Aiming to maximize Group synergies, and to be an enterprise that is trusted by shareholders and lives up to their expectations
Ryohei Furusato
President and Representative Director
First of all, I would like to express my sincere gratitude for your support for Maruka Furusato Corporation.
Our company was established on October 1, 2021 as a holding company, as part of the business integration of Furusato Industries, Ltd., which undertakes the manufacturing and sale of construction products, and of machinery & tools, mainly in the Japanese market, and Maruka Corporation, which has extensive business operations not only in Japan but also in overseas markets as an industrial machinery trading company.
Looking back, the first “meeting” between the two companies was in 2017 when Maruka Corporation relocated its head office to a site that was only around 300m from the headquarters of Furusato Industries. Despite being in similar business areas and being around the same size, the two firms were not in direct competition with one another, and as they came to learn more about each other’s strengths and issues, they realized that they would be ideal partners for one another to realize further growth and sustainable value creation.
To mark this business integration, we launched a new brand, UNISOL, in line with our corporate slogan: “Unlocking ‘Aha!’ moments, one after another.” The name UNISOL was coined by combining the words “UNIque” and “SOLution.”
UNISOL embodies our commitment to maximizing the powerful synergies that can be generated by integrating the strengths of the two companies so that they complement one another, and working together to address the issues that affect them, as well as our determination to provide unique product and service proposals that deeply impress customers, and to be a partner that is customers’ first choice when seeking a solution to a problem. We have now adopted the name “UNISOL Group” for the business group formed by the integration.
Recently, we have been seeking to realize our vision of “Towards a world overflowing with ‘I want to make this happen!’” by providing future-oriented solutions through the development of diversified businesses that play to the UNISOL Group’s strengths. For example, as a strategy for achieving growth over the long term, we are making effective use of the knowhow that Maruka Corporation and Furusato Industries have built up in the manufacturing field to strengthen our initiatives in the areas of “smart factory” development and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions.
We position the stable, continued returning of benefits to shareholders as an important management task, and we have formulated a Policy on Returning Benefits to Shareholders. In our dividend policy, while aiming to achieve sustained profit growth, we will also be striving to maintain a steady increase in dividends, in line with our consolidated earnings performance and cash allocation strategy. When we first drew up the Policy on Returning Benefits to Shareholders, we were aiming to realize a dividend on equity (DOE) ratio of 3.5% during the period from the fiscal year ending December 31, 2027 to the fiscal year ending December 31, 2029, but in fact we have decided that we can implement this goal ahead of schedule, and we will be taking a DOE ratio of 3.5% as the baseline for issuing dividends in the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.
In responding to the rapid changes taking place in the world today, we are aiming to help realize a sustainable society, and we are making a concerted effort to promote sustainability-conscious management. On the environmental side, we are working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, adopt renewable energy, and make manufacturing processes more efficient. With regard to social issues, we are focused on embodying respect for diversity and making a positive contribution to local communities, while with respect to governance, we are making an intensive effort to ensure highly transparent management.
Looking ahead, we will be responding flexibly to changes in the market and in the business climate, and we will be aiming to realize further growth and to be an enterprise that is trusted by shareholders and lives up to their expectations. I look forward to receiving your continued support and suggestions in the future.