业绩亮点

In our 130th fiscal year (from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025), the Japanese economy is continuing to recover gradually due to activity efforts to the normalization of economics.

On the other hand, global continued inflation, interest rates remaining high due to monetary tightening in Europe and the United States, the high prices of raw materials and energy and rising domestic prices due to the weak yen, are affecting consumption.

In addition, uncertainty about future of the Chinese economy, rising geopolitical risks such as the situation in Ukraine and the Middle East and the tariff policy of the new U.S. administration still continue uncertain outlook in the world economy.

Under these circumstances, our group launched the medium-term management plan (FY2022-FY2024) with the slogan "Challenge for Sustainable Growth”, strengthening the management of our group and continuing to take up challenge for sustainable business growth.

In the antimony business, the international market price of antimony metal, which is also the index for sales prices of our products is dramatically increasing. Additionally, production in the manufacturing industry including the automotive industry, is recovering gradually. As a result, sales volume increased compared to the same period of last year.

In the metal powder business, sales volume increased compared to the same period of last year as the smartphone and PC markets recovered and the spread of generative AI and the expansion of the automotive electronics market boosted demand for electronic components.

As a result of these efforts, our consolidated financial results for the period were as follows.