Strengthening production capacity and reducing costs

「連結子会社のＥＮボード株式会社における生産性の改善に加え、2026年３月期に計上した減損損失に伴う減価償却費の減少等により赤字幅が縮小したため、当中間連結会計期間は営業利益979百万円(前年同期は営業損失118百万円)となりました。」

「In particular, the company pursued revenue growth by normalizing selling prices and increasing market share, while taking integrated manufacturing and sales measures to improve productivity and reduce expenses in order to mitigate the impact on earnings of soaring material prices and other factors, thereby securing profitability and strengthening its business foundations even in a challenging market environment.」

「In particular, to limit the impact on earnings of soaring prices for various materials and other factors, the company has pursued productivity improvements and expense reductions across the Group and asked customers to accept revisions to appropriate selling prices, taking an integrated approach across production and sales.」

「Revenue for the consolidated fiscal year amounted to ¥60,865 million, down 3.7% year on year, due to persistently low levels of new housing starts. Segment profit, however, amounted to ¥3,919 million, up 10.7%, as the benefit from improved profit margins exceeded the impact of lower revenue.」

「Revenue for the six-month period of the current consolidated fiscal year amounted to ¥29,217 million, down 6.3% year on year, as sales volume remained sluggish due to a decline in new housing starts. Segment profit, however, amounted to ¥1,518 million, up 14.9%, as the benefit from improved profit margins exceeded the impact of lower revenue.」

「As a result, although various costs, including electricity and fuel costs, continued to rise and remain high, revenue amounted to ¥63,201 million, up 2.3% year on year, and segment profit amounted to ¥3,539 million, up 153.6%. This reflected efforts to expand sales of high-value-added products and the gradual market adoption of revised, appropriate selling prices.」

「To mitigate the impact on earnings of rising and persistently high costs, including electricity and fuel costs, the company continued its company-wide efforts to improve productivity and reduce expenses.」

「To mitigate the impact on earnings of rising and persistently high costs, including electricity and fuel costs, the company continued its company-wide efforts to improve productivity and reduce expenses.」

「To mitigate the impact on earnings of rising and persistently high costs, including electricity and fuel costs, the company continued its company-wide efforts to improve productivity and reduce expenses.」

「In light of continued increases in raw material prices, the company pursued further productivity gains and expense reductions, worked to secure stable procurement of materials and stable production and supply of products, and promoted the normalization of selling prices.」

「In light of the prolonged increase in raw material prices, the company pursued further productivity gains and expense reductions, worked to secure stable procurement of materials and stable production and supply of products, and promoted the normalization of selling prices.」

「Capital investment for the fiscal year, including software-related investment, amounted to ¥10,145 million. By segment, this comprised ¥1,328 million in the housing materials business, ¥8,622 million in the wood-based board business, ¥5 million in Other businesses, and ¥189 million in common functions.」

「永大小名浜株式会社 Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture Wood-based board business Particleboard production equipment 230 140 Internal funds May 2021 January 2022」

「Meanwhile, amid the impact of soaring domestic timber prices, the company worked to improve gross profit margins through thorough cost reductions and expanded sales of high-value-added products. Segment profit amounted to ¥694 million, up 179.4% year on year.」

「Meanwhile, as soaring domestic timber prices began to affect results, the company worked to improve gross profit margins through thorough cost reductions and expanded sales of high-value-added products. Segment profit amounted to ¥292 million, up 37.1% year on year.」

「In terms of earnings, company-wide efforts to improve gross profit margins and reduce selling, general and administrative expenses resulted in an operating loss of ¥550 million, compared with an operating loss of ¥694 million in the same quarter of the previous year, and an ordinary loss of ¥456 million, compared with an ordinary loss of ¥592 million.」

「In terms of earnings, company-wide efforts to improve gross profit margins and reduce selling, general and administrative expenses resulted in an operating loss of ¥630 million, compared with an operating loss of ¥805 million in the same quarter of the previous year, and an ordinary loss of ¥542 million, compared with an ordinary loss of ¥777 million.」

「Capital investment for the fiscal year, including software-related investment, amounted to ¥8,465 million. By segment, this comprised ¥1,377 million in the housing materials business, ¥6,540 million in the wood-based board business, and ¥548 million in common functions.」

「The planned construction of 2 new pieces of production equipment for interior systems products at the company's Osaka facility, with a planned investment of ¥200 million as of the end of the previous fiscal year, was cancelled following a review of the plan.」

「At its consolidated subsidiary 永大小名浜株式会社, the company expanded the range of built-in materials and storage products manufactured and established a production system for system kitchens, thereby diversifying production sites in line with its business continuity management.」

「In the interior systems business, the company worked to expand sales of its core products, including interior doors, built-in materials, closets, and shoe cabinets. As part of its business continuity management, it also promoted the diversification of production sites, including by expanding the range of products manufactured by its consolidated subsidiary, 永大小名浜株式会社.」

「To address soaring prices for materials such as adhesives, the company promoted increases to appropriate selling prices and worked to improve productivity and reduce fixed costs.」

「Although we continued to expand sales centered on core products in each field and worked to reduce fixed costs, net sales for the first six months of the current consolidated fiscal year were ¥27,228 million, down 7.1% year on year, and segment profit was ¥693 million, down 59.9%, due to surging raw material prices, including plywood used as the base material for flooring, intensifying sales competition between companies, and damage caused by Typhoon No. 21.」

「To address soaring prices for materials such as adhesives, the company promoted increases to appropriate selling prices and worked to reduce fixed costs.」

「Capital investment for the fiscal year, including software-related investment, amounted to ¥1,894 million. By segment, this comprised ¥1,027 million in the housing materials business, ¥519 million in the wood-based board business, and ¥347 million in common functions.」

「In November 2017, against a backdrop of strong orders, the company added a production line for precisely dimensioned window-frame prefabrication at its Osaka facility to strengthen its production system.」

「The company also reviewed its production system at its production sites to make high-mix, low-volume production more efficient.」

「In the wood-based board business, the company continued to strengthen proposals for particleboard and decorative particleboard designed with consideration for indoor air quality in the non-residential market, including educational and medical facilities, while focusing on further productivity gains and cost reductions at each production site.」

「To maintain and improve production capacity, the Group invested in equipment, focusing mainly on improving production sites and upgrading manufacturing lines. Capital investment for the fiscal year amounted to ¥2,278 million.」

「Meanwhile, we will actively invest in equipment to improve productivity and increase production, expand our capabilities to manufacture and ship high-quality products with short lead times, and pursue greater market share and maximum profitability.」

「Meanwhile, for interior stairs, as the decline in skilled carpenters and environmental initiatives became increasingly important, the company expanded the scope of its precisely dimensioned prefabrication, which shortens installation times, standardizes finishes, and reduces construction-site waste, resulting in an increase in the number of stair projects adopted.」

「Meanwhile, we will actively invest in equipment to improve productivity and increase production, expand our capabilities to manufacture and ship high-quality products with short lead times, and pursue greater market share and maximum profitability.」

「We will actively invest in equipment to improve productivity and increase production, expand our capabilities to manufacture and ship high-quality products with short lead times, and pursue greater market share and maximum profitability.」