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February 4, 2020
Tosoh Quarterly Results
Tosoh Reports Its Consolidated Results for the First Nine Months of Fiscal 2020
Tokyo, Japan—Tosoh Corporation is pleased to announce its cumulative consolidated results for the first three quarters of its 2020 fiscal year, from April 1, 2019, to December 31, 2019.
The company’s consolidated net sales for the nine-month period under review were ¥591.8 billion (US$5.4 billion), down ¥54.0 billion, or 8.4%, from the same period of fiscal 2019. The drop in net sales was attributable to a decrease in sales prices caused by a decline in the price of naphtha and by worsening conditions in product markets overseas. And the decrease happened despite the Engineering Group’s steady progress on large-scale projects in the electronics industry.
Operating income likewise decreased, ¥13.9 billion, or 17.3%, to ¥65.8 billion (US$605.3 million), from the same period one year earlier. This decrease was due to the deteriorating trade conditions and a widening gap in inventory reevaluations caused by the lower sales prices. Ordinary income decreased, ¥13.1 billion, or 15.7%, compared with the same period in fiscal 2019, to ¥70.1 billion (US$644.8 million). Foreign exchange losses caused by the yen’s continued appreciation were among the main factors behind the drop in ordinary income. Profit attributable to owners of the parent company, in turn, fell ¥10.1 billion, or 18.0%, to ¥46.2 billion (US$425.0 million).
During the first nine months of Tosoh’s 2020 fiscal year, Japan’s employment and personal income numbers gradually improved. Ongoing trade friction between the US and China, heightened geopolitical risk in the Middle East, and other issues, however, are raising concern about worldwide economic stagnation, leaving the economic outlook uncertain.
Worsening trade conditions abroad similarly led to a decrease in the export prices of methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI).
https://www.tosoh.com/news-press/news-releases/2020/tosoh-reports-its-consolidated-results-for-the-first-nine-months-of-fiscal-2020
February 4, 2020
Tosoh Quarterly Results
Tosoh Reports Its Consolidated Results for the First Nine Months of Fiscal 2020
Tokyo, Japan—Tosoh Corporation is pleased to announce its cumulative consolidated results for the first three quarters of its 2020 fiscal year, from April 1, 2019, to December 31, 2019.
The company’s consolidated net sales for the nine-month period under review were ¥591.8 billion (US$5.4 billion), down ¥54.0 billion, or 8.4%, from the same period of fiscal 2019. The drop in net sales was attributable to a decrease in sales prices caused by a decline in the price of naphtha and by worsening conditions in product markets overseas. And the decrease happened despite the Engineering Group’s steady progress on large-scale projects in the electronics industry.
Operating income likewise decreased, ¥13.9 billion, or 17.3%, to ¥65.8 billion (US$605.3 million), from the same period one year earlier. This decrease was due to the deteriorating trade conditions and a widening gap in inventory reevaluations caused by the lower sales prices. Ordinary income decreased, ¥13.1 billion, or 15.7%, compared with the same period in fiscal 2019, to ¥70.1 billion (US$644.8 million). Foreign exchange losses caused by the yen’s continued appreciation were among the main factors behind the drop in ordinary income. Profit attributable to owners of the parent company, in turn, fell ¥10.1 billion, or 18.0%, to ¥46.2 billion (US$425.0 million).
During the first nine months of Tosoh’s 2020 fiscal year, Japan’s employment and personal income numbers gradually improved. Ongoing trade friction between the US and China, heightened geopolitical risk in the Middle East, and other issues, however, are raising concern about worldwide economic stagnation, leaving the economic outlook uncertain.
Worsening trade conditions abroad similarly led to a decrease in the export prices of methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI).
https://www.tosoh.com/news-press/news-releases/2020/tosoh-reports-its-consolidated-results-for-the-first-nine-months-of-fiscal-2020
February 4, 2020
Adient Sells Recaro
- Plymouth-based seating supplier sells its premium brand
- Recaro now owned by Raven Acquisition, a Detroit-based investment corporation
- Adient has struggled financially since it was spun off from Johnson Controls in 2016
Plymouth-based Adient sold its Recaro unit.
Recaro is now owned by Raven Acquisition LLC, a privately owned, Detroit-based investment corporation, Recaro said in a statement. Raven is led by a former Recaro executive and TCE Enterprises, a family investment firm with experience in the auto industry, the release said.
The transaction was effective Jan. 1. Terms were not disclosed in the press release issued by Recaro.
Shortly after the spinoff, Adient acquired Recaro, which produces premium and specialty vehicle seats for automakers and the aftermarket.
For its 2019 fiscal year, Adient reported a net loss of $491 million compared with a loss of $1.7 billion in 2018. Adient CEO Doug DelGrosso has been working to get the company on track and focus on its core business since taking the helm in October 2018, with the goal of bringing the supplier to breakeven this year.
In its quarterly earnings presentation on Friday, Adient confirmed it divested Recaro.
Adient said on Friday that its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for the quarter ending Dec. 31 improved to $297 million from $176 million in the year-ago period. Revenue was down 5 percent to $3.9 billion. Its net loss widened to $167 million from $17 million, impacted by one-time, noncash charges.
Recaro said the new corporate structure will help it concentrate on its main business of “performance seats, ergonomic seats, and special applications – with shorter and faster decision-making processes allowing greater flexibility to better meet the requirements of the market.”
Working capital and long-term financing are being provided to Recaro by Arctaris, a Boston-based investment firm, the release said.
Adient did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
https://www.crainsdetroit.com/automotive/adient-sells-premium-seating-unit-recaro
February 4, 2020
Adient Sells Recaro
Adient sells premium seating unit Recaro
- Plymouth-based seating supplier sells its premium brand
- Recaro now owned by Raven Acquisition, a Detroit-based investment corporation
- Adient has struggled financially since it was spun off from Johnson Controls in 2016
Plymouth-based Adient sold its Recaro unit.
Recaro is now owned by Raven Acquisition LLC, a privately owned, Detroit-based investment corporation, Recaro said in a statement. Raven is led by a former Recaro executive and TCE Enterprises, a family investment firm with experience in the auto industry, the release said.
The transaction was effective Jan. 1. Terms were not disclosed in the press release issued by Recaro.
Shortly after the spinoff, Adient acquired Recaro, which produces premium and specialty vehicle seats for automakers and the aftermarket.
For its 2019 fiscal year, Adient reported a net loss of $491 million compared with a loss of $1.7 billion in 2018. Adient CEO Doug DelGrosso has been working to get the company on track and focus on its core business since taking the helm in October 2018, with the goal of bringing the supplier to breakeven this year.
In its quarterly earnings presentation on Friday, Adient confirmed it divested Recaro.
Adient said on Friday that its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for the quarter ending Dec. 31 improved to $297 million from $176 million in the year-ago period. Revenue was down 5 percent to $3.9 billion. Its net loss widened to $167 million from $17 million, impacted by one-time, noncash charges.
Recaro said the new corporate structure will help it concentrate on its main business of “performance seats, ergonomic seats, and special applications – with shorter and faster decision-making processes allowing greater flexibility to better meet the requirements of the market.”
Working capital and long-term financing are being provided to Recaro by Arctaris, a Boston-based investment firm, the release said.
Adient did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
https://www.crainsdetroit.com/automotive/adient-sells-premium-seating-unit-recaro
February 3, 2020
Innocor Expansion
Innocor adding 90 jobs, second production line in Baldwyn
BALDWYN • The nearly $5 billion bedding industry has gotten a boost in recent years with the introduction of memory foam and other innovative products driving the industry.
Among the leaders is Innocor, which opened a facility in 2004 in Baldwyn. It was a leader in the “mattress in a box” concept, which has exploded in popularity.
While privately held, D&B Hoovers estimates annual revenue for Innocor to be around $850 million.
On Tuesday, company leaders, joined by state and local officials, announced that the Baldwyn facility was about to wrap up a $4.1 million project that is adding a second production line and 90 more workers.
Proclaiming the news was Gov. Tate Reeves, fresh from his state of the state address on Monday. It was his first economic development announcement in Northeast Mississippi as governor, but not his last, he said.
“Mississippi businesses, like Innocor, are at the core of our state’s growing economy,” Reeves said. “We are proud to work with and support businesses like theirs as they expand and add new jobs to Mississippi’s workforce. This expansion creates opportunities for those 90 people as well as their families to achieve more and thrive.”
Innocor, which makes polyurethane foam for mattresses, pillows and mattress toppers, and which is found in bedding, furniture and automotive industries, relocated another production line in what was its distribution center to accommodate the expansion.
“We’ve been running seven days a week on our current line, and once we get the second production line going and have everyone trained, we’ll be going to seven days a week on that line as well,” said Innocor plant manager Kevin Lindsey.
The addition of the new employees, which is all but complete, will raise the total employment at the plant to about 550.
Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Red Bank, New Jersey, Innocor was formed through the 2014 acquisition of Flexible Foam Products Inc. and its integration with Sleep Innovations. The company has 22 manufacturing plants and distribution centers throughout the U.S., but officials selected the Baldwyn facility.
“Innocor could have chosen any other state, but it chose Mississippi,” Reeves said, touting the workers who stood nearby as the announcement was made.
The Mississippi Development Authority provided a $650,000 grant to help with building and infrastructure improvements and equipment installation. Lee County and the city of Baldwyn will provide property tax exemptions.
Innocor was acquired in 2017 by private equity Bain Capital for an undisclosed sum. Lindsey thanked Bain for its investment in the plant, which was recognized as the company’s plant of the year in 2015.
“The Baldwyn facility has established itself as a world-class manufacturer of bedding products,” he said. “We pride ourselves as a flagship facility within Innocor and the bedding manufacturing space in general.
“This expansion was not a ‘build it and they will come’ plan; this is a direct result of the vision, focus and support of (Innocor President and CEO) Bill Redmond and Bain Capital and the execution of all of our employees.”
Innocor plans to produce some 221 million board feet of foam this year – a distance that stretches from Jackson, Mississippi to Amarillo, Texas.
https://www.djournal.com/news/business/innocor-adding-jobs-second-production-line-in-baldwyn/article_951fd35b-b8dd-5458-815f-84f8018e1dd1.html
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