エバラ食品工業 announced that it would postpone the start of construction of the tentatively named Ibaraki Plant, which it had planned to build in Shimotsuma, Ibaraki Prefecture. The investment timing will be reconsidered in response to higher material and equipment prices, and the previously planned start of operations in fiscal 2028 has become undecided.
On the 14th, エバラ食品工業's board of directors decided to postpone the start of construction of the tentatively named Ibaraki Plant, which the company had planned to build in Shimotsuma, Ibaraki Prefecture. The decision was attributed to construction-material and equipment prices rising well above the costs assumed in the original plan, and the company indicated that it would reconsider the timing of the investment.
The Ibaraki Plant was planned to have a site area of approximately 60,000 square metres and was expected to be a pillar of the company's reorganisation of its domestic manufacturing system. The Gunma Plant in Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture, is scheduled to cease operations in March 2027, while production is being transferred to domestic group sites as an alternative.
The start date for operations at the new plant is now undecided, and the impact on consolidated results for the fiscal year ending March 2027 is expected to be minor. Employees will be reassigned within the group, and partial replacement of the current production plan has already been planned.
The decision to postpone the Ibaraki Plant may affect the market as part of management's response to future reorganisation policies and capital investment risks. Further updates are expected to focus on the timing of resumed construction and the specifics of any revised plan.