Ube announced its business results for the first half (April-September) of the fiscal year ending March 2025, with net sales of 243.04 billion yen ($1.58 billion), up 11.4% year-on-year; operating income of 6.05 billion yen, up 15.9%; ordinary income of 1,90 billion yen, down 83.2%; and net income of 318 million yen, down 96.5%. Sales in the Resins & Plastics...
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Asahi Kasei Records Higher Sales and Profits in First Half
Asahi Kasei reported that its sales for the first half (April-September) of the fiscal year ending March 2025 totaled 1.49 trillion yen ($9.68 billion), up 10.7% year-on-year; operating income was 108.92 billion yen, up 94.9%; ordinary income was 103.71 billion yen, up 99.2%; and net income was 60.25 billion yen, up 95.3%. The environmental solutions business in the materials segment,...
Zeon Posts First Half Results, Elastomer Materials Business Increases Sales and Profit
Zeon reported a 15.0% year-on-year increase in net sales to 213.35 billion yen ($1.38 billion), a 77.6% rise in operating income to 16.80 billion yen, a 42.6% increase in ordinary income to 18.59 billion yen, and an 18.7% rise in net income to 12.30 billion yen in the first half (April-September) of the fiscal year ending March 2025. In the...

Nitta Says Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment Drives Tubes and Fittings
Nitta’s Moore Division’s first quarter (April-June) financial results showed sales were flat year-on-year and operating profit increased. In the general industrial business, sales increased year-on-year. Sales of tubing and fittings, which are components of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, improved as customers began to place orders for such equipment. “The semiconductor manufacturing equipment production started in the second half of the previous...
Kuriyama Says Sales, Profits up in on Strong North American Business: First Half Results
Kuriyama Holdings reported a 9.9% year-on-year increase in net sales to 40.33 billion yen ($286.62 million), a 22.9% increase in operating income to 2.78 billion yen, a 21.5% increase in ordinary income to 3.11 billion yen, and a 17.5% increase in net income to 2,11 billion yen in its consolidated interim (January-June) results for fiscal 2024. Both sales and profits...
Kuraray Posts Record Sales and Profits in First Half: Financial Results
Kuraray posted for the first half of the current fiscal year net sales of 411.22 billion yen ($2.81 billion), up 7.9%; operating income of 45.46 billion yen, up 11.0%; ordinary income of 44.02 billion yen, up 14.2%; and net income of 30.45 billion yen, up 39.4%. The company achieved record-high sales and profits for the first half of the fiscal...