Expansion of New Businesses and Earnings through Proactive Investment, Including M&A
First written in FY2017. 6 of 10 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2022-Q1. Latest entry: 2026-09-28.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 2 of 15 companies on the "Worse" side.
13 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- 2026-09-25AdvancedM&A and Subsidiary Changes
「当社グループは中期経営計画「Shin-Etsu Polymer Global & Growth 2029」において、当社グループのシナジーが見込まれる領域における経営資源の投入とＭ＆Ａを推進することとしております。」
中期経営計画におけるＭ＆Ａ推進方針に基づき、連結子会社によるＰＤＩ社の全株式取得を決議した。株式譲渡の実行日は2026年12月31日（予定）であり、取得完了ではなく具体的な案件化として記録する。 - FY2026-H1AchievedAnnual report
「During the interim consolidated accounting period, Kitchinista Co., Ltd., formerly a consolidated subsidiary, was dissolved through an absorption-type merger with the Company as the surviving company and was therefore excluded from the scope of consolidation.」
The absorption-type merger with Kitchinista Co., Ltd., for which the agreement was signed in FY2025-H1, was completed, and the company was dissolved and excluded from the scope of consolidation. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「At a meeting of the Board of Directors held on 24 October 2024, the Company resolved to carry out an absorption-type merger effective 1 April 2025, with the Company as the surviving company and its consolidated subsidiary Kitchinista Co., Ltd. as the absorbed company, and entered into a merger agreement on the same date.」
The Company entered into an absorption-type merger agreement with Kitchinista, which operates a food-packaging wrapping-film business, effective 1 April 2025. It is giving concrete form to efficiency gains through the consolidation of management resources and integration of organizational operations following the M&A. - FY2022RestatedAnnual report
「The Company will continue to pursue M&A (mergers and acquisitions) as a means of expanding earnings and creating new businesses. It has also strengthened its food-packaging wrapping-film business through M&A.」
The Company indicated a policy of continuing to use M&A as a means of expanding earnings and creating new businesses, and cited the strengthening of its food-packaging wrapping-film business as a completed initiative. - FY2022-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「We strengthened our food-packaging wrapping-film business through M&A.」
For M&A, which had been identified as a means of creating new businesses and expanding earnings, the Company described the post-transaction effect of strengthening its food-packaging wrapping-film business. - FY2022-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「At a meeting of the Board of Directors held on 12 May 2021, the Company resolved to acquire all shares of a newly established company that would assume Showa Denko Materials Co., Ltd.’s food-packaging wrapping-film business through a company split and become a subsidiary of the Company, and entered into a share transfer agreement on the same date. On 2 August 2021, the Company acquired all issued shares of the newly established company.」
The Company entered into a share transfer agreement for the food-packaging wrapping-film business and acquired all shares of the newly established company on 2 August 2021. Proactive investment, including M&A, had advanced to the stage of concrete execution. - FY2020RestatedAnnual report
「The Company will continue to pursue M&A (mergers and acquisitions) as a means of expanding earnings and creating new businesses.」
The Company has reaffirmed its policy of continuing to pursue mergers and acquisitions as a means of expanding earnings and creating new businesses. - FY2017First statedAnnual report
「The Company will make proactive investments, including M&A (mergers and acquisitions), to create new businesses and expand earnings.」
The Company first explicitly identified proactive investment, including M&A, as a means of creating new businesses and expanding earnings.