Overview By Business Segment
Fine Chemicals
The Agro-science business unit saw growth, with the introduction of new pesticides and other new products.
The impact of economic conditions on demand, coupled with increasing competition from rival products, led to declines in the OLED Materials business unit.
Although demand for aluminum coloring and stationery dyes picked up from the third quarter, the Dyes and Colors business unit’s full year results were down as a result of stagnant demand through the second quarter, and persistent weakness in the paper pulp dyes business.
Demand for office equipment has begun to recover, but because the recovery has not yet hit its stride, the Imaging Materials business unit saw declines.
Demand for pharmaceutical and polymer-related products began to recover in the third quarter, but because of low demand through the second quarter, the Specialty Chemicals business unit declined overall.
Sales for the segment as a whole were 12,586 million yen, down 138 million yen (1.1%) from the previous year.
| Imaging Materials |
CCA (charge control agents), a critical component of toner.
Materials for the OPC(organic photoconductors)drums that are central to copiers and laser printers. |
| OLED Materials |
Hole transport materials and other principal components of organic EL displays and lights. |
| Color and Dyestuff |
Dyes for coloring aluminum, high-end stationery products and various inks. |
| Food Additives and Hair Coloring Agents |
Colorants for processed foods and cosmetics, etc. |
| Specialty Chemicals |
Intermediates for pharmaceuticals, agricultural chemicals, polymers, electronics materials, etc. |
| Agro-science |
Herbicides, pesticides and growth control agents for crop fields, golf courses, green areas, etc. |
Functional Polymers
The Functional Polymers business unit grew overall, with demand for PTG (an ingredient of polyurethane) picking up in the second quarter, and demand for adhesives and release agents picking up in the third quarter to compensate for low demand in the first half of the year.
Although demand for cement waterproofing materials was robust, the Construction Materials business unit saw a decrease resulting from weakness in the urethane waterproofing business: new construction and renovation projects declined, while price competition increased sharply.
Sales in this segment were 8,529 million yen, down 388 million yen (4.4%) from the previous year.
| Specialty Polymers |
Materials for clothing, automobiles, industrial components, leisure products, etc. |
| Construction Materials |
Urethane waterproofing materials (for building and parking structure roofs, etc.)
Cementicious waterproofing materials (for sewage facilities, water treatment plants, underground pits, etc.) |
Basic Chemicals
Although demand for hydrogen peroxide in the paper pulp sector remains depressed, there has been enough recovery in the semiconductor and industrial chemicals sectors to increase sales overall.
Sales of sodium percarbonate increased as the detergent customer base expanded.
Sales in this segment came to 8,357 million yen, an increase of 177 million yen (2.2%) from the previous year.
Basic Chemicals
(Hydrogen peroxide) |
Bleaching agent for paper pulp, fibers and clothing, etc. Pollution treatment and other forms of environmental cleanup. |
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