• Sumitomo Osaka Cement forecasts operating profit of 15 billion yen for the year ending March 2027, up 9.9%.
• Sales are projected to rise 7.7% to 241 billion yen.
• Cement operating profit is forecast to fall 23.6% to 4.2 billion yen; High-Performance Products profit should rise 85.7% to 4.5 billion yen.
• The domestic cement demand forecast was cut by 1 million tons to 29 million tons.
• First-half operating profit rose 49.2% to 6.15 billion yen, supported by earlier cement price increases despite weak domestic demand.

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