We worked to improve profitability by increasing productivity and reducing costs.」

    Although improvements in production efficiency and costs are continuing, the current quarter's disclosure does not indicate any new progress on automation of the production lines themselves.
  27. FY2016First statedAnnual report

    「In this environment, our Group is partially automating production lines for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets to further stabilize quality and reduce costs.」

    Partial automation of production lines for mobile devices is described as a means of stabilizing quality and reducing costs.
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  2. 1Reducing the Relative Exposure to the Mobile Device Market6×
  3. 2Expansion into Automotive, In-Vehicle, Medical and Infrastructure Markets and Prototype Development6×
  4. 3Transition to a Business Structure That Generates Stable Operating Cash Flow5×
  5. 4Reconfiguring the Product and Business Portfolios and Creating New Businesses4×
  6. 5Building a New Business Model Centered on Customer Solutions3×
  7. 6Commoditization of the FPD and Mobile Device Markets and Rising Price and Quality Requirements3×

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