SAKATA INX CORPORATION
4633・Prime Market・Chemicals
Printing Inks & Equipment (Japan)
Japan core business segment integrating domestic printing inks and printing equipment operations
| Period | Current | Previous | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sales (segment total, including intersegment transactions) | ¥12,177 million (Q1 FY2026, ending March 2026) | ¥12,488 million (Q1 FY2025, ended March 2025) | ↓ |
| Sales to external customers | ¥11,937 million (Q1 FY2026, ending March 2026) | ¥12,244 million (Q1 FY2025, ended March 2025) | ↓ |
| Operating income (segment income) | ¥564 million (Q1 FY2026, ending March 2026) | ¥274 million (Q1 FY2025, ended March 2025) | ↑ |
| Year-on-year change in sales | -2.5% | - | ↓ |
| Year-on-year change in operating income | +105.6% | - | ↑ |
Business Details
A reportable segment that integrally manages the production and sale of printing inks—including Flexo Inks, Gravure Inks, Newspaper Inks, and Offset Inks—for the Japanese market, together with the printing equipment business, which procures and sells Printing & Platemaking Materials and Related Equipment. The segment covers both the packaging-related and printed-information-related fields, providing total solutions across the entire printing process. The segment continues to pursue improvements in its earnings structure through reductions in unprofitable products and revisions to selling prices.
Recent Overview
Sales declined, but operating income more than doubled year on year due to reductions in unprofitable products and price revisions
Sales in Q1 FY2026 (ending March 2026) were ¥12,177 million (down 2.5% year on year). Packaging-related products (Gravure Inks and Flexo Inks) recovered and exceeded the same period of the prior year, but this was offset by the reduction of unprofitable products in the equipment business and the reduction in Offset Inks. On the other hand, profitability improved significantly due to reductions in unprofitable products and the effects of price revisions, and operating income reached ¥564 million (up 105.6% year on year), more than doubling.
Key Products
Growth Drivers
- Improvement in earnings structure through reduction of unprofitable products (operating income up 105.6% year on year)
- Improved profitability from the effects of price revisions
- Recovery trend in packaging-related products (Gravure Inks and Flexo Inks)
- Active rollout of environmentally conscious products such as the Botanical Ink series
- Relatively steady performance of Newspaper Inks
Risks
- Structural contraction of the printed-information-related market driven by digitalization (long-term decline in demand for Newspaper Inks and Offset Inks)
- Sluggish domestic packaging demand due to household thrift consciousness and weak consumer sentiment
- Decline in sales due to the reduction of unprofitable products in the equipment business, including printing and platemaking materials
- Upward pressure on fixed costs such as rising personnel expenses
- Medium- to long-term changes in demand structure due to Japan's declining population and shrinking market
- Risk of raw material (naphtha, etc.) price surges and supply uncertainty due to escalating tensions in the Middle East
Last updated: March 23, 2026