Rebuilding the Business Foundation and Strengthening the Management Foundation

「To consolidate and integrate the prepress processes dispersed between our company and the subsidiary 株式会社光村プロセス, and thereby improve operational efficiency and earnings, we will establish a Prepress Department within the Production Division.」

「In the printing business, we will shift our focus from simply pursuing sales volume to creating added value. Specifically, we will continue negotiations to optimize prices with customers where we achieved certain results in the current fiscal year and promote a review of unprofitable transactions. We will also pursue the benefits of consolidating sites at the Sayama Plant, reduce outsourcing costs by optimizing equipment utilization through the integrated efforts of manufacturing, sales, and administration, and raise the in-house production ratio.」

「On the production side, we are continuing efforts to improve the utilization rate of machinery across the Group by realizing the benefits of consolidating and integrating printing plants, while pursuing the efficient operation of newly introduced production facilities for dedicated envelopes and for processing small and medium-sized lots.」

「In production, we are leveraging the benefits of consolidating and integrating the printing plants in the previous consolidated fiscal year to improve machinery utilization across the Group and increase in-house production.」

「In production, we relocated and consolidated the functions of the Kawagoe Plant at the Sayama Plant to improve productivity in offset printing across the Group.」

「In production, we are proceeding with the relocation and consolidation of the Kawagoe Plant’s functions at the Sayama Plant to improve productivity in offset printing across the Group. The printing process was relocated and began operations by August, while relocation and consolidation of the finishing process is scheduled for completion by December 2023.」

「In production, we are preparing to relocate and consolidate the functions of the Kawagoe Plant at the Sayama Plant by December 2023 to improve productivity in offset printing across the Group.」

「To promote production structure reforms through the effective use of management resources, we decided to stop operations at the newspaper plant within our Kawagoe Plant during 2025 and transfer part of the Kawagoe Plant site to 株式会社読売新聞東京本社, which will build a new plant in another area of the Kawagoe Plant and operate it in cooperation with us. Accordingly, we expect to record a gain on the sale of fixed assets of approximately ¥3 billion as extraordinary income in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ending March 2023. We also decided to improve productivity by relocating and consolidating the functions of the Kawagoe Plant related to the printing business within the site of the Sayama Plant owned by consolidated subsidiary 新村印刷株式会社. This relocation and consolidation is scheduled for completion by the end of December 2023.」

「We launched a service providing digital books in new formats in the expanding e-book market, incorporating resources such as video and visual content, which are among our strengths, as well as marketing tools that analyze end-user preferences. In the production divisions, we relocated the functions of the Soka Plant to a new plant built on the site of the Sayama Plant owned by consolidated subsidiary 新村印刷株式会社. The new plant, dedicated to business forms, was completed in September this year, began partial operations, and commenced full-scale operations in October.」

「In the production divisions, we are preparing to relocate the functions of the Soka Plant to a new plant to be built on the site of the Sayama Plant owned by consolidated subsidiary 新村印刷株式会社. The new plant, dedicated to business forms, is scheduled for completion by September this year and full-scale operations from October.」

「To rebuild our earnings structure, we conducted a voluntary early-retirement program and, as part of selecting and concentrating management resources, transferred the insurance agency business operated by our Group.」

「Reporting company: 株式会社森本組; 26 July 2021; construction contract for the Sayama new plant; 2,360; August 2022」

「We are advancing our marketing strategy centered on the Sales Promotion Department established at the end of the previous fiscal year, engaging in proactive planning and proposals to resolve customer issues. In the production divisions, we are preparing to relocate the functions of the Soka Plant, whose site was sold, to a new plant to be built within the Sayama Plant owned by consolidated subsidiary 新村印刷株式会社, with completion scheduled by September 2022.」

「Our Group sold the site of the Soka Plant used for its printing business. We are now preparing to relocate the Soka Plant’s functions to a new plant to be built within the Sayama Plant owned by consolidated subsidiary 新村印刷株式会社, with completion scheduled by September 2022.」

「To promote production structure reforms through the effective use of management resources, we decided to consolidate our manufacturing sites, and the Board of Directors resolved to transfer the site of the Soka Plant used for our printing business. Accordingly, we expect to record a gain on the sale of fixed assets of approximately ¥6 billion as extraordinary income in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year, when delivery of the property is scheduled to take place.」

「To promote production structure reforms through the effective use of management resources, we decided to consolidate our manufacturing sites and the Board of Directors resolved to transfer the site of the Soka Plant used for our printing business. Accordingly, we expect to record a gain on the sale of fixed assets of approximately ¥6 billion as extraordinary income in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year, when delivery of the property is scheduled to take place. The functions of the Soka Plant are scheduled to be relocated to the site of a Sayama Plant owned by consolidated subsidiary 新村印刷株式会社. Until the relocation is completed, scheduled for September 2022, we will lease from the transferee the land required to maintain the functions of the Soka Plant.」

「We will work on “business restructuring,” “improving profitability,” and “renewing the corporate culture.”」

「Organizationally, we consolidated the Group’s logistics management division and production management division for the commercial printing business to centralize information and improve operating efficiency.」

「In the production divisions, we will continue to pursue fundamental improvements in profitability through production structure reforms, including optimizing the scale of production functions, reviewing the production system, improving productivity, and reducing costs. We will also respond to the launch of a full-scale digital printing business and the rollout of new services by newly establishing a Digital Printing Department.」

「In the printing business, we began accepting orders for the contract production of small-lot printed materials in response to trends in the commercial printing industry, where demand for high-mix, low-volume production is increasing as customer needs diversify. We are also reallocating personnel within the Group to make effective use of our human resources.」

「Under these circumstances, we newly established the Production Structure Reform Headquarters with the aim of establishing a robust earnings structure capable of securing profits even under severe market conditions, and are working to improve productivity and reduce costs by optimizing the scale of production functions and reviewing the production system.」

「Under these circumstances, we newly established the Production Structure Reform Headquarters with the aim of establishing a robust earnings structure capable of securing profits even under severe market conditions, and are working to improve productivity and reduce costs by optimizing the scale of production functions and reviewing the production system.」

「In the printing business, we newly established the Production Structure Reform Headquarters with the aim of establishing a robust earnings structure capable of securing profits even under the recent severe market conditions. This will enable the entire Mitsumura Group to pursue fundamental improvements in profitability by completing production structure reforms, including optimizing the scale of production functions, reviewing the production system to improve productivity, and reducing costs.」

「Guided by “Transformation, challenge, and customer first,” we will work on “business restructuring,” “improving profitability,” and “renewing the corporate culture.”」

「To achieve the objectives set out in this basic philosophy, our Group is working to strengthen its management base through the rebuilding of its business base, faster management decision-making, the creation of demand for printing centered on a commitment to quality, and the enhancement and strengthening of corporate governance.」