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Tokai Carbon Sees January–September Sales Revenue Rise 28% Year-on-Year

Carbon black manufacturer Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd. (TYO:5301) has posted its business results for the first three quarters of fiscal 2021, revealing 185.1 billion yen ($1.63 billion) in sales revenue, up 28 percent year-on-year, and 17.67 billion yen in operating income, up 137.9 percent. Looking at individual segments, the company’s carbon black business generated 72.26 billion yen in sales revenue,...

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Zeon’s Elastomer Business Posts Year-on-Year Surge in Operating Income

Zeon Corp. (TYO:4205) has posted its financial results for the first half of fiscal 2021, revealing a sizable recovery from the same period last year. Results here included 179.08 billion yen ($1.57 billion) in sales revenue, up 30.3 percent year-on-year; 24.95 billion yen in operating income, up 151.7 percent; 26.58 billion yen in ordinary income, up 143 percent; and 18.39...

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Toyoda Gosei Posts Increased Sales, Profits for First Half Following Recovery From COVID-19

Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd. (TYO:7282) has revealed a promising set of business results for the first half of fiscal 2021. Sales revenue here came to 387.36 billion yen ($3.4 billion), up 25.2 percent year-on-year; operating profit to 12.99 billion yen, up 187.8 percent; and net profit to 9.03 billion yen, up 162.6 percent. For Japan specifically, the figures were 195.17...

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Zeon Posts Sales Decline for Elastomer Business in FY2020 Results

Zeon Corp. (TYO:4205) has posted its business results for fiscal 2020, revealing sales revenue of 301.96 billion yen ($2.77 billion), down 6.2 percent year on year, and an operating income of 33.41 billion yen, up 28 percent. Speaking at the results briefing, company director Kazuyoshi Matsuura said that with customer industries having made a recovery in recent months, the January–April...

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Toyoda Gosei Projects Revenue Growth for 2021 Following Mixed Bag of Results for 2020

Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd. (TYO:7282) has reported its business results for fiscal 2020 and announced its projections for fiscal 2021. The company’s results for last fiscal year saw sales revenue fall 11.2 percent year-on-year to 721.5 billion yen ($6.61 billion), while operating profit rose 103.9 percent to 36.48 billion yen and net profit rose 213.6 percent to 35.21 billion yen....

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JSR Anticipates 5% Revenue Growth From Elastomers for 2021

JSR Corp. (TYO:4185) has announced its earnings forecast for fiscal 2021. The synthetic rubber manufacturer projects that it will be able to generate 468 billion yen ($4.28 billion) in sales revenue, up 4.8 percent year-on-year; 53 billion yen in core operating profit, up 104.1 percent; and 32 billion yen in net profit, a major turnaround from the 55.2 billion yen...

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