• Artience posted first-half net sales of JPY 189.65 billion, up 12.4% year on year, with operating profit rising 34.1% to JPY 12.57 billion.
• Ordinary profit climbed 69.4% to JPY 14.63 billion; profit attributable to owners of parent more than doubled to JPY 13.73 billion.
• Segment operating profit rose across core units, led by Colorants and Functional Materials up 129.6% to JPY 1.87 billion, with Polymers and Coatings at JPY 4.59 billion.
• Cash and cash equivalents ended June at JPY 44.17 billion, down JPY 1.62 billion from the start of the year.
• Artience kept its full-year forecast unchanged, targeting net sales of JPY 360 billion with operating profit of JPY 23 billion.

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