Nitheesh NH
Most Recent Quarter (3Q18)
Annual Financial Results
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Fiscal year ended March 31 in years through 2014 and Dec. 31 since 2015
*Trailing 12 months ended Sept. 30, 2018[/caption] Company Profile Unicharm Corp., founded in 1961 and headquartered in Tokyo, manufactures and sells baby and child care, feminine care, health care, cosmetics, household, and pet care products, as well as industrial and food-packaging materials worldwide. Strategy Unicharm seeks growth by making products tailored to meet the real needs of each market it serves. The company aims to strengthen its operations by applying the “management with resonance” principle, i.e., connecting management and frontline employees. It relies on technology and innovation to achieve specific objectives in each of the segments in which it operates and attempts to minimize the impact its products have on the environment. Revenue Breakdown (2017)
Revenue Breakdown (2017)
Management Team
Annual Financial Results
[caption id="attachment_58857" align="aligncenter" width="820"] Fiscal year ended March 31 in years through 2014 and Dec. 31 since 2015*Trailing 12 months ended Sept. 30, 2018[/caption] Company Profile Unicharm Corp., founded in 1961 and headquartered in Tokyo, manufactures and sells baby and child care, feminine care, health care, cosmetics, household, and pet care products, as well as industrial and food-packaging materials worldwide. Strategy Unicharm seeks growth by making products tailored to meet the real needs of each market it serves. The company aims to strengthen its operations by applying the “management with resonance” principle, i.e., connecting management and frontline employees. It relies on technology and innovation to achieve specific objectives in each of the segments in which it operates and attempts to minimize the impact its products have on the environment. Revenue Breakdown (2017)
Revenue Breakdown (2017)
| Date | Development |
| Dec 4, 2018 | Unicharm launches the Sophie Center in Happy Package female sanitary product for a limited time, targeting students taking their school exams at the end of the year. |
| Sep 25, 2018 | Unicharm signs an agreement to acquire DSG International (Thailand) Public Co. Ltd. for $530 million from DSG International Ltd. and North Haven Private Equity Asia Angel Co. Ltd., a fund managed by Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia Ltd. |
| Sep 7, 2018 | Unicharm India Pvt. Ltd. announces it will open a manufacturing facility, its largest to date, in India’s Gujarat state. The facility will produce popular Unicharm products for the growing Indian market as the company aims to become the country’s top hygiene products brand. |
- Takahisa Takahara, President and CEO
- Gumpei Futagami, Managing Executive Officer
- Eiji Ishikawa, Managing Executive Officer and GM of Global Research and Development
- Shinji Mori, Managing Executive Officer and GM of Japan Sales Head Office
Source: Company reports/Bloomberg/S&P Capital IQ/Coresight Research
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