Catering to Users’ Needs through Our Overseas Network

This division is composed of four business units: the Non-Ferrous Products A Business Unit, the Non-Ferrous Products B Business Unit, Store, Housing and Building Materials Business Unit, and Non-Ferrous Materials Business Unit.

In the metal products segment, we have taken the lead over our competitors in entering into heat-exchanger-related transactions and, taking advantage of our rich experience and expertise accumulated in this area, we are dealing in a wide range of products for heat exchangers, including copper pipes, rolled and extruded aluminum materials, and manufacturing facilities; we are enjoying the fullest confidence of customers both at home and abroad. In addition, we are now working to boost the turnover of aluminum-die-cast components for household electric appliances and for automotive parts, meeting users’ needs through tie-ups with leading overseas manufacturers.

In the field of store, housing and building materials business, we support the promotion of streamlining, power saving and cost management of each business from the design to the construction and maintenance of franchise store construction.

In the materials segment, we are dealing in lead bullion and related processed products, mainly for the markets of China and Southeast Asia, where we have a solid sales network that includes overseas subsidiaries and affiliates, our production bases. As part of our commitment to environmental protection, we are also actively promoting the business of recycling automotive batteries and other products.

Fulfilling Demand for Raw Materials, Processed Products, and New Materials

This division is composed of three business units: the Special Steel Business Unit, the Ferrous Raw Materials and Minerals Business Unit, and the IT and Environment Materials Business Unit.

In the products segment, we have many years’ experience and knowledge in transactions in bearing steels, which are used mainly in automotive bearings, and processed products, and we are exporting them primarily to North America, Europe, and China. In the area of common steels, we are focusing on high-value-added processed-product-related transactions based on tie-ups with our affiliates engaged in processing and marketing.

In the materials segment, we are meeting customers’ needs through high-quality and steady-supply sources for import transactions involving ferrous alloy centering on ferrochromium, a raw material used in the manufacture of special steels such as stainless steels, as well as through the development and import of new materials intended for use in consumer electronics equipment, the information industry, and environment-related fields.

* The Iron and Steel Products Business Unit was integrated into the Special Steels Business Unit on October 1, 2005.

Providing High-Quality
Physical- Logistics Services

This division offers proposals best suited to a customer’s management policies for physical-logistics operations such as the creation of a supply-chain management system that includes recycling through a combination of activities that encompass storing domestic, export, and import cargoes; cargo handling; processing; packaging; customs clearance; shipping; forwarding; and delivery. The Non-Ferrous Metal Logistics Business Unit is engaged in logistics operations for heavy goods, such as nonferrous metal ingots, using our logistics centers. Thus, drawing on its own specialized capabilities, this business unit is providing fined-tuned and high-quality services that serve the transportation and logistics needs of our customers.