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*Adjustment: Elimination of intersegment transactions and profit or loss of the Company’s Head Office divisions that are not allocated to each reporting segment.
For the current consolidated fiscal year, the Group's revenue was ¥1,075,929million (105.0% that of the previous year),
operating profit was ¥75,246 million (110.2%), and profit attributable to owners of parent was ¥49,074 million (110.6%). The Group thus achieved the highest financial results ever.
During the period, the Japanese economy saw an ongoing improvement in its employment and income environments and solid capital investment in the corporate sector.Nonetheless, the outlook remained unclear due mainly to rising goods prices, rapid changes in foreign exchange rates and mounting uncertainties about economic activities around the world.
Under these circumstances, the Group worked to strengthen the digital and semiconductor-related business that it defines as a growth area, as well as the overseas industrial gas-related business in India, North America and other regions.Looking at its existing businesses in Japan, the Group worked on price management including revisions to low-profitability projects, productivity improvement, streamlining and other initiatives with a view to increasing its earning power.
To realize its growth strategy, the Group opened “The Forest of AIR WATER” in December 2024. This is a facility for creating, developing, and promoting new businesses designed to address social issues in Hokkaido. In January 2025, it opened “Shonan Innovation Lab” as a new research center designed to be a core facility for semiconductor and battery material development.The Group will push ahead with open innovation in an effort to create new businesses that will help resolve regional issues. In addition, the Group will concentrate its engineers and step up their training to maximize the synergy of the knowledge and technologies owned by Group companies and to accelerate new product development.In May 2024, The Group put liquefied biomethane derived from livestock excreta to commercial use. This is an example of its carbon neutrality initiatives through its products and businesses.
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