Improving the Product Mix by Reviewing Raw Materials and Manufacturing Processes
First written in FY2017. 14 of 30 entries say "Worsened", first in FY2018-Q2. Latest entry: 2026-11-11.
- FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「In the French subsidiary's plywood manufacturing and sales business, process improvements and production-efficiency measures are progressing as planned on the manufacturing side, but expanding orders on the sales side remains an issue for performance recovery.」
The company reported progress in manufacturing, with process improvements and production-efficiency measures at the French subsidiary advancing as planned, while expanding orders on the sales side remains an unresolved issue. - FY2025-H1RestatedAnnual report
「In manufacturing, we continued to improve yields and product mix, while working to strengthen production capacity through capital investment and reduce energy costs.」
The company continues to increase the proportion of high-quality plywood, improve yield and the product mix, and strengthen production capacity through capital investment. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「Energy prices are a particularly important cost component in plywood manufacturing. However, production efficiency is gradually improving as energy prices are returning toward pre-Ukraine-crisis levels and the company promotes energy-saving reforms in its production processes. On the other hand, the effects of monetary tightening in Europe and persistently high prices for goods and services continue, so the company will also continue improving yield and the product mix as it works to improve its business condition.」
The company explained that production efficiency at the French subsidiary gradually improved as some energy prices stabilized and energy-saving reforms were implemented. Improving yield and the product mix remain ongoing issues. - FY2024-Q3Energy prices show signs of stabilizing, but improvement issues persistAnnual report
「Although soaring energy prices have begun to show signs of gradual stabilization, market conditions remain extremely challenging because of the impact of monetary tightening in Europe and persistently high prices for goods and services. The company will continue efforts to improve its business condition, including capital investment and other measures to improve yield and the product mix by increasing the production ratio of high-quality plywood with high added value.」
While soaring energy prices show signs of stabilizing, market conditions remain challenging because of monetary tightening in Europe and other factors, and the company continues capital investment to improve the proportion of high-quality plywood and yield. - FY2024-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「However, the rise in energy prices resulting from the Russia-Ukraine conflict continues to increase manufacturing costs, and the business environment is becoming increasingly challenging. The company will continue efforts to improve its business condition, including capital investment and other measures to improve yield and the product mix by increasing the production ratio of high-quality plywood with high added value.」
The company continues capital investment to increase the production ratio of high-quality plywood and improve yield, but conditions are becoming increasingly challenging because of higher manufacturing costs resulting from soaring energy prices. - FY2024-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「However, the rise in energy prices resulting from the Russia-Ukraine conflict continues to increase manufacturing costs, and the business environment is becoming increasingly challenging. In response to the ongoing production issue of a rising proportion of low-priced plywood grades, the company will continue efforts to improve its business condition, including capital investment to increase the production ratio of high-quality plywood, which commands higher market prices, and to improve yield.」
As manufacturing costs continue to rise because of soaring energy prices, the company continues capital investment and other measures to address issues involving the proportion of low-priced plywood grades and yield. - FY2023WorsenedAnnual report
「However, the rise in energy prices resulting from the Russia-Ukraine conflict continues to increase manufacturing costs, and the business environment is becoming increasingly challenging. In response to the ongoing production issue of a rising proportion of low-priced plywood grades, the company will continue efforts to improve its business condition, including capital investment to increase the production ratio of high-quality plywood, which commands higher market prices, and to improve yield.」
Manufacturing costs continue to rise because of soaring energy prices, while issues involving the proportion of low-priced plywood grades and yield also persist. - FY2023-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「However, the business environment is becoming increasingly challenging, as the sharp rise in energy prices resulting from the Russia-Ukraine conflict has significantly increased manufacturing costs. In response to the ongoing production issue of a rising proportion of low-priced plywood grades, the company will continue efforts to improve its business condition, including capital investment to increase the production ratio of high-quality plywood, which commands higher market prices, and to improve yield.」
The sharp rise in energy prices has significantly increased manufacturing costs, while issues involving the proportion of low-priced plywood grades and yield continue. - FY2023-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「However, the business environment is becoming increasingly challenging, as the sharp rise in energy prices resulting from the Russia-Ukraine conflict has significantly increased manufacturing costs. In response to the ongoing production issue of a rising proportion of low-priced plywood grades, the company will continue efforts to improve its business condition, including capital investment to increase the production ratio of high-quality plywood, which commands higher market prices, and to improve yield.」
The sharp rise in energy prices has significantly increased manufacturing costs at the French subsidiary, while issues involving the proportion of low-priced plywood grades and yield continue. - FY2023-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The company aims to narrow its losses through higher selling prices and a review of manufacturing processes. However, the challenging business environment continues, as not only soaring log prices but also higher energy prices resulting from the Russia-Ukraine conflict have significantly increased manufacturing costs.」
The French subsidiary continues to review selling prices and improve manufacturing processes, but challenging conditions persist because of soaring log and energy prices. - FY2022RestatedAnnual report
「The company currently faces a production challenge in that raw-material quality issues have increased the production mix of lower-priced plywood grades. It is working to improve operating conditions by investing in equipment and taking other measures to increase the production mix of high-quality plywood, which commands higher market prices.」
The company continues efforts to increase the production ratio of high-quality plywood through capital investment and other measures in response to raw material quality issues. - FY2022-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The company currently faces a production challenge in that raw-material quality issues have increased the production mix of lower-priced plywood grades. It is working to improve operating conditions by investing in equipment and taking other measures to increase the production mix of high-quality plywood, which commands higher market prices.」
The company continues initiatives, including capital investment to increase the production ratio of high-quality plywood, in response to issues involving raw-material quality and manufacturing processes. - FY2021-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The company currently faces a production challenge in that raw-material quality issues have increased the production mix of lower-priced plywood grades. It is working to improve operating conditions by investing in equipment and taking other measures to increase the production mix of high-quality plywood, which commands higher market prices.」
The company continues efforts to increase the production ratio of high-quality plywood through capital investment and other measures in response to raw material quality issues. - FY2021-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「The company currently faces a production challenge in that raw-material quality issues have increased the production mix of lower-priced plywood grades. It is working to improve operating conditions by investing in equipment and taking other measures to increase the production mix of high-quality plywood, which commands higher market prices.」
Regarding product-mix improvement through a review of raw materials and manufacturing processes, the company presented specific measures, including capital investment, to increase the production ratio of high-quality plywood. It also identified production issues attributable to raw-material quality. - FY2021-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「In this segment, the company has focused on producing and selling products, primarily storage materials, based on customer needs in the domestic market. In overseas markets, the French subsidiary's plywood manufacturing and sales business has sought to narrow its losses through higher selling prices and a review of manufacturing processes. However, the decline in plywood demand resulting from the economic slowdown across Europe, the further intensification of price competition caused by the influx of inexpensive South American plywood, and the stagnation of global economic activity resulting from the spread of COVID-19 have made the business environment even more challenging, and improvement in the company's performance is expected to be delayed.」
Although the company is pursuing price increases and a review of manufacturing processes, the outlook for delayed improvement at the French subsidiary has become even more pronounced as the European economic slowdown, lower plywood demand, the influx of South American plywood and the stagnation of economic activity caused by the pandemic have coincided. - FY2020WorsenedAnnual report
「In addition to lower plywood demand resulting from the economic slowdown across Europe, the influx of inexpensive South American plywood into the market has further intensified price competition, making the business environment even more challenging. Improvement in the company's performance is therefore expected to be delayed.」
Although the company is pursuing price increases and a review of manufacturing processes, the outlook for delayed performance improvement has become more pronounced because of the European economic slowdown, lower plywood demand and intensified competition resulting from the influx of South American plywood. - FY2020-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「In overseas markets, conditions in the French subsidiary's plywood manufacturing and sales business have not improved materially. Against a market backdrop of declining plywood prices due to the European economic downturn, increased distribution of South American plywood in the European market has further intensified price competition, and sales have continued to decline. Performance therefore remained without recovery.」
Despite previous measures, including process improvements and price increases, the French subsidiary's performance has not improved materially, and sales have continued to decline because of the European economic downturn, lower plywood prices and intensified competition resulting from increased distribution of South American plywood. - FY2020-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「In this segment, domestic sales and segment profit both increased as the company continued to focus on producing and selling products, primarily storage materials, based on customer needs. In overseas markets, conditions in the French subsidiary's plywood manufacturing and sales business have not improved materially. Against a market backdrop of declining plywood prices due to the European economic downturn, increased distribution of South American plywood in the European market has further intensified price competition, and sales have continued to decline. Performance therefore remained without recovery.」
At the French subsidiary, sales have continued to decline and performance has continued to fall short of recovery because of the European economic downturn, lower plywood prices and intensified price competition resulting from increased distribution of South American plywood. - FY2020-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「In overseas markets, conditions in the French subsidiary's plywood manufacturing and sales business have not improved materially. Against a market backdrop of declining plywood prices due to the European economic downturn, increased distribution of South American plywood in the European market has intensified price competition, resulting in lower sales during the period. Performance therefore remained without recovery.」
Despite previous efforts to improve processes and the product mix, the French subsidiary's performance has continued to fall short of recovery because of the European economic downturn, declining plywood prices and intensified competition resulting from increased distribution of South American plywood. - FY2019WorsenedAnnual report
「The company aims to narrow its loss through higher selling prices and a review of manufacturing processes, but the business environment remains extremely challenging, and performance improvement is expected to be delayed.」
Although the company is pursuing price increases and a review of manufacturing processes, improvement in the French subsidiary's performance is expected to be delayed. - FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In addition to initiatives to improve processes to increase production volumes and negotiations for price increases, we are seeking to develop European sales channels for construction materials manufactured by the Indonesian subsidiary. However, the business environment remains extremely challenging, and achieving profitability is taking longer than expected.」
The company continues to explain that, although it is pursuing process improvements, price-increase negotiations and European sales-channel development, achieving profitability at the French subsidiary is taking longer than expected. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In addition to initiatives to improve processes to increase production volumes and negotiations for price increases, we are seeking to develop European sales channels for construction materials manufactured by the Indonesian subsidiary. However, the business environment remains extremely challenging, and achieving profitability is taking longer than expected.」
The company continues to explain that, although the French subsidiary is pursuing process improvements, price-increase negotiations and European sales-channel development, achieving profitability is taking longer than expected. - FY2019-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「Amid a market environment of soaring global timber prices, the company reviewed selling prices, but performance did not recover because of issues including higher costs resulting from rising material prices and delays in process improvements caused by breakdowns in factory equipment.」
Although the company is pursuing selling-price revisions and process improvements, higher costs caused by soaring material prices and delays in process improvements due to factory-equipment breakdowns have emerged as new impediments, and the French subsidiary's performance has continued to fall short of recovery. - FY2018WorsenedAnnual report
「The company aims to narrow its loss through higher selling prices and a review of manufacturing processes, but the business environment remains extremely challenging, and performance improvement is expected to be delayed.」
The company explicitly stated that, despite pursuing higher selling prices and a review of manufacturing processes, improvement in the French subsidiary's performance is expected to be delayed. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In addition to initiatives to improve processes to increase production volumes and negotiations for price increases, we are seeking to develop European sales channels for construction materials manufactured by the Indonesian subsidiary. However, the business environment remains extremely challenging, and achieving profitability is taking longer than expected.」
The company continues to explain that, despite efforts to improve processes, negotiate price increases and develop European sales channels, achieving profitability at the French subsidiary is taking longer than expected. - FY2018-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「In overseas markets, the French subsidiary's weak performance has continued. Amid intense price competition in the mature plywood market, the company has been pursuing process improvements aimed at increasing production volumes and negotiating price increases, while also seeking to develop European sales channels for building materials manufactured by its Indonesian subsidiary. However, the business environment remains extremely challenging, and achieving profitability is taking longer than expected.」
The company explained that, despite efforts to improve processes, negotiate price increases and develop European sales channels, achieving profitability at the French subsidiary was taking longer than expected, explicitly acknowledging the delay in improvements. - FY2018-Q1Problems with raw-material quality and process improvements have surfacedAnnual report
「Production of FILM plywood failed to keep pace, and operating performance did not recover, due to issues including low yields primarily caused by raw-material quality and delays in process improvements.」
Delays in raw-material quality improvements and process improvements have surfaced as specific issues in connection with efforts to improve the product mix through a review of raw-material procurement and manufacturing processes. - FY2017First statedAnnual report
「Improving the product mix by reviewing the raw materials procured and manufacturing processes」
The company is newly developing specific measures to improve the product mix in the French subsidiary's plywood manufacturing and sales business by reviewing raw-material procurement and manufacturing processes.