Sanyo Special Steel Launches New 3-Year Plan by F2010

Sanyo Special Steel announced a new 3-year consolidation management plan by fiscal 2010 ending March 2011 on Friday. The firm tries to build up corporate value by stable supply of high value special steel products at 100,000 tonnes per month. The firm aims consolidated net sales at 200 billion yen, recurring profit at 19 billion yen, net profit at 11 billion yen, Return on Sales at 9.5% and Return on Equity at 9.2% in fiscal 2010. The firm plans capital expenditure at 60 billion yen for F2008-2010, increasing by 35 billion yen compared with F2005-2007, and sales volume at 1.08 million tonnes for F2008-2010, increasing by 130,000 tonnes.Sanyo Special Steel tries to supply products to expanding domestic and overseas markets and contribute to the enhancement for users’ competition power. The firm advances development of high value products and manufacturing technologies. The firm will improve operation rate and production lines with investment for resolution of productive bottlenecks.On the other hand, the firm tries to gain moderate profits by cost absorbing efforts and raising the product selling price when material costs, mainly for ferrous scrap, continue soaring. As for environmental measures, the firm builds up capacity of dust collectors, switches fuels to city gas from heavy oil and reduces emission of carbon dioxide.