Message from the CEO

My name is Tatsuji Omori, and I assumed the position of President and CEO in April 2025.

We faced a severe operating environment in FY2024 as cocoa prices reached historic levels. This caused a significant decline in performance at Blommer in the U.S., a source of major concern for our shareholders and investors. At the same time, amid an environment of continuously rising cocoa prices, we successfully captured the strong demand for vegetable fats for chocolate (CBE) and compound chocolate made using vegetable fats for chocolate, both of which are our areas of expertise. We also advanced efforts to strengthen our business foundation in accordance with the basic policies of our Mid-term Management Plan, Reborn 2024. Thanks to those efforts, we achieved record high profits in multiple areas, including Japan, Southeast Asia, Australia, and Brazil, which helped increase profitability.
Blommer is also steadily advancing initiatives aligned with the structural reforms announced in March 2024. These efforts include closing the Chicago Plant and the contraction of the cocoa processing business.
In response to dramatic changes in our external environment, we will work to accurately identify the issues that impact our business to implement rapid management decisions.

From FY2025, we conducted a merger combining Fuji Oil Holdings, Inc. and Fuji Oil Co., Ltd. to transition from a pure holdings company structure to a business holding company structure. Through the change to business-axis management, we will apply the knowhow cultivated by Fuji Oil in Japan to global group companies and shift to a portfolio focused on high added value.

In October 2025, Fuji Oil will celebrate the 75th anniversary of its founding. The starting point of Fuji Oil growth thus far has been business development based on unique plant-based materials that utilize our technology and knowhow, and a creation of solution-based business that focused on working with customers to resolve issues. In addition to further strengthening competitiveness in existing domains, including the vegetable fats for chocolate and compound chocolate we have cultivated since our founding, I will drive Company growth by pursuing a business that uses plant-based materials to resolve issues, creating sustainable food resources to address growing demand, and advancing the development of a resilient supply chain.
I will continue to pursue sustainable contributions for our stakeholders, and ask shareholders and investors for your continued support.