Southeast Asia is an important region where our processing bases for plastic compound, our key business, are concentrated. We sell plastic products, mainly for the three major fields of electric and electronic products, OA, and automobiles and motorcycles, at 39 bases across 10 countries. We will further cultivate Southeast Asia’s rapidly growing automotive business. In addition, we will focus on cultivating new businesses related to the environment, primarily those concerning recycling, energy-related businesses such as solar power generation, and those in food and agriculture. We are also expanding our business not only with Japanese companies but also with non-Japanese companies. In the rapidly growing Indian market, we continue to focus on the chemicals and information & electronics sectors, building on our existing synthetic resin-related business.

• Plastics for automobiles, home appliances, OA equipment
• Materials for printers
• Materials and rubber products for the automotive industry
• Materials and products for packaging

As part of the sustainability strategy in our medium-term management plan NC2026, we began processing garbage bags containing biomass materials at our manufacturing companies in Japan and overseas, and began selling these to the Japanese market. In Thailand, we launched a resin recycling and processing plant and began sales domestically in the country. We will also utilize the manufacturing functions at a new company launched in Japan to develop plastic of various grades.
We will contribute to building a sustainable society by developing environmentally friendly products while launching sales activities in India, such as those related to solar power generation.