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- Sangetsu Corporation (TSE:8130), Japan's leading provider of interior decorating products, plans, develops, manufactures, sells and installs a comprehensive range of wallcoverings, flooring materials, curtains, upholstery fabrics, ceramic tiles, countertops and exterior products; it also offers planning, design, construction supervision and installation services for facilities, office spaces and comprehensive spatial solutions. Wallcoverings, its core offering with over 4,000 items including functional variants featuring deodorizing, anti-bacterial, anti-scratch and antivirus properties, alongside brands like TEXTURE & MATERIAL 2025-2029, XSELECT PREMIUM COLLECTION, KAGETOHIKARI, FAITH 2022-2025 and REATEC self-adhesive PVC films; flooring materials encompass PVC sheets, PVC tiles, broadloom carpets, carpet tiles and homogeneous vinyl sheets under lines such as FLOOR TILE 2023-2026, ROLL CARPET CONTRACT & HOME 2023-2026 and HOME FLOOR 2024-2027; curtains and upholstery include over 4,000 window treatments like STRINGS 2024-2028 and UP 2024-2028 with washable, flame-retardant and anti-bacterial options; exterior products via subsidiary Sungreen Co., Ltd. cover doors, fences and terraces; and other items include BENRIDAIN 2025-2027 paste products. The company operates through Domestic Interior, Domestic Exterior and Overseas segments, serving residential, non-residential, commercial and institutional customers including homes, offices, hotels, hospitals, schools and construction projects across Japan via nine branches, over 50 sales offices, eight showrooms and a nationwide logistics network of flagship, regional and satellite centers; internationally, it maintains bases in North America via KOROSEAL INTERIOR PRODUCTS HOLDINGS, INC., Southeast Asia through Goodrich Global Holdings Pte., Ltd. and D’Perception Pte Ltd., and China/Hong Kong with GOODRICH GLOBAL LIMITED. Founded around 1850 during Japan's Edo Period and incorporated in April 1953, Sangetsu Corporation is headquartered at 1-4-1 Habashita, Nishi-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi, Japan. Recent developments include the April 2025 acquisition of logistics firm SDS Co., Ltd. to bolster delivery in Honshu and Kyushu following the 2022 purchase of Cloth Kikaku Ltd. in Kyushu; the July 2024 acquisition of D’Perception Pte. Ltd. for Southeast Asian space design and construction; establishment of a Comprehensive Space Business Division in April 2025 integrating design, construction management and marketing functions while overseeing subsidiary Fairtone Co., Ltd.; opening of PARCs Sangetsu Group Creative Hub in Hibiya, Tokyo in March 2024; and organizational enhancements like a corporate sales division and Construction Unit in April 2024 to capture non-residential renovation demand, alongside price revisions in December 2024 and progress under Medium-term Management Plan BX 2025 toward a space creation focus.