NOK announced that for the first half (April-September) of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025, net sales were 393.67 billion yen ($2.56 billion), up 11.1% year-on-year, operating income was 19.08 billion yen, up 292.4%, ordinary income was 21.12 billion yen, up 28.8%, and net income was 13.60 billion yen, up 11.7%. “Both sales and operating income were higher than...
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Nitta Says Sales Stable in First Half, Maintains Forecast
Nitta announced a 1.3% year-on-year increase in net sales to 44.36 billion yen ($288.40 million), a 1.5% increase in operating income to 2.56 billion yen, a 16.5% increase in ordinary income to 7.25 billion yen, and a 16.3% increase in net income to 5.83 billion yen for the first half (April-September) of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025. Sales...
Showa Glove Opens Japan’s Largest Nitrile Rubber Glove Production Base
Showa Glove has opened Sakaide Plant, the first and largest nitrile rubber glove production facility in Japan. Marking an investment of around 15 billion yen ($100 million), the main feature of the plant is the automation of all processes, from production to packaging, which had been considered difficult to achieve in the past. The site area is approximately 97,000 square...
Ishihara Packing Industry First to Install 5-Axis Water Jet in Kyushu
Ishihara Packing Industry has installed a 5-axis waterjet machine manufactured by Kitagawa Iron Works at its sales office and factory in Kasuya Gun, Fukuoka Prefecture. “This makes us the first company in the rubber industry in the Kyushu area to do so,” the company said. In November 1994, Ishihara Packing Industry became the first rubber and packing processor in Japan...
Conveyor Belt Sales up on Strong Food Industry: Mitsuboshi Belting
Mitsuboshi Belting’s sales of plastic conveyor belts in the first half of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025 (April-September) increased by a single digit year-on-year. “The growth was driven by the food industry, which has continued to be strong since the previous fiscal year. Sales of plastic conveyor belts for convenience stores, bakery, confectionery, and meat products increased. In...
Bando Chemical to Continue Focusing on Food and Logistics Fields
Bando Chemical’s Japanese domestic sales revenue of plastic conveyor belts for the first quarter of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025, increased year-on-year. For the full year, Bando will continue to focus on the food and logistics fields, aiming to increase sales and profits. In the food industry, the company will focus on expanding sales of products promoted at...