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• Overall Business Footprint and Structure
  • Onex operates 3 production factories: Atsugi Factory (Kanagawa), Higashimatsuyama Factory (Saitama), and Yamaguchi Factory (Yamaguchi), serving northern Kanto and the Chugoku/Kyushu regions respectively.
  • Subsidiary Onex Tech Center (OTC) covers the Chubu, Kinki, and Tokai regions with heat treatment operations, while subsidiary Onex Line runs the transportation business focused on specialized machinery equipment transport, with offices in Kanagawa, Saitama, and Mie.
• Consolidated Full-Year Financial Performance
  • Total consolidated revenue reached 5.053 billion yen, an increase of 85 million yen year-over-year, driven by growth in industrial machine tool orders that offset weak construction machinery orders.
  • Operating loss totaled 47 million yen due to rising labor costs, despite revenue growth. Net profit turned positive at 2 million yen, driven by gains from the sale of the Nagano Factory and Yamaguchi Second Factory.
  • Capital expenditure increased year-over-year, with key investments including new warehouse construction for ONEX and new truck purchases for Onex Line.
  • Cash and deposits increased by 221 million yen to 2.928 billion yen. Total assets stood at 8.676 billion yen, a decrease of 209 million yen year-over-year from the factory sales, while equity ratio rose 1.2% to 60.5% following debt repayment.

• Management targets 65 million yen in net profit for the 2025 June term, supported by internal cost and productivity improvement initiatives.
• The company maintains its stable dividend policy and forecasts a dividend of 20 yen per share for the 2025 June term.

1. Metal heat treatment processing business: Revenue of 4.45 billion yen, up 0.4% year-over-year, contributing approximately 90% of total consolidated revenue. Segment profit was a loss of 1.02 billion yen, down 122 million yen year-over-year. 2. Transportation business: Revenue of 602 million yen, up 12.3% year-over-year, contributing approximately 10% of total consolidated revenue. Segment profit was 33 million yen, up 131.4% year-over-year. Within the metal heat treatment processing business, industry revenue share is 32.7% for automotive parts, 12.3% for construction machinery, and 49.4% for industrial machine tools.

• Labor shortage is cited as the most pressing operational risk facing the firm.
• Persistent high operating costs, particularly rising labor costs, have pressured core profitability, leading to an operating loss in the reporting period despite revenue growth.
• Weak demand trends for automotive parts and construction machinery (both down in recent years) create ongoing pressure on the core metal heat treatment business.

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