Expansion into Warehousing, Logistics and Environmental Services

「In other business, the Company is strengthening its eastern and western logistics operations and advancing the insourcing of intra-Group logistics, with the effects gradually reflected in operating results. As a result, revenue from other business was ¥136 million, down 8.6% year on year, and segment profit was ¥38 million, up 16.5%.」

「Construction of the pouch-beverage manufacturing plant will be completed in the fourth quarter. Trial operations during the production-line launch are expected to result in costs being incurred ahead of revenue and to weigh on earnings for the period. Full-scale operations are scheduled to begin in the fiscal year ending March 2028.」

「ロジックイノベーション㈱ will discontinue its environmental services in December 2025 and concentrate management resources on improving logistics efficiency.」

「Construction of the pouch-beverage manufacturing plant will be completed in the fourth quarter. Trial operations during the production-line launch are expected to result in costs being incurred ahead of revenue and to weigh on earnings for the period. Full-scale operations are scheduled to begin in the fiscal year ending March 2028.」

「In Other Businesses, ロジックイノベーション㈱ strengthened its eastern and western logistics divisions and in-sourced logistics within the group. As a result, revenue from Other Businesses was ¥149 million, up 20.5% year on year, and segment profit was ¥33 million, up 100.3% year on year.」

「In the Other business, ロジックイノベーション株式会社 strengthened its logistics divisions in eastern and western Japan and proceeded with bringing intra-group logistics in-house. Revenue from the Other business increased 3.8% year on year to ¥124 million, and segment profit was ¥16 million, compared with segment profit of ¥0 million in the same period of the previous year.」

「In the Other business, the company is developing an intra-group logistics structure and, as part of this effort, transferred the logistics operations of Aseed Brew Co., Ltd.'s Utsunomiya beverage plant to ロジックイノベーション Co., Ltd. in October 2023. The company continues to consider bringing the logistics operations of group companies in-house.」

「As part of efforts to establish a logistics framework within the group, the company changed the warehouse management and product receipt and dispatch operations at the Utsunomiya Beverage Plant of アシードブリュー株式会社 from the company to ロジックイノベーション株式会社 in October. It also expanded its logistics warehouses by using vacant space in group-owned buildings, thereby improving profitability.」

「In other business, as part of developing the intra-Group logistics framework, the Company plans to transfer from October the warehouse management and product receiving and shipping operations at アシードブリュー株式会社's Utsunomiya Beverage Plant. This will enable the Group to build a system for addressing logistics issues, including the “2024 problem.”」

「In Other Businesses, ロジックイノベーション株式会社 strengthened its ALC and Okayama logistics divisions and is developing systems to address the 2024 logistics issue within the group. As a result, revenue from Other Businesses was ¥59 million, up 6.7% year on year, while segment profit was ¥0 million, compared with a segment loss of ¥4 million in the same quarter of the previous year.」

「In Other Businesses, the company responded to increased inquiries received by the logistics division of ロジックイノベーション株式会社 amid the recovery in domestic consumption and strengthened efforts to address logistics issues at group companies. As a result, revenue from Other Businesses was ¥238 million, up 38.5% year on year, while the segment recorded a loss of ¥2 million, compared with segment profit of ¥3 million in the previous year.」

「ロジックイノベーション株式会社, which operates the logistics and environmental services within Other Businesses, is working to expand the revenue base of both businesses and has begun improving logistics efficiency across the group for the future. As a result, revenue from Other Businesses was ¥174 million, up 52.7% year on year, while the segment recorded a loss of ¥3 million, compared with segment profit of ¥3 million in the same quarter of the previous year.」

「ロジックイノベーション株式会社, which operates the logistics and environmental services within Other Businesses, is working to expand the revenue base of both businesses and has begun improving logistics efficiency across the group for the future. As a result, revenue from Other Businesses was ¥110 million, up 78.8% year on year, while the segment recorded a loss of ¥6 million, compared with segment profit of ¥10 million in the same quarter of the previous year.」

「In Other Businesses, the company worked harder to improve the environment inside and outside the warehouses of ロジックイノベーション株式会社 in an effort to increase revenue. As a result, revenue from Other Businesses was ¥55 million, up 847.2% year on year, while the segment recorded a loss of ¥4 million, compared with segment profit of ¥0 million in the same quarter of the previous year.」

「In the Other business, the company is pursuing future-oriented business development by focusing on expanding its customer base, centered on the ALC business (Aseed Logistics Center), and launching sales activities that leverage the group's collective capabilities. As a result, revenue from the Other business was ¥114 million, compared with ¥0 million in the same quarter of the previous year, and segment profit was ¥3 million, compared with a segment loss of ¥8 million.」

「During the second quarter of the current consolidated fiscal year, the company acquired all shares of ロジックイノベーション株式会社 and made it a new subsidiary, so the company has been included in the scope of consolidation. Accordingly, from the cumulative second quarter of the current consolidated fiscal year, its warehousing, logistics and environmental services have been added to Other Businesses.」

「The company is pursuing new initiatives, including logistics outsourcing and logistics agency services using warehouses, through the Aseed Logistics Center opened in Shimotsuke, Tochigi Prefecture, and the conversion of ロジックイノベーション株式会社 into a subsidiary on 1 July 2021. From the second quarter, the warehousing, logistics and environmental services of ロジックイノベーション株式会社, which became a subsidiary on 1 July, will be added to the business.」