Overview
In Information, we market polyester beads (PEBs) used as a core component of polymerization toners, along with pulverized toner resins for copiers and printers.
In Electrics/Electronics, we market electrolytes for aluminum electrolytic capacitors used for home appliances, personal computers and electrical components for automobiles, pressure-sensitive adhesives using for electronic components, as well as agents for use in hard disk manufacturing processes.
FY2023 Business Performance
In the Information segment, sales were flat due to price revisions caused by soaring raw material prices and other factors, in spite of a decline in demand for toner-related materials.
In the Information and Electrics/Electronics segment, the recovery of the semiconductor market drove increased sales of related materials, but sales of electrolyte for aluminum electrolytic capacitors remained sluggish due to underperformance in its consumer applications and sales declined.
As a result, total net sales in this segment decreased by 1.3% year on year, to ¥22,870 million. Operating profit was ¥1,831 million (a decrease of 27.0% year on year).