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Global lifestyle and beauty packaging company SUN&L (SUN&L Co., Ltd., CEO Lee Yun-gyu) announced on the 3rd that it is showing signs of a positive earnings turnaround thanks to its business restructuring efforts.
Through a preliminary earnings disclosure, SUN&L reported that its sales for the second quarter of 2026, based on separate financial statements, increased by 3.7% from the previous quarter to reach 27.7 billion won. This resulted in an operating profit of 900 million won, marking a return to profitability compared to both the previous quarter and the same period last year.
The provisional net income for the second quarter was recorded at 10.8 billion won, turning into a profit. Based on this, the cumulative net income for the first half of the year is estimated at 6.9 billion won. SUN&L explained that disposal gains from the sale of certain assets, including forest land in Pohang, were reflected in these results.
The reported second-quarter operating results are based on separate financial statements under Korean-adopted International Financial Reporting Standards (K-IFRS) and may be subject to some changes depending on the outcome of the external auditor's review.
A key factor behind this turnaround is the strong performance of the 'lifestyle and beauty' business segment, which is being focused on as a future growth driver. The lifestyle and beauty segment achieved cumulative sales of 30 billion won and an operating profit of 1.6 billion won in the first half of the year, driving overall company profitability. This is seen as the result of successfully restructuring its portfolio from a business model centered on beauty and household product packaging to a more diversified one.
A company official stated, "As part of efforts to improve operational efficiency, we suspended operations in the green energy segment during the first quarter and are currently pursuing various structural restructuring plans." The official added, "The exit from past businesses, such as the liquidation of our New Zealand subsidiary (SLNZ), combined with a strategic focus on new ventures centered on beauty packaging, is demonstrating tangible improvements in our financial health through actual results."
The official further noted, "We will continue to strengthen our competitiveness in the beauty and household product packaging market throughout the second half of the year, achieving both top-line growth and substantive improvements in profitability."
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