Battery Product Cost Reductions
First written in FY2017-Q1. 17 of 31 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2017-Q3. Latest entry: 2026-10-21.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2022: 2 of 21 companies on the "Worse" side.
12 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「Sales in the Battery business fell below the previous consolidated fiscal year because sales of nickel-metal hydride batteries, equipment-related businesses and alkaline batteries declined, despite higher sales of lithium batteries. As a result, total sales for the business decreased by ¥740 million from the previous consolidated fiscal year to ¥48,215 million, while segment profit, helped by fluctuations in raw material prices and the effect of the weaker yen, was ¥1,707 million, compared with segment profit of ¥1,143 million in the previous consolidated fiscal year.」
Although sales declined, segment profit in the Battery business increased from ¥1,143 million to ¥1,707 million due to fluctuations in material prices, the weaker yen and technical value engineering and cost reductions, among other factors, while the operating margin rose by 1.2 percentage points to 3.5%. - FY2026-H1RestatedAnnual report
「The Group worked to strengthen resilience to higher utility and logistics costs, prices and labor costs through technical value engineering and thorough expense cuts, while acquiring new business and deepening and expanding existing customer development.」
The Group continues to address higher costs through technical value engineering and expense cuts, while acquiring new business and deepening and expanding existing customer development. No new completion milestone was disclosed. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「Although consolidated operating profit declined due to the impact of selling price revisions and higher expenses, increases in profit from fluctuations in raw material prices and technical value engineering-related cost reductions in the Battery business, together with the effect of the weaker yen, resulted in operating profit of ¥1,394 million, up ¥826 million from the previous consolidated fiscal year.」
Technical value engineering-related cost reductions and other measures, together with fluctuations in raw material prices and the effect of the weaker yen, contributed to the increase in operating profit, which rose by ¥826 million year on year. - FY2025-H1RestatedAnnual report
「The Group worked to strengthen resilience to soaring raw material, utility and logistics costs through technical value engineering and thorough expense cuts, while acquiring new business and deepening and expanding existing customer development.」
The Group continues to address higher costs and expand the business through technical value engineering, expense cuts, and deeper development of sales channels and customers. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「Although the Battery business experienced a decline in profits due to soaring raw material prices, it returned to profitability as a result of selling price revisions and the effect of the weaker yen.」
In response to soaring raw material prices, the Battery business revised selling prices and took other measures, turning its segment loss into a profit. - FY2024-Q3Insufficient effect of cost measuresAnnual report
「In terms of earnings, the Battery business was significantly affected by lower profits due to changes in the models of nickel-metal hydride batteries sold and soaring raw material prices, while the Electronics business was also significantly affected by lower sales. Both businesses recorded lower profits because these effects could not be fully offset through expense cuts and reviews of selling prices.」
Although the Group continued to cut expenses and review selling prices, it could not fully offset changes in the models sold, soaring raw material prices and lower sales in the Electronics business, resulting in lower profits in both businesses. - FY2024-Q2Insufficient effect of cost measuresAnnual report
「In terms of earnings, the Battery business was significantly affected by lower sales of nickel-metal hydride batteries and soaring raw material prices, while the Electronics business was also significantly affected by lower sales. Both businesses recorded lower profits because these effects could not be fully offset through expense cuts and reviews of selling prices.」
Although the Group continued to cut expenses and review selling prices, it could not fully offset lower sales of nickel-metal hydride batteries, soaring raw material prices and lower sales in the Electronics business, resulting in lower profits in both businesses. - FY2024-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Strengthening resilience to soaring raw material and utility costs through technical value engineering and thorough expense cuts」
The Group continues efforts to strengthen its ability to respond to soaring raw material and utility costs through technical value engineering and thorough expense cuts. - FY2023RestatedAnnual report
「Regarding fluctuations in the prices of key battery materials, in addition to measures such as advance purchasing at appropriate times, the Group is working to strengthen its ability to respond through technical value engineering and cost reductions, including reducing material usage, shifting to less expensive materials and using recycled materials.」
The Group continues cost reduction measures to address soaring material prices, including advance purchasing, reduced usage, shifts to less expensive materials and the use of recycled materials. - FY2023-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「While parts procurement difficulties and logistics disruptions persisted, the Company worked to ensure reliable product supplies to customers, strengthen resilience to higher raw-material prices through cost reductions using value engineering and thorough expense reductions, review selling prices, and develop new customers.」
The Group continues cost reduction measures through technical value engineering, thorough expense cuts and reviews of selling prices. - FY2023-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「While parts procurement difficulties and logistics disruptions persisted, the Company worked to ensure reliable product supplies to customers, strengthen resilience to higher raw-material prices through cost reductions using value engineering and thorough expense reductions, review selling prices, and develop new customers.」
The Group continues measures to address soaring raw material prices and procurement difficulties, including technical value engineering, thorough expense cuts and reviews of selling prices. - FY2022RestatedAnnual report
「Regarding fluctuations in the prices of key battery materials, in addition to measures such as advance purchasing at appropriate times, the Group is working to strengthen its ability to respond through technical value engineering and cost reductions, including reducing material usage, shifting to less expensive materials and using recycled materials.」
The Group continues to address soaring material prices through advance purchasing, reduced usage, shifts to less expensive materials, the use of recycled materials, technical value engineering and cost reductions. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「Consolidated operating profit increased by ¥902 million from the previous consolidated fiscal year to ¥1,743 million, due to higher sales of alkaline and lithium batteries, improved earnings in the Electronics business through portfolio selection and concentration, and lower fixed costs resulting from the transfer of certain businesses and the career transition support program implemented in the previous consolidated fiscal year.」
Against a backdrop of higher sales of battery products, portfolio selection and concentration, business transfers and fixed-cost reductions through the career transition support program, operating profit increased by ¥902 million from the previous year. The benefits of cost and fixed-cost improvements were reflected in full-year results. - FY2021-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「In terms of earnings, the Battery business recorded a substantial increase in profits due to higher sales of alkaline and lithium batteries, its response to medical-related demand and demand associated with new lifestyles, and efforts to reduce costs and cut expenses.」
The Battery business continued to reduce costs and cut expenses, while higher sales of alkaline and lithium batteries and its response to medical and new-lifestyle-related demand improved segment profit by ¥458 million year on year to ¥881 million. - FY2021-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「In terms of earnings, profits increased in the Battery business due to higher sales of alkaline and lithium batteries, as well as efforts to reduce costs and cut expenses.」
The Battery business continued to reduce costs and cut expenses, while higher sales of alkaline and lithium batteries improved segment profit by ¥361 million year on year to ¥387 million. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In terms of earnings, although the Battery business worked to reduce costs and cut expenses, profits declined as sales of nickel-metal hydride and alkaline batteries to commercial markets fell.」
The Battery business continues to reduce costs and cut expenses, but profits declined due to lower sales for commercial applications, and no new achievement milestone was disclosed. - FY2019AdvancedAnnual report
「Despite the impact of lower sales and soaring raw material prices, operating profit increased by ¥157 million from the previous consolidated fiscal year to ¥823 million due to technical value engineering, cost reductions, company-wide expense reductions, and foreign-exchange effects.」
Through technical value engineering, cost reductions and company-wide expense cuts, operating profit increased from ¥666 million to ¥823 million. - FY2019-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「In terms of earnings, despite the impact of soaring raw material prices, operating profit increased by ¥399 million from the first three quarters of the previous consolidated fiscal year to ¥1,037 million, due to higher sales, cost reductions, and foreign-exchange effects.」
Despite the impact of soaring raw material prices, operating profit increased by ¥399 million year on year due to higher sales and cost reductions, among other factors. - FY2019-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「In terms of earnings, despite the impact of soaring raw material prices, operating profit increased by ¥85 million from the first two quarters of the previous consolidated fiscal year to ¥220 million, due to higher sales, cost reductions, and foreign-exchange effects.」
Operating profit increased by ¥85 million year on year due to higher sales, cost reductions and foreign exchange effects. The disclosure states that the effects of cost reduction measures contributed to improved earnings for the cumulative second quarter. - FY2018AdvancedAnnual report
「As a result of efforts across the entire Company to reduce all types of expenses, in addition to technical value engineering and cost reductions, operating profit recovered by ¥997 million from the previous consolidated fiscal year to ¥666 million, compared with an operating loss of ¥330 million in the previous consolidated fiscal year.」
Through technical value engineering, cost reductions and company-wide expense cuts, operating results turned from a ¥330 million loss to a ¥666 million profit. - FY2018-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「In terms of earnings, the Batteries business posted higher profit despite lower sales of alkaline and nickel-metal hydride batteries and the impact of soaring raw-material prices, due to increased sales of lithium batteries and energy-storage systems, cost reductions and the effect of the yen's depreciation.」
Although the Battery business experienced lower sales and higher raw material prices, profits increased as efforts including cost reductions and higher sales of lithium batteries and energy storage systems took effect, with the effects of these measures continuing to emerge. - FY2018-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「In terms of earnings, the Battery business recorded higher profits due to increased sales of nickel-metal hydride and lithium batteries, cost reductions and expense cuts. As a result, total sales for the business increased by ¥204 million from the first-quarter consolidated cumulative period of the previous fiscal year to ¥11,711 million, while segment profit increased by ¥234 million to ¥325 million.」
In addition to cost reductions and expense cuts, higher sales of nickel-metal hydride and lithium batteries increased segment profit in the Battery business by ¥234 million year on year. - FY2017AdvancedAnnual report
「In terms of earnings, although the Battery business achieved results from efforts to improve productivity, reduce costs and cut expenses as sales volumes of alkaline and nickel-metal hydride batteries increased, profits declined because these efforts were insufficient to offset the foreign exchange impact of the stronger yen.」
Although productivity improvements, cost reductions and expense cuts produced results, the impact of the stronger yen could not be absorbed, resulting in a full-year operating loss of ¥330 million. The effects of the measures were confirmed, but the business as a whole did not return to profitability. - FY2017-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「In terms of earnings, profits increased in the Battery business compared with the first and second quarters as a result of improved productivity, cost reductions and expense cuts. Despite the significant impact of higher material prices, a substantial decline in sales in the Electronics business and foreign exchange effects from the stronger yen, the business returned to profitability in the third-quarter consolidated accounting period.」
Through efforts to improve productivity, reduce costs and cut expenses, operating profit for the third-quarter accounting period was ¥149 million, turning profitable from the operating loss recorded through the previous quarter. - FY2017-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In terms of earnings, although the Group worked to reduce costs for battery products, whose volumes are growing rapidly, and to cut expenses across the Group, operating loss amounted to ¥376 million due to the continued appreciation of the yen, higher material prices and a substantial decline in sales in the Electronics business.」
The Group continues to reduce costs for battery products and cut expenses across the Group, but recorded an operating loss due to the stronger yen, higher material prices and declining sales in the Electronics business. - FY2017-Q1First statedAnnual report
「To address the deterioration in earnings caused by the sales decline described above and the rapid appreciation of the yen, the Group as a whole worked to reduce costs for battery products, whose volumes are growing rapidly, although the effects will take time to materialise.」
Cost reduction for battery products is newly identified as a measure to address the deterioration in earnings caused by declining sales and the stronger yen. However, as of the current quarter, the effects were expected to take time to materialise.