Mitsui & Stock

Mitsui & Co., Ltd. operates as a general trading company worldwide.

The company engages in a range of business activities, including worldwide trading of various commodities, arranging financing for customers and suppliers in connection with its trading activities, organizing and coordinating international industrial projects by using the global office network and its ability to gather information.

The company’s business activities include the sale, import, export, offshore trading, production and various services, such as retail, information and telecommunication, technology, logistics and finance in the areas of iron and steel, mineral and metal resources, machinery and infrastructure, chemicals, energy, lifestyle, innovation and corporate development.

The company also participates in the development of natural resources, such as oil, gas, iron and steel raw materials. It has been proactively making strategic business investments in certain new industries, such as IT, renewable energy and environmental solution businesses.

Segments

Iron & Steel Products: This segment offers steel product for infrastructure projects, automotive components, and steel products used in energy industry and others.

Mineral & Metal Resources: This segment offers iron ore, coal, copper, nickel, alminum, ferrous copper raw materials, recycling solutions, and others.

Machinery & Infrastructure: This segment offers electric power, marine energy, gas distribution, water treatment and supply, infrastructure, automotive, construction, transportation, ships, aircraft, and others.

Chemicals: This segment offers petrochemical raw material and products, inorganic raw material and products, synthetic resin material products, agricultural material, and others.

Energy: This segment offers oil, natural gas, LNG, petroleum products, uranium, environmental and next-generation energy, and others.

Lifestyle: This segment offers foods, fashion, housing and industrial materials, real estate, healthcare, outsourcing services, and others.

Innovation & Corporate Development: This segment offers asset management, leasing, insurance, buyout investment, venture investment, commodity derivatives, logistics center, information system, and others.

Americas: This segment offers feed additives, tank terminal, iron and steel products, and others.

Europe, the Middle East and Africa: This segment offers chemicals, iron and steel products, and machinery.

Asia Pacific: This segment offers chemicals, iron and steel products, food resources, and food products.

The company also engages in designing, building and operation of wastewater treatment plants; investment and management of power projects in U.S.; investment in power producing business in Brazil; Development and operation of container terminal; operation of air cargo terminal at Tokyo International Airport; import and sales of automobiles and auto parts in Chile; retail sales of automobiles and auto parts; motorcycle and automobile retail finance; auto parts logistics; investment in full-service truck leasing, rental and logistics business; sales of construction and mining equipment; sales of machine tools in the U.S.A.; sale of machine tools and peripheral equipment; shipping business; import and sales of helicopters and defense and aerospace products; investment in passenger transportation business in Brazil; freightcar leasing and management in North America; and locomotive leasing and management in Europe.

History

Mitsui & Co., Ltd. was incorporated in 1947.