Expansion of the tube and flexible packaging businesses

「Tube sales exceeded the previous fiscal year as cosmetics applications, including toothpaste, UV products and hair-care products, increased and blow-molded tubes and bottles for seasonings remained solid. Flexible packaging also exceeded the previous fiscal year, as film packaging for instant noodles and heat packs grew and demand for lid materials increased. Orders for wrap cartons increased as the company strengthened its production system, enabling the paper products business to exceed the previous fiscal year.」

「Flexible packaging exceeded the same period of the previous year, as film packaging and lid materials for instant noodles grew and food pouches such as T Pouch increased in the liquid packaging business. Tube sales also exceeded the same period of the previous year: toothpaste applications were flat, while cosmetics applications such as UV-care and hair-care products grew significantly. Orders for blow-molded tubes for seasonings remained strong, and blow-molded bottle sales also increased.」

「Flexible packaging exceeded the previous fiscal year, as lid materials for food products such as instant noodles performed well and liquid packaging, including refill pouches for daily necessities, remained steady. Tube sales were at approximately the same level as in the previous fiscal year, as growth in cosmetics applications for hair-care products offset a decline in toothpaste applications.」

「Flexible packaging exceeded the same period of the previous year, with film packaging and lid materials for instant noodles performing steadily and liquid packaging remaining solid. Tubes also exceeded the same period of the previous year, as strong cosmetics sales offset difficulties in toothpaste applications. Blow-molded bottles and blow-molded tubes also performed steadily and exceeded the same period of the previous year.」

「In the consumer and industrial materials business, the company is strengthening the development and proposal of products that help address social issues, including paper-based packaging that does not use plastic film and functional films that suppress the oxidative deterioration of food, as well as pursuing increased orders for packaging for food and daily necessities and laminated tubes, with the aim of establishing a position as a packaging solutions vendor.」

「In the consumer and industrial materials business, the company strengthened the development and proposal of environmentally considerate products and pursued efforts to increase orders for packaging for food and daily necessities and laminated tubes, with the aim of establishing a position as a packaging solutions vendor.」

「Flexible packaging exceeded the same period of the previous year, as film packaging for instant noodles performed well and liquid packaging products for daily necessities increased. Tubes also exceeded the same period of the previous year, as demand for cosmetics applications such as UV-care products recovered following the lifting of restrictions on going out.」

「The company also developed microwave steam-venting packaging for chilled and frozen foods and prepared meals, strengthening its efforts to develop the growing ready-to-eat meals market.」

「In the consumer and industrial materials business, the company strengthened the development and proposal of environmentally considerate products and pursued efforts to increase orders for packaging for food and daily necessities and laminated tubes, with the aim of establishing a position as a packaging solutions vendor.」

「In the consumer and industrial materials business, the company strengthened the development and proposal of environmentally considerate products and pursued efforts to increase orders for packaging for food and daily necessities and laminated tubes, with the aim of establishing a position as a packaging solutions vendor.」

「In the consumer and industrial materials business, the company is strengthening the development and proposal of environmentally considerate products and pursuing increased orders for packaging for food and daily necessities and laminated tubes, with the aim of establishing a position as a packaging solutions vendor.」

「In the consumer and industrial materials business, the company is focusing on developing environmentally considerate products and high-performance packaging and working to expand the scale of the business. In tubes, it developed a laminated tube using paper in part of the tube's layer structure, helping reduce plastic use. In flexible packaging, it developed a thin yet self-supporting bottle-replacement film package, achieving both a user experience equivalent to conventional containers and a substantial reduction in the use of petroleum-derived resins.」

「In the consumer and industrial materials business, the company worked to increase orders for packaging for food and daily necessities, as well as laminated tubes, for which demand expanded as people refrained from going out.」

「In the consumer and industrial materials business, the company worked to increase orders for packaging for food and daily necessities, as well as laminated tubes, for which demand expanded as people refrained from going out.」

「In the consumer and industrial materials business, the company worked to increase orders for packaging for food and daily necessities, as well as laminated tubes, for which demand expanded as people refrained from going out.」

「As part of efforts to expand the tube business by enhancing its manufacturing system, the new building at the Wakayama Plant and the Karawang Plant in Indonesia were completed, and full-scale production began.」

「Tube sales increased, led by cosmetics applications such as UV-care products and hand creams, while toothpaste applications also increased. The company is working to further expand the tube business through the operation of the new building at the Wakayama Plant, completed in October 2019, and the planned full-scale operation of the Jakarta plant in January 2020.」

「In the tube business, the company began constructing a new building at the Wakayama Plant and a Jakarta plant in Indonesia to strengthen production capacity in Japan and overseas.」

「In the consumer and industrial materials business, the company focused on starting up the dedicated flexible packaging facility at the Moriya Plant, which was completed in April of the previous year, with the aim of expanding the flexible packaging business. In the tube business, it worked to strengthen production systems as orders for toothpaste and cosmetic applications remained strong.」

「In the consumer and industrial materials business, the company proceeded with the reorganization of the Moriya Plant to expand the flexible packaging business and improve the profitability of the paper products business, focusing on the start-up of the dedicated flexible packaging facility completed in April. In the tube business, it worked to increase orders for cosmetic tubes and strengthen production systems in Vietnam and Indonesia with the aim of expanding operations in Southeast Asia.」

「In the consumer and industrial materials business, the company proceeded with the reorganization of the Moriya Plant to expand the flexible packaging business and improve the profitability of the paper products business, focusing on the start-up of a dedicated flexible packaging facility completed in April of this year. In the tube business, it worked to increase orders for cosmetic tubes and strengthen production systems in Vietnam and Indonesia with the aim of expanding operations in Southeast Asia.」

「In flexible packaging, the company built a dedicated facility with state-of-the-art production capabilities at the Moriya No. 1 Plant and added a production line for liquid packaging materials.」

「In the consumer and industrial materials business, the company proceeded with the reorganization of the Moriya Plant, its flexible packaging production base, to expand the flexible packaging business, while working to expand sales of laminated tubes in Vietnam and Indonesia with the aim of expanding the tube business in Southeast Asian markets.」

「In the consumer and industrial materials business, the company proceeded with the reorganization of the Moriya Plant, its flexible packaging production base, to expand the flexible packaging business. It also worked to expand sales in Vietnam and Indonesia with the aim of expanding the tube business in Southeast Asian markets.」

「In the consumer and industrial materials business, the company proceeded with the reorganization of the Moriya Plant, its flexible packaging production base, to expand the flexible packaging business. In June 2017, it also made PT Arisu Graphic Prima, an Indonesian company engaged in the manufacture and sale of laminated tubes, a subsidiary. It is actively pursuing proposals to expand the tube business in Southeast Asian markets.」

「In the consumer and industrial materials division, the company will work to expand strong products and build the systems needed to support them. For tube products, it strengthened production capacity in Japan and overseas, including at its Vietnamese subsidiary, and worked to increase orders, mainly for laminated cosmetic tubes. It also began construction of a new building at the Moriya No. 1 Plant to focus on flexible packaging products, including the highly convenient liquid packaging product Handy Cube.」

「In the consumer and industrial materials division, the company proposed full-print laminated tubes for cosmetics and worked to expand sales in the ASEAN market through its Vietnamese subsidiary, with the aim of expanding the tube business. In flexible packaging, it worked to increase orders for the Partial Open easy-drain lid material and promoted proposals for the cubic film container Handy Cube. For high-performance products such as Moist Catch, the company sought to expand sales to pharmaceutical and electronic component applications while developing new customers and markets. Tube sales increased, led by toothpaste and cosmetics applications, and flexible packaging also increased due to higher orders for Partial Open and other products.」

「In the consumer and industrial materials business, the company worked on developing new products and cultivating new customers to increase orders for tubes and flexible packaging, while strengthening the production capacity of its Vietnam plant to expand sales of laminated tubes in overseas markets.」

「In the consumer and industrial materials business, the company worked on developing new products and cultivating new customers to increase orders for tubes and flexible packaging, while focusing on launching operations in Vietnam and Indonesia to expand sales of laminated tubes in overseas markets.」