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Japan Experts, Extraordinary Performance

Our Corporate Advisory service is designed to give clients access to a wider range of investors. These include Japan specialists as well as global investors. The goal is to help achieve a fair equity valuation.

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<ul><li>Q1 delivered record-high quarterly results across net sales and all profit metrics, with progress tracking in line with or ahead of FY targets.</li><li>Outerwear continued to outperform, strengthened by the Triacetate (Soalon) business, while the softness in Fiber was well within expectations.</li><li>Concurrently, Semiconductor, Chemical, and Hobby &amp; Life staged a synchronized rebound. </li></ul>

Q1 delivered record-high quarterly results across net sales and all profit metrics, with progress tracking in line with or ahead of FY targets.Outerwear continued to outperform, strengthened by the Triacetate (Soalon) business, while the softness in Fiber was well within expectations.Concurrently, Semiconductor, Chemical, and Hobby &amp; Life staged a synchronized rebound. 

GSI Creos (8101 JP) - Steady Progress Toward Mid-Term Plan Targets

<ul><li>Strong delivery in the Fiber business – FY3/26 beat the revised FY guidance across all metrics, driven by a resilient Fiber segment.</li><li>Fiber was boosted by robust exports of functional yarn and fabric, as well as winter temperature fluctuations.</li><li>The newly acquired Triacetate fiber (Soalon) business boosted Outerwear, and Innerwear saw a major profit expansion following strategic price hikes. </li></ul>

Strong delivery in the Fiber business – FY3/26 beat the revised FY guidance across all metrics, driven by a resilient Fiber segment.Fiber was boosted by robust exports of functional yarn and fabric, as well as winter temperature fluctuations.The newly acquired Triacetate fiber (Soalon) business boosted Outerwear, and Innerwear saw a major profit expansion following strategic price hikes. 

GSI Creos (8101 JP) - Improved Visibility to Achieve Medium-Term Plan Targets

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<li>Approaching its centenary year in 2031, GSI Creos is a business-creating trading company specializing in textile and industrial products.</li>
<li>By combining its expertise as a trading company with manufacturing capabilities and R&amp;D functions, GSI Creos creates value from concept to customer and utilizes its global network to drive geographic expansion.</li>
<li>The company is undergoing a business transformation, seeking to enhance returns through a higher value-added portfolio and conducting earnings-accretive M&amp;A, such as the key bolt-on acquisition of Soalon in FY3/25. </li>
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Approaching its centenary year in 2031, GSI Creos is a business-creating trading company specializing in textile and industrial products.
By combining its expertise as a trading company with manufacturing capabilities and R&amp;D functions, GSI Creos creates value from concept to customer and utilizes its global network to drive geographic expansion.
The company is undergoing a business transformation, seeking to enhance returns through a higher value-added portfolio and conducting earnings-accretive M&amp;A, such as the key bolt-on acquisition of Soalon in FY3/25. 


GSI Creos (8101 JP) - Weaving a Future of Sustainable Growth

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>This inaugural edition of the Astris Advisory Japan Annual Directory presents our corporate equity research coverage to support informed decision-making across the global investment community, corporates, and financial institutions.</li><li>As an independent research firm, Astris Advisory Japan operates differently from traditional sell-side institutions, enabling us to deliver research tailored to our clients’ strategic communication needs, prepared in accordance with internal standards and disclosure policies.</li><li>Leveraging a global network of institutional investors and international distribution partners, we enhance corporate visibility, broaden investor reach, and facilitate meaningful engagement with long-term capital providers. </li></ul>

This inaugural edition of the Astris Advisory Japan Annual Directory presents our corporate equity research coverage to support informed decision-making across the global investment community, corporates, and financial institutions.As an independent research firm, Astris Advisory Japan operates differently from traditional sell-side institutions, enabling us to deliver research tailored to our clients’ strategic communication needs, prepared in accordance with internal standards and disclosure policies.Leveraging a global network of institutional investors and international distribution partners, we enhance corporate visibility, broaden investor reach, and facilitate meaningful engagement with long-term capital providers. 

Annual Directory: Corporate Research - January 2026

Executive Director, Metrical Inc

Aki Matsumoto

Executive Director

Independent Leading Corporate Governance Research

Metrical Inc

METRICAL INC. is an independent leading Corporate Governance research firm in Japan where Corporate Governance is increasingly recognized as an important element on corporate management in these days. Thus, CG research and solutions would become an essential component of global capital markets and play important to contribute to transparency of the markets and maximize shareholders’ value in Japan. 

METRICAL INC. provides Corporate Governance research and analysis including rating services, and  also offers investment research and IR services with solutions and customized profound research on CG and IR issues.

<p>On July 9, 2021, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) released the results of its initial assessment of compliance with the listing maintenance requirements of the new market classification. In response to the announcement, a number of information disclosures entitled "Notice of Application for Selection of New Market Classification 'Prime Market (or Standard Market, Growth Market)'" were made to report the selection of the listing market. In response to this, the TSE has set the period from September 1 to December 30 as the review period, and the results of the listed company's selection of the new market segment will be announced on January 11, 2022, prior to April 4, 2022, when the current market segment will be shifted to the three new market segments of "Prime Market, Standard Market and Growth Market." The results of the selection of the new market segments will be announced on January 11, 2022.</p>

On July 9, 2021, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) released the results of its initial assessment of compliance with the listing maintenance requirements of the new market classification. In response to the announcement, a number of information disclosures entitled "Notice of Application for Selection of New Market Classification 'Prime Market (or Standard Market, Growth Market)'" were made to report the selection of the listing market. In response to this, the TSE has set the period from September 1 to December 30 as the review period, and the results of the listed company's selection of the new market segment will be announced on January 11, 2022, prior to April 4, 2022, when the current market segment will be shifted to the three new market segments of "Prime Market, Standard Market and Growth Market." The results of the selection of the new market segments will be announced on January 11, 2022.

Japan's Governance: TSE Market Reorganization And "Transitional Measures”

Japan

GSI Creos Corporation is a distributor of textile raw materials and women's and men's apparel.  The Company diversifies by non-textile products such as chemical products, industrial machinery, semiconductor and bio-related equipment.

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Gsi Creos Corp (8101 JP)

GSI Creos (8101 JP) - Steady Progress Toward Mid-Term Plan Targets

Q1 delivered record-high quarterly results across net sales and all profit metrics, with progress tracking in line with or ahead of FY targets.

Astris Advisory Japan

GSI Creos (8101 JP) - Improved Visibility to Achieve Medium-Term Plan Targets

Strong delivery in the Fiber business – FY3/26 beat the revised FY guidance across all metrics, driven by a resilient Fiber segment.

Astris Advisory Japan

GSI Creos (8101 JP) - Weaving a Future of Sustainable Growth

We estimate the company will sustain double-digit earnings growth over the medium term, driven by portfolio transformation that enhances both...

Astris Advisory Japan

Annual Directory: Corporate Research - January 2026

This inaugural edition of the Astris Advisory Japan Annual Directory presents our corporate equity research coverage to support informed decision...

Astris Advisory Japan

Japan's Governance: TSE Market Reorganization And "Transitional Measures”

Even if a company listed on the TSE 1st Section doesn't meet the criteria for prime market, it can still move to the prime market by submitting an...

Metrical Inc

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