Risk of impairment of fixed assets in the alkaline battery business
First written in FY2021. 14 of 15 entries say "Materialised", first in FY2022. Latest entry: 2026-07-29.
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- 2026-07-29MaterialisedEarnings
「For manufacturing equipment in the battery business, in light of recent performance trends and future investment plans in our alkaline battery business, we reduced the carrying amount to the recoverable amount and recorded the resulting reduction of ¥60 million as an impairment loss under extraordinary losses.」
An impairment loss was recorded on manufacturing equipment for the alkaline battery business, following the previous year’s impairment. - FY2026MaterialisedAnnual report
「For manufacturing equipment in the battery business, in light of recent performance trends and future investment plans in our alkaline battery business, we reduced the carrying amount to the recoverable amount and recorded the resulting reduction of ¥322 million as an impairment loss under extraordinary losses.」
For the alkaline dry battery business, an impairment loss of ¥322 million was recorded, following the previous fiscal year. An impairment loss of ¥7 million was also recognized on assets scheduled for disposal. - 2026-04-28MaterialisedEarnings
「For manufacturing equipment in the battery business, in light of recent performance trends and future investment plans in our alkaline battery business, we reduced the carrying amount to the recoverable amount and recorded the resulting reduction of ¥322 million as an impairment loss under extraordinary losses.」
Impairment of fixed assets related to the alkaline dry-cell battery business continued, with ¥322 million recorded in the fiscal year. - FY2026-H1MaterialisedAnnual report
「For the battery-business manufacturing equipment, taking into account recent performance trends and future investment plans in our alkaline battery business, the carrying amount was reduced to the recoverable amount, and the resulting decrease of ¥188 million was recorded as an impairment loss under extraordinary losses.」
Taking into account performance trends and future investment plans for the alkaline dry battery business, an additional impairment loss of ¥188 million was recorded on manufacturing equipment at the Washizu Plant. - FY2025-H1MaterialisedAnnual report
「During the current interim consolidated accounting period, the Group recorded impairment losses on the following asset groups.” “For the battery-business manufacturing equipment, taking into account recent performance trends and future investment plans in our alkaline battery business, the carrying amount was reduced to the recoverable amount, and the resulting decrease of ¥140 million was recorded as an impairment loss under extraordinary losses.」
Taking into account recent performance trends and future investment plans for the alkaline dry battery business, an additional impairment loss of ¥140 million was recorded on manufacturing equipment at the Washizu Plant. - FY2024MaterialisedAnnual report
「In our alkaline battery business, taking into account recent performance trends and future investment plans, and in our all-solid-state battery business, because the conventional product specifications had limited versatility and were unable to meet the required performance of many customers, it became increasingly likely that the profitability initially expected would not be achieved going forward. Accordingly, the carrying amounts were reduced to the recoverable amounts, and the resulting decrease of ¥718 million was recorded as an impairment loss under extraordinary losses.」
In addition to the alkaline dry battery business, fixed assets related to the all-solid-state battery business also became subject to impairment, increasing the impairment loss to ¥718 million. - FY2024-Q3MaterialisedAnnual report
「For the battery-business manufacturing equipment, although fixed assets related to our alkaline battery business were impaired in the previous fiscal year, poor performance continued during the current fiscal year due to sluggish market conditions and higher material costs. The carrying amount was therefore reduced to the recoverable amount, and the resulting decrease of ¥79 million was recorded as an impairment loss under extraordinary losses.」
Poor performance in the alkaline battery business continued due to sluggish market conditions and higher material costs, and an additional impairment loss of ¥79 million was recorded on battery-business manufacturing equipment at the Washizu Plant. - FY2024-Q2MaterialisedAnnual report
「For the battery-business manufacturing equipment, although fixed assets related to our alkaline battery business were impaired in the previous fiscal year, poor performance continued during the current fiscal year due to sluggish market conditions and higher material costs. The carrying amount was therefore reduced to the recoverable amount, and the resulting decrease of ¥57 million was recorded as an impairment loss under extraordinary losses.」
Poor performance in the alkaline battery business continued due to sluggish market conditions and higher material costs, and an additional impairment loss of ¥57 million was recorded on battery-business manufacturing equipment at the Washizu Plant. - FY2024-Q1MaterialisedAnnual report
「For the battery-business manufacturing equipment, although fixed assets related to our alkaline battery business were impaired in the previous fiscal year, poor performance continued during the current fiscal year due to sluggish market conditions and higher material costs. The carrying amount was therefore reduced to the recoverable amount, and the resulting decrease of ¥26 million was recorded as an impairment loss under extraordinary losses.」
Poor performance in the alkaline battery business continued due to sluggish market conditions and higher material costs, and an additional impairment loss of ¥26 million was recorded on battery-business manufacturing equipment at the Washizu Plant. - FY2023MaterialisedAnnual report
「For the battery-business manufacturing equipment, although fixed assets related to our alkaline battery business were impaired in the previous fiscal year, poor performance continued during the current fiscal year due to sluggish market conditions and higher material costs. The carrying amount was therefore reduced to the recoverable amount, and the resulting decrease of ¥145 million was recorded as an impairment loss under extraordinary losses.」
Poor performance in the alkaline battery business continued due to sluggish market conditions and higher material costs, and an impairment loss of ¥145 million was recognized following the ¥1,213 million impairment loss recorded in the previous fiscal year. - FY2023-Q3MaterialisedAnnual report
「For the battery-business manufacturing equipment, although fixed assets related to our alkaline battery business were impaired in the previous fiscal year, poor performance continued during the current fiscal year due to sluggish market conditions and higher material costs. The carrying amount was therefore reduced to the recoverable amount, and the resulting decrease of ¥75 million was recorded as an impairment loss under extraordinary losses.」
Poor performance in the alkaline battery business continued due to sluggish market conditions and higher material costs, and an additional impairment loss of ¥75 million was recorded on battery-business manufacturing equipment at the Washizu Plant. - FY2023-Q2MaterialisedAnnual report
「For the battery-business manufacturing equipment, although fixed assets related to our alkaline battery business were impaired in the previous fiscal year, poor performance continued during the current fiscal year due to sluggish market conditions and higher material costs. The carrying amount was therefore reduced to the recoverable amount, and the resulting decrease of ¥44 million was recorded as an impairment loss under extraordinary losses.」
Poor performance in the alkaline battery business continued due to sluggish market conditions and higher material costs, as in the previous fiscal year, and an additional impairment loss of ¥44 million was recorded on battery-business manufacturing equipment at the Washizu Plant. No future cash flows were expected, and the recoverable amount was assessed at zero. - FY2023-Q1MaterialisedAnnual report
「For the battery-business manufacturing equipment, although fixed assets related to our alkaline battery business were impaired in the previous fiscal year, poor performance continued during the current fiscal year due to sluggish market conditions and higher material costs. The carrying amount was therefore reduced to the recoverable amount, and the resulting decrease of ¥8 million was recorded as an impairment loss under extraordinary losses.」
Poor performance in the alkaline battery business continued due to sluggish market conditions and higher material costs, as in the previous fiscal year, and an additional impairment loss of ¥8 million was recorded on battery-business manufacturing equipment at the Washizu Plant. - FY2022MaterialisedAnnual report
「For the battery-business manufacturing equipment, because poor performance continued in our alkaline battery business due to sluggish market conditions and higher material costs, the carrying amount was reduced to the recoverable amount, and the resulting decrease of ¥1,213 million was recorded as an impairment loss under extraordinary losses.」
For the alkaline battery business, which had been identified as showing indications of impairment in the previous fiscal year, an impairment loss of ¥1,213 million was actually recognized on manufacturing equipment at the Washizu Plant and elsewhere. No future cash flows were expected, and the recoverable amount was assessed at zero. - FY2021First statedAnnual report
「We determined that there were indications of impairment for the relevant asset group, but did not recognize an impairment loss because undiscounted future cash flows exceeded the carrying amount of the asset group.” “Due to rapid changes in the business environment, an impairment loss may arise in the next fiscal year.」
Indicators of impairment were identified for ¥1,153 million of tangible and intangible fixed assets related to alkaline batteries, but no impairment loss was recognized for the current fiscal year. The possibility of an impairment loss arising in the following fiscal year if assumptions such as market size, sales volume and raw-material prices change significantly was newly disclosed.