SODA NIKKA CO., LTD.【JP:8158】Stock Price

Soda Nikka is a specialty chemical trading company with inorganic chemicals, organic chemicals, and synthetic resins as its primary product categories. The Soda Nikka Group is composed of Soda Nikka as its core company and eight subsidiaries, enabling it to supply a diverse range of chemical products to a wide variety of markets.

Soda Nikka's chemical business sells inorganic and organic chemicals to the chemical, pulp and paper, food, detergent, and government sectors. This allows the company to meet the needs of various industries.

The functional materials business sells synthetic resins and equipment and materials to the food, resin processing, and electrical equipment markets. This addresses the diverse needs of manufacturing and processing industries.

Other business operations include real estate rental income and operations conducted by subsidiaries such as Soda Nikka Business Support Co., Ltd. These strengthen the overall revenue base of the group.

Soda Nikka Business Support Co., Ltd. provides contract services, warehousing, and transportation. Soda Nikka Showa Nikka Shobou (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. handles industrial chemical sales in the Chinese market.

PT. SODA NIKKA INDONESIA conducts industrial chemical sales in the Indonesian market. SODA NIKKA VIETNAM CO., LTD. handles industrial chemical sales in the Vietnamese market.

Morris Co., Ltd. imports products from Vietnam and provides consulting services to companies entering the Vietnamese market. Japan Packaging Co., Ltd. processes and sells packaging materials in the Kansai and Chugoku regions.

Nissin Co., Ltd. sells packaging materials and equipment in the Chubu, Kansai, and Hokuriku regions. Notsu Zensuke Shoten Co., Ltd. sells chemical industrial chemicals and food additives in the Sanin region and is scheduled to change its company name to Notsu Shoten Co., Ltd. on April 1, 2025.

Soda Nikka is a specialty chemical trading company with inorganic chemicals, organic chemicals, and synthetic resins as its core products. The company's fundamental policy is to contribute to environmental protection and manufacturing. It promotes market-focused sales activities and aims to build a dynamic corporate structure.

The company has established a long-term vision called "Go forward" through fiscal year 2030. It aims to provide comprehensive functions spanning from chemical and functional products to services, and to contribute to solving challenges faced by customers and society. The goals are to improve both business value and social value.

The company particularly emphasizes strengthening the integration of business strategy and sustainability, and playing the role of a coordinator between society and chemistry. It targets economic growth, the realization of a decarbonized society, and the provision of safe and secure living.

The medium-term management plan "Go forward STAGE3" covers a four-year period from fiscal year 2023 and represents a transformation stage toward achieving the long-term vision. The company has revised upward its consolidated net profit target for the fiscal year ending March 2027.

The company operates with awareness of capital costs and stock price, positioning return on equity (ROE) exceeding the cost of equity capital as a key performance indicator. Through execution of the medium-term management plan, the company aims to achieve this target.

Each business division faces the challenge of developing business models suited to changing times. The company seeks to improve capital efficiency while maintaining focus on growth investments in business and human resources, as well as shareholder returns, and aims to deliver concrete results.