Improving Profitability by Increasing Equipment Utilization and Reducing Costs

「Against this backdrop, the Group worked to secure sales volume and promoted the optimization of selling prices, ongoing cost reduction activities and reductions in procurement costs through the optimization of suppliers. As a result, profitability improved and the Group recorded profit exceeding that of the same period of the previous year.」

「Under these business conditions, in its core steel pipe business, the Group worked to rebuild its production structure and review profitability, while also working to expand sales of new products and develop new customers. However, sales volume declined slightly, and sales were also affected by lower selling prices, resulting in lower revenue. Meanwhile, profitability improved as the Group reviewed unprofitable businesses.」

「As selling prices declined amid worsening market conditions, the Company reviewed suppliers and optimized its materials procurement structure. As a result of these efforts to reduce costs and improve gross profit margins, operating income and ordinary income exceeded the previous year's levels.」

「The Company also worked to improve profitability by strengthening sales of contract-linked products and reviewing sales channels, with the aim of achieving sustainable growth and building a stable business foundation.」

「The Company worked to secure profitability by reviewing procurement methods and the products manufactured at each site in response to rising costs of various kinds.」

「Against this backdrop, the Group focused on its core steel pipe business. With no increase in sales volume expected, it worked to improve factory productivity by identifying customer needs and reviewing its production structure, while also working to maintain sales at appropriate prices.」

「Against this backdrop, the Group focused on its core steel pipe business, producing in line with changes in demand, maintaining appropriate inventory levels, and working to sell products at appropriate prices in order to secure profitability.」

「The Company worked to reduce costs by optimizing distribution through a review of the products manufactured at each site and improving production efficiency through facility upgrades.」

「Against this backdrop, the Group focused on its core steel pipe business, working to maintain sales at appropriate prices through proactive sales activities in response to various cost increases, while producing in line with changes in demand.」

「Under these conditions, the Group focused on raising selling prices, particularly in its core steel pipe business, to reflect higher costs for raw materials, energy, auxiliary materials and other items, while working to reduce costs through efficient production in response to changes in demand.」

「Under these conditions, the Group focused on raising selling prices, particularly in its core steel pipe business, by conducting proactive sales activities to address increases in raw material, energy, auxiliary material and other costs.」

「Under these conditions, the Group will work to ensure a stable supply of products and reduce costs, promote product differentiation and higher productivity, and strengthen its business foundation and secure profitability.」

「Under these conditions, amid soaring prices for raw materials and auxiliary materials, the Group worked to ensure a stable supply of products. It also pursued proactive sales activities centered on its core steel pipe business to respond flexibly and promptly to a wide range of customer needs, while working to improve capacity utilization and reduce costs.」

「Under these conditions, the Group worked to ensure a stable supply of products. It also pursued proactive sales activities centered on its core steel pipe business to respond flexibly and promptly to a wide range of customer needs, while working to improve capacity utilization and reduce costs.」

「Under these conditions, the Group worked to ensure a stable supply of products. It also pursued proactive sales activities centered on its core steel pipe business to respond flexibly and promptly to a wide range of customer needs, while working to improve capacity utilization and reduce costs.」

「Amid this challenging business environment, the Group worked to correct product pricing and ensure a stable supply. It pursued proactive sales activities, centered on its core steel pipe business, to respond flexibly and promptly to a wide range of customer needs, while also working to improve equipment operating rates and reduce costs.」

「Amid this challenging business environment, the Group worked to ensure a stable supply of products, conducted proactive sales activities to respond flexibly and promptly to a range of customer needs centered on its core steel tube business, and worked to improve capacity utilization and reduce costs.」

「Amid this challenging business environment, the Group worked to ensure a stable supply of products, conducted proactive sales activities to respond flexibly and promptly to a range of customer needs centered on its core steel tube business, and worked to improve capacity utilization and reduce costs.」

「Under these conditions, the steel pipe industry saw sluggish personal consumption and export conditions, while manufacturing industries such as automotive showed a pronounced weakening trend. Even the relatively firm construction-related sector showed signs of a lull in Tokyo Olympics-related projects and urban redevelopment, particularly in the Tokyo metropolitan area, and demand began to decline. Amid a difficult operating environment, including the effects of the consumption tax increase and natural disasters such as typhoons, the Group worked to ensure a stable supply of products. It also pursued proactive sales activities centered on its core steel pipe business to respond flexibly and promptly to a wide range of customer needs, while working to improve capacity utilization and reduce costs.」

「As economic uncertainty increased, the Group worked to ensure a stable supply of products, conducted proactive sales activities to respond flexibly and promptly to a range of customer needs centered on its core steel tube business, and focused on improving capacity utilization and reducing costs.」

「Amid concerns about the economic outlook, the Group worked to ensure a stable supply of products, conducted proactive sales activities to respond flexibly and promptly to a range of customer needs centered on its core steel tube-related business, and focused on improving capacity utilization and reducing costs.」

「Amid rising raw material prices for ordinary steel and stainless steel products and concerns about the economic outlook, the Group worked to ensure a stable supply of products, conducted proactive sales activities to respond flexibly and promptly to a range of customer needs centered on its core steel tube business, and focused on improving capacity utilization and reducing costs.」

「Amid a pronounced upward trend in raw material prices, the Group worked to ensure a stable supply of ordinary steel and stainless steel products. It also pursued proactive sales activities centered on its core steel pipe business to respond flexibly and promptly to a wide range of customer needs, while working to improve capacity utilization and reduce costs.」

「We worked to improve equipment utilization and reduce costs.」

「As raw material prices rose for both ordinary steel and stainless steel products, the Group worked to adjust prices, while engaging in proactive sales activities to respond flexibly to a range of customer needs centered on its core steel tube business, and working to improve capacity utilization and reduce costs.」

「As raw material prices rose for both ordinary steel and stainless steel products, the Group worked to adjust prices, while engaging in proactive sales activities to respond flexibly to a range of customer needs centered on its core steel tube business, and working to improve capacity utilization and reduce costs.」

「The Group worked to correct prices for ordinary steel and stainless steel products amid rising raw material prices, and made efforts to improve equipment utilization and reduce costs alongside proactive sales activities so that it could respond flexibly to diverse customer needs, particularly in its core steel pipe business.」

「Although steel product procurement prices rose as steel raw material prices increased in these circumstances, we were able to secure a certain level of profit by improving equipment utilization, implementing further cost-reduction measures and working to maintain selling prices.」

「We worked to improve equipment utilization and reduce costs.」

「The Company engaged in proactive sales activities to respond flexibly to a range of customer needs, centered on its core steel tube products, and worked to improve capacity utilization and reduce costs.」

「The Group engaged in proactive sales activities to respond flexibly to a range of customer needs, centered on its core steel tube business and including its bicycle-related businesses, and worked to improve capacity utilization and reduce costs.」

「Alongside proactive sales activities, we worked to improve equipment utilization and achieve further cost reductions.」

「The Group engaged in proactive sales activities to respond flexibly to a range of customer needs, and worked to improve capacity utilization and reduce costs.」