Fujifilm launches medium-term management plan “VISION2030”
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“The new Medium-term management plan sets out a crucial strategy for increasing profits, outperforming the competition, and further enhancing Fujifilm’s global standing as a collection of global top-tier businesses,” says Teiichi Goto, president and chief executive officer, representative director, FUJIFILM Holdings Corp. “With a commitment to further invest in growing our already strong business portfolio, we will focus on increasing our earnings and ensuring that the new value we create benefits society as a whole. Ultimately, our goal is to be a company that brings smiles to the faces of our various stakeholders, as expressed in our Group Purpose ‘Giving our world more smiles’.”
In VISION 2030, Fujifilm sets the ideal state of the Fujifilm Group in FY2030 as “a collection of global top-tier businesses that further enhances the corporate value of the Fujifilm Group by promoting management that emphasizes profitability and capital efficiency, and it change the world step-by-step and create value (more smiles) for various stakeholders.” To achieve this goal, Fujifilm has prioritized (1) focusing on growth investment and profitability, (2) improving capital efficiency, (3) strengthening R&D management, and (4) ensuring return on investment, and has formulated appropriate strategies for each segment while strengthening its business portfolio management.
Outline of the Medium-Term Management Plan “VISION2030”
1. financial targets
Forecast for FY2023 |
FY2024 | FY 2026 | FY2030 | |
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Revenue | 2,960 billion yen | 3,100 billion yen | 3,450 billion yen | 4 trillion yen |
Operating income | 277 billion yen | 300 billion yen | 360 billion yen | OPM 15% or more |
Net income attributable to FUJIFILM Holdings | 240 billion yen | 240 billion yen | 270 billion yen | – |
ROE | 8.2% | 7.8% | 8.1% | 10% or more |
ROIC | 5.6% | 5.4% | 5.8% | 9% or more |
CCC | 122 days | 119 days | 112 days | – |
2. Fujifilm’s vision and priorities for 2030
Fujifilm is committed to enhancing its corporate value by focusing on profitability and capital efficiency in its management approach. Fujifilm will focus its efforts on four priority areas in VISION2030.
(1) Focus on growth investment and profitability
Fujifilm will actively invest in bio-CDMO and semiconductor materials, which are expected to expand in the market and are growth areas and will achieve an operating margin of 10% or more in all businesses through profit-margin-oriented business operations.
(2) Improvement of capital efficiency
It will focus on ROIC as a KPI to increase the efficiency of capital invested and combine it with our capital policy to improve ROE.
(3) R&D Management
It will increase resources to promote the commercialization of research themes in areas close to its businesses, and in basic research, it will improve the accuracy and speed of commercialization by more carefully selecting themes that will lead to the creation of new businesses.
(4) Investment returns
It will improve the profitability of the medical diagnostic imaging business acquired from Hitachi, Ltd. in 2021. Synergies will also be realized from the semiconductor process chemicals business acquired from Entegris in 2023. It will also ensure profit generation through active capital investment in bio-CDMO and semiconductor materials.
3. Goals and strategies for each segment
Financial targets and basic strategies have been established for each segment, with FY2026 as the milestone.
Healthcare
Targets for FY2026: Revenue of 1,200 billion yen, operating income of 140 billion yen, and operating margin of 11.7%.
- Medical Systems: By integrating its wide range of medical equipment with AI/IT technology, it will strengthen its presence and expand its recurring business with AI/IT. By 2030, the company is committed to providing products and services with AI technology to all 196 countries in the world against the backdrop of a shortage of doctors. In addition, it will accelerate its health checkup business centered on the NURA health checkup center.
- Bio-CDMO: From FY2024 to FY2026, it will smoothly launch new large-scale facilities while building a flexible production system for small and medium-sized facilities to meet demand. By increasing the proportion of sales from large-scale facilities, it will achieve stable and high profitability, generating positive free cash flow on a non-consolidated basis in FY2027, growing to 700 billion yen in sales by FY2030.
- LS Solutions: In the field of iPS cell, the company will obtain milestone revenues in line with the progress of cell therapy drug development by providing and licensing cell lines, while building a track record in contract service of process development and establishing a CDMO business using iPS cells. In the culture media business, it will strive to achieve business growth and improve profitability through capital investment in line with market demand, mainly for antibody drug production, while stabilizing product supply by expanding its global production bases and strengthening the supply chain. It will also strengthen product development and customer service for next-generation cell and gene therapies.
Electronics
Targets for FY2026: Revenue 470 billion yen, operating income 70 billion yen, operating margin 14.9%.
- Semiconductor Materials: The company will invest actively in response to the expansion of major semiconductor manufacturers in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, for winning business in cutting-edge nodes based on product lines that have high market share and are Fujifilm’s strength. In addition, it will prioritize economic security by building a supply chain network that considers geopolitical risks and strives for early entry into emerging markets. Leveraging its extensive portfolio and technologies, it intends to develop high value-added products. It will also accelerate the integration of the semiconductor process chemicals business acquired in 2023 to create synergies. The target is to achieve sales of 500 billion yen in FY2030.
- Display Materials and others: It will promote business growth in emerging markets, such as anti-reflective materials for OLEDs, touch sensor materials, and light-emitting layer materials. It aims to offer a range of new materials to micro-OLED manufacturers, AR/VR manufacturers, and mobility manufacturers, enabling them to overcome challenges and securing its position as a leader in each industry. In addition, it will propose and implement new materials that meet customer needs in the telecommunications and energy markets by leveraging our core technologies and knowledge.
Business Innovation
Targets for FY2026: Revenue of 1,275 billion yen, operating income of 90 billion yen, and operating margin of 7.1%.
- Business Solutions: The growth strategy will focus on “IT/Operational Solutions,” specifically developed for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), while expanding a revenue by offering “ERP Solutions.” In addition, it will strive to create new value by facilitating business optimization based on the data accumulated in each solution.
- Office Solutions: It will maintain and improve profitability by focusing on the A3 color area, where it has a leading market share, while further improving sales efficiency as well as strengthening the environmental responsiveness and the production base. In addition, Fujifilm’s MFPs (Multifunction printers) will be newly handled by leading distributors in European countries.
- Graphic Communications: To improve profitability in analog printing, it will focus on expanding sales of high-value-added, non-processing plates. In digital printing, it will invest in digital transformation (DX) of commercial printing, a growth market, and allocate resources to develop devices and DX solutions that meet customers’ digital transformation needs.
Imaging
Targets for FY2026: Revenue 505 billion yen, operating income 105 billion yen, operating margin 20.8%.
- INSTAX will continue to introduce attractive new products that combine unparalleled analog value with the latest digital technology to expand its user base and drive the capture of events and business demand.
- In the field of digital cameras, the company will strengthen its presence in the market by further reinforcing its two-line strategy, namely the “X Series” and “GFX Series.” This will include expanding the range of shooting and image expression options.
- It will promote the creation of new businesses that address social challenges by integrating its distinctive technological resources and expertise in imaging. In particular, it will focus on expanding its presence in the BtoB sector by offering DX solutions based on image processing technology.