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Total assets rose to 8,725 million yen, and net assets to 6,058 million yen.\n\n### Outlook and investment plans\nFull-year guidance has been raised to net sales of 7,300 million yen, operating income of 850 million yen, ordinary income of 870 million yen, and net income of 650 million yen. In the medium to long term, buoyed by expanding AI and data center demand, the company has begun considering investing around 1.0 billion yen of equity financing to expand the Mihama plant to support a target 2028 operation. 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