The Matsuda Sangyo Group engages in a wide range of businesses centered around the two pillars of the precious metals business segment and the food business segment, based on the corporate ethics of “making effective use of the limited earth resources and contributing to society through business.”
The Precious Metals Business Segment, based on the vision of becoming a “leading company that creates resource circulation (utilization),” will differentiate itself by continuously providing customers with high environmental value through the enhancement of the comprehensive resource recycling capabilities, based on efforts to provide products and services that reduce environmental burden and to develop and sell high-performance electronic materials, among others. It will expand domestic market share and develop new markets overseas, as well as explore the electronic devices industry, alongside efforts to develop the chemicals/automotive industries and the rechargeable batteries/e-scrap markets.
The Food Business Segment, based on the vision of becoming the “best partner for customers in product development,” will strengthen its core business (sale of ingredients) by expanding its procurement network for the raw materials for food products as well as its product lineup, and at the same time, work on building sales channels and developing safe, secure and sustainable products that capture the needs of customers, as well as expand sales domains by accelerating global roll-out.
In the electronic devices field of the electronics sector, which is the key market for the Precious Metals Business Segment, while demand for the automotive market remained sluggish, demand for AI data centers drove overall gradual recovery in the production of semiconductors and electronic components.
Against this backdrop, the Precious Metals Business Segment in addition to an increase in the volume of precious metal recycling handled, including the jewelry sector, the overall rise in precious metal prices also provided a tailwind, resulting in increases in both net sales and operating income compared to the previous consolidated fiscal year.
As a result of the above, net sales for the Precious Metals Business Segment were ¥570,422 million (up 57.7% year on year) and operating profit was ¥19,342 million (up 90.0% year on year).
In the food production sector, which is the key market for the Food Business Segment, rising prices due to soaring raw material prices and yen depreciation have contributed to weak consumer sentiment, resulting in a challenging market environment with a persistent cautious approach to saving.
Against this backdrop, the Food Business Segment registered an increase in the sales volume of seafood, livestock, and agricultural 2 products, thanks to flexible product proposals in response to changing customer needs and efforts to build a stable supply system. Moreover, progress in price pass-through in response to soaring raw material prices, along with other factors, contributed to a yearon-year increase in net sales and operating profits.
As a result of the above, net sales for the Food Business Segment were ¥117,466 million (up 9.6% year on year) and operating profit was ¥3,095 million (up 23.9% year on year).
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※Amounts are after adjustment for intersegment transactions and transfers.
