As part of the reorganization, 2,966 manufacturing employees in the printing, packaging materials and electronics businesses will be moved to a new subsidiary, equating to 26 per cent of the company's total work force. No jobs will be eliminated.
By spinning off these production divisions, where order volumes are subject to extreme fluctuations, the company aims to improve earnings stability by implementing thorough cost management. It also plans to consolidate factories in the future.
On the same day, Toppan said it expects a 7.8 billion yen (US$85.3 million) group net loss for the year ending in March. The company, which had earlier forecast a net profit of 27.5 billion yen, partially attributed the downward swing to some 15 billion yen in valuation losses on its holdings of stocks and other financial products.
It is also forecasting a three per cent drop in group revenue to 1.62 trillion yen, 144 billion yen less than earlier estimates, due to sluggishness in the publication, printing and electronics businesses.
(Nikkei

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