UBE is executing a "Beyond Ethanol" transformation strategy, reducing reliance on its traditional ethanol business while building new growth engines. The restaurant business (Oshinei buffet format) showed strong Q2 growth (+19.3% YoY) and is being aggressively expanded to 31 branches by end-2026. Meanwhile, the cassava flour/starch division is developing high-value products to capitalize on rising commodity prices and global health trends, while the core ethanol business faces cost pressures that are being managed via multi-feed feedstock optimization and operational excellence initiatives.