On the 9th, Aruesti <5852> announced its consolidated financial results for the first quarter of the 2025 fiscal year (April-June 24). Sales increased by 1.1% year-on-year to 38.403 billion yen, operating profit decreased by 55.5% to 0.101 billion yen, ordinary profit increased by 94.0% to 0.693 billion yen, and net profit attributable to parent company shareholders for the quarter increased by 8.1% to 0.488 billion yen.
In the "Die casting business Japan," revenue decreased by 9.1% year-on-year to 14.053 billion yen, and segment loss was 0.299 billion yen (compared to a profit of 0.042 billion yen in the same period of the previous year). The order volume decreased significantly due to the decline in domestic automobile production and other factors in the Japanese automobile market.
In the "Die casting business North America," revenue increased by 15.4% year-on-year to 13.053 billion yen, and segment profit decreased by 26.4% to 0.298 billion yen. The order volume recovered due to the recovery of North American automobile production and the progress of the yen depreciation in the North American automobile market.
In the "Die casting business Asia," revenue increased by 13.0% year-on-year to 8.71 billion yen, and segment profit was 0.252 billion yen (compared to a loss of 0.617 billion yen in the same period of the previous year). The order volume decreased due to the sales slump of major customers at the Chinese factory in the Asian automobile market, but the order volume increased due to the start of mass production of new products at the Indian factory and the progress of yen depreciation.
In the "Aluminum business," revenue decreased by 7.8% year-on-year to 1.699 billion yen, and segment profit decreased by 71.5% year-on-year to 0.015 billion yen. Although the rise in aluminum metal market conditions had an impact, the sales volume decreased by 30.7% year-on-year.
In the "Finished product business," revenue decreased by 47.2% year-on-year to 0.887 billion yen, and segment profit decreased by 88.7% year-on-year to 0.019 billion yen. The order volume of large semiconductor-related companies decreased compared to the same period of the previous year.