Overview
In Plastics, we market a broad range of value-added products for plastics used in many everyday applications. In recent years, we have focused on permanent antistatic agents that prevent malfunctions in electronic components and keep dust out of plastics. Leveraging their long-lasting effectiveness, we have expanded their applications.
In Textiles, a business that dates right back to the beginnings of the Sanyo Chemical Group, the principal products we handle are spin finishes and modifiers used in manufacturing processes for synthetic fibers.
As well as contributing to higher value-added features in textiles, these products are increasingly used in agents used in textile manufacturing processes for industrial materials, including production of airbag yarns and seat belts for automobiles and carbon fibers.
FY2022 Business Performance
In the Plastics segment, sales of permanent antistatic agents were weak, but sales of paint coating agents and additives increased overseas, resulting in strong sales.
In the Textiles segment, sales experienced a large increase as sales of chemicals for carbon fibers increased steadily and sales of polyurethane resins for synthetic leather and elastomer fiber were strong.
As a result, total net sales in this segment increased by 10.6% year on year, to ¥28,177 million. Operating profit was ¥2,837 million (a decrease of 23.6% year on year) due to a decrease in sales volume.