Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co saw a 4.5 per cent YoY fall in revenues from JPY115.65bn (US$1.11bn) to JPY110.44bn in the first half ended 30 September 2016.
While its pretax profit also decreased over the one-year period, from JPY11.25bn to JPY10.43bn, the company was able to report a 4.4 per cent YoY rise in net profit from JPY7.67bn to JPY8.01bn in April-September 2016.
For the full-year 2016, Sumitomo expects to achieve revenues of JPY230bn while pretax profit is forecast at JPY22.5bn and net profit at JPY15.5bn.

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