Osaka-Gunze Limited（Headquarters: Osaka, Japan; President: Toshiyasu Saguchi）[TOKYO:3002] issues the "Gunze Integrated Report 2025" in September. This report provides an overview of the Gunze Group's corporate and business strategies, corporate governance, and environmental and social initiatives. It aims to offer a comprehensive understanding of the Gunze Group and its history of value creation.
（Left）Cover of Gunze Integrated Report （Right）Opening Message: Envisioning the Realization of VISION 2030
Purpose of Issuing the Gunze Integrated Report 2025
This report presents Gunze’s initiatives toward realizing VISION 2030, our long-term vision to build a resilient, sustainable business foundation while staying true to our founding values. Our ultimate aim is to maintain our position as a globally trusted and preferred company. To this end, the report illustrates our initiatives through concrete narratives drawn from our value creation process, offering stakeholders a clear and comprehensive understanding of our strategic direction.
Features of the Gunze Integrated Report 2025
The 2025 edition marks the launch of Gunze’s new mid-term management plan, VISION 2030 Stage2, which runs through fiscal year 2027. This three-year plan is positioned as a period of "rebuilding," during which the company is committed to laying the foundation for sustainable growth through fundamental strategic transformation. In his message, the president reaffirms his commitment to leading Gunze toward becoming an organization capable of achieving long-term value creation.
The value creation story provides a comprehensive analysis of the company’s current status and challenges through the lens of the six capitals and outlines the strategic direction moving forward. Special features spotlight two core initiatives of the new plan: Global and Technology. The “Global Strategy” section features insights from division heads who express their dedication to further evolution. The “Cross-Functional Engineering Strategy” section showcases initiatives designed to promote innovation in products and services.
Additionally, a roundtable discussion with external directors provides insight into the deliberations and proposals that shaped the new management plan.
Through this report, Gunze aims to strengthen communication with its stakeholders and enhance the corporate value of the Gunze Group.
Main contents of the report
1. Gunze's Value Creation Story
2. Growth Strategy
3. Capital Strategy
4. Business Strategy
5. Corporate Governance
6. 11 Years of Financial and Non-Financial Data
Report format
A4 size, 72 pages, English, Japanese
Download site
“Gunze Integrated Report 2025” can be downloaded from the links below.
About Gunze
Gunze, founded in Kyoto in 1896, is a leading developer and manufacturer of plastic films, engineering plastics, medical devices, and apparel. The company employs more than 4,800 people in ten countries worldwide.
Determined to be a responsible corporate citizen, Gunze aims to give back to the societies in which the company operates by adhering to its founding philosophy, which underscores a people-oriented approach, a commitment to quality, and coexistence.
Contacts
Press
Gunze Limited Corporate Communication Department TEL： 81-6-6348-1314 (Shinji Nonaka)
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