ITOCHU Stock

ITOCHU Corporation operates as a general trading company in Japan.

The company conducts trading, finance, and logistics involving various products, as well as project planning and coordination. Also, the company has cultivated a range of functions and expertise through investments in resource development and other projects.

Segments

The company implements various business activities across a span of industries. To engage in these business activities, the company has established a system of eight Division Companies organized in line with their respective industries, principal products, and services—Textile, Machinery, Metals & Minerals, Energy & Chemicals, Food, General Products & Realty, ICT & Financial Business, and The 8th Company. These Division Companies are the segment units for which the company's management determines management strategies and the allocation of management resources.

Textile

This segment engages in the production and sales of various stages of the textile business from raw materials, threads, textiles to the final products for garments, home furnishings, and industrial materials, on a worldwide scale. In addition, the segment promotes overseas brand businesses and retail operations related to Internet shopping.

Machinery

This segment engages in the business activities for projects and related services and production of equipment for plants, bridges, railways, and other infrastructures; power generation, electricity sales and water resources and environment-related equipment; trading of ships, aircraft, automobiles, construction machinery, industrial machinery, machine tools, environmental equipment, electronic devices, and related equipment; and trading of biomass fuel and environmental business activities, such as renewable and alternative energy businesses. In addition, the segment engages in medical device transactions in medical-related business areas.

Metals & Minerals

This segment engages in metal and mineral resource development, the processing of steel products, trading in iron ore, coal, pig iron and ferrous raw materials, non-ferrous and light metals, steel products, nuclear fuels in Japan and overseas, and trading in greenhouse gas emissions.

Energy & Chemicals

This segment engages in the trading of energy-related products, such as oil, petroleum products, LPG, LNG, natural gas, and electric power, as well as related projects, the exploration, development, and production of petroleum and gas-related projects, heat supply business, the business and trading in organic chemicals, inorganic chemicals, pharmaceutical products, plastics, fine chemicals, electronic materials, and storage batteries.

Food

This segment pursues efficiency-oriented operations from production and distribution to retail in various areas of food from raw materials to finished products both in Japan and internationally.

General Products & Realty

This segment engages in the general products and distribution sector, such as pulp and paper business, natural rubber business, tire business, and logistics business; and in the construction and real estate sector, such as development, sales, lease, and operation of real estate and building products & materials business.

ICT & Financial Business

This segment engages in the ICT sector, such as IT solutions, internet-related services, and the distribution of mobile phone devices and after-sales services; and in the finance and insurance sector, such as various financial services and insurance business.

The 8th

This segment collaborates with the seven existing Division Companies to fully utilize various business platforms, primarily in the consumer sector. By accelerating cross-industrial integrations and cross-Division Company initiatives, The 8th Company develops new business fields and cultivates new partners with a market-oriented perspective for catering to market and consumer needs.

History

ITOCHU Corporation was founded in 1858.