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Steel Distribution Professionals
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  • Network

    Our solid global business foundation and vast operations network span every region of the world, making us a partner capable of delivering all the functions, information and other key assets our customers require to succeed in their business endeavors.

  • Business Management

    We engage in a diverse range of businesses in Japan and overseas. That includes steel processing businesses such as service center business or plate cutting; high-spec processing business to meet requirement from customers such as pipe threading or accessory manufacturing. As a result, we provide a superlative supply chain that ensures high-value-added services.

  • Logistics

    We integrate the transportation know-how, robust infrastructure and solid services of all MISI Group companies, and have all the right people and support functions in the right places. This is critical to ensuring the optimal distribution so critical in today’s accelerating wave of globalization, and to effectively realizing the streamlined “just-in-time” supply network our customers demand.

  • Risk Management

    Our groups of experts specializing in the legal, social infrastructure, taxation, trade and other types of risk encountered around the world identify specific vulnerabilities. Based on their findings, we furnish advice and proposals on key points of scrutiny, optimal business models and other support to help customers expand their commercial operations.

  • IT Solution

    By mobilizing the vast pool of business data and constantly evolving IT advances for which MISI possesses, we progressively envision new services that address the emerging demands of the digital age. This contributes to stronger overall supply chain functions, enhanced market competitiveness and greater business efficiency.

  • Financial Support

    Based on our stellar creditworthiness and extensive sources of funding, we merge sound information gathering and analysis capabilities that leverage our domestic and overseas networks with steadfast credit management functions. This topflight combination supports proposals of the soundest and most efficient financial plans for each customer.

Divisions

Steel Product Construction, Civil Engineering, Energy and Shipbuilding

Divisions: Iron & Steel Division-I, Tubular Products Division

We trade various steel materials and develop related businesses for infrastructure fields such as construction, civil engineering, shipbuilding, construction machinery, railways, and the energy and plant engineering/maintenance industries.

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Iron & Steel Division-I

Stable Supply of Steel to Build World Infrastructure

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Stable Supply of Steel to Build World Infrastructure

Iron & Steel Division-I

Product Lines
Plates, bars, shapes, rails, pipe, piles, other structural steel, slabs, billets, blooms, other semi-finished products, and clad steel
Strategic Partner for Top Global Manufacturers in Shipbuilding, Heavy Electric Equipment, Construction Machinery and Infrastructure Facilities
lron & Steel Division-l supplies wide range of steel products used in shipbuilding, plants, construction and industrial machinery, infrastructure facilities and many other key fields in Japan and overseas. By leveraging our connection with our processing and sales bases, we satisfy the diverse needs of our customers in steel plate cutting and molding, inventory management, transport and other key sectors.
Supplying Steel Products to SDG-Related Fields
We are a major supplier of steel products used to build railway tracks and bridges, construction machinery that are mission-critical for resource development, offshore structures and fields that are related to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which now draw global attention. In the SDGs sector, we launched the Offshore Wind-Power Development Team to supply final products for offshore wind-power projects both in Japan and overseas. As part of our efforts to develop a steel supply chain for offshore wind power, we are studying and promoting investments beyond the trade business. We are committed to excelling as a solution provider in the global-wide renewable energy field.
Marubeni-Itochu Sumisho Techno Steel Inc. —a construction materials specialty trading company that addresses today’s emerging needs
In addition to steel construction materials targeting the building and civil engineering fields, primarily in Japan, Marubeni-Itochu Sumisho Techno Steel supplies an innovative lineup of products designed to reduce manpower and construction period that also address social needs. Our goal is to boost the quality of people’s lives by helping to create a safer and more affluent social infrastructure.

Tubular Products Division

Designing the Energy Business to Realize a Carbon-Neutral World

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a Carbon-Neutral World

Tubular Products Division

Product Lines
OCTG, line pipe, clad steel pipe, structural pipe, ductile iron pipe, specialty pipe and tubes, general piping, mechanical structural tubes, stainless steel pipe, etc.
Contributing to the stable supply of Energy Delivering oil & gas from underground to consumer
The Tubular Products Division contributes to the stable and efficient operations of its customers in energy development, civil engineering and construction, machinery manufacturing, and other major industries by supplying all varieties of steel pipe and related services. In addition to oil and natural gas developments, MISI focuses on areas such as renewable energy and carbon capture and storage, in its attempt to contributing to realize eco-friendly carbon-neutral society.
Providing Integrated Management Services for Oil and Gas Field Extraction
Crude oil and natural gas resources often lie thousands of meters below the Earth’s surface. MISI provides globally its integrated tubular management services, contributing to oil and gas development. The line of services includes material recommendation for oil country tubular goods (OCTGs), as well as the procurement of OCTGs that meet the needs of specific drilling and production plans and related services that include storage, processing, inspections and repairs.
Support Massive Infrastructure Construction Projects Like Oil and Gas Pipelines
Pipelines connect oil and gas fields and consumer’s or where oil & gas are refined as final products. Pipelines routes range from seabed to mountains and its distance could be thousands of kilo-meters. MISI provides functions such as procurement, financing and logistics both locally and globally related to supply of high-performance steel pipe, which supports pipeline projects that takes on the role of energy transportation .

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Steel Sheet (Domestic & Overseas), Automotive, Electrical Machinery and Containers

Divisions: Iron & Steel Division-II, Iron & Steel Division-III, Automotive Steel Products Division

We trade steel sheets and its semi-finished products for steel manufacturers and distributors, steel sheets for the electrical machinery/housing equipment/construction materials/container industries, various steel products for the automobile industry, and develop related businesses.

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Iron & Steel Division-II

A Powerhouse of Steel Sheets Global Trade and steel packaging Supply

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A Powerhouse of Steel Sheets Global Trade and steel packaging Supply

Iron & Steel Division-II

Product Lines
Slabs, hot-rolled steel sheets, cold-rolled steel sheets, coated steel sheets, tinplate, tin-free steel
Establishing a Global Steel Sheet Sales Network and Supply Chain
The Overseas Steel Sheets Department specializes in steel sheet exports and trilateral trade. Utilizing our extensive global network of customers and information, we aim to achieve a top share in transaction volume. A prime example of our integrated supply chain is our operation in Thailand, which covers from hot-rolled steel sheet production to steel sheet processing. On the strength of strong overseas business investments, we are building a robust global steel sheet sales network capable of capturing the demand for sheet construction materials.
Contributing to Global Sustainability with Tinplate and Tin-Free Steel
The Tin Mill Products Department—the organization specializing in handling steel packaging—serves customers in Japan and around the world, and boasts one of the industry’s highest handling volumes. By strengthening ties with both customers and manufacturers and expanding the scale of our business both in Japan and overseas, we are providing sustainable value throughout the entire supply chain that goes far beyond the distribution of steel products.

Iron & Steel Division-III

Mobilizing Domestic and Overseas Processing Bases and Distribution Networks to Continue Creating a More Sustainable Supply

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Mobilizing Domestic and Overseas Processing Bases and Distribution Networks to Continue Creating a More Sustainable Supply

Iron & Steel Division-III

Product Lines
Hot-rolled steel sheets, cold-rolled steel sheets, coated steel sheets, electrical steel sheets. stainless steel. titanium, copper alloy tubes, stainless steel clad plates, and various new materials
Contributing to Decarbonization (Creating a Brighter Tomorrow)
Iron & Steel Division-III is working hard to establish a global supply chain for high-performance products used in renewable energy and electric vehicles, supporting a steady stream of items excelling in both efficiency and quality. The aim is to lower the environmental burden on society as a whole while helping to meet global SDGs in the enduring quest to achieve an environmentally friendly society. The division supplies high-performance products such as electrical steel sheet, stainless steel, titanium, nickel alloy products and galvanized steel sheet to wide-ranging sectors both in Japan and overseas. These products possess outstanding electrical properties, high corrosion resistance, heat resistance, strength and other attributes, and excel in electric vehicles, wind-power generation, solar power generation, aircraft, ships, semiconductors, batteries, seawater desalination plants, large-scale flood gates and other areas, supporting contemporary society.
Enhancing Functions of the Coil Center Business and Steel Distribution Network (Delivering Value)
Iron & Steel Division-III also supplies steel sheet, electrical steel sheet and stainless steel for use in home appliances, housing equipment, steel furniture, automotive parts, railroad cars and numerous other products closely linked to daily life. Leveraging the global processing network of MISI Group companies to the optimal degree, we supply customers around the world with high-added-value steel products.

Automotive Steel Products Division

Supporting Global Automobile Production through Meticulous Service

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Supporting Global Automobile Production through Meticulous Service

Automotive Steel Products Division

Product Lines
Automotive steel sheets(hot-rolled steel sheets, cold-rolled steel sheets and coated steel sheets), and materials used to produce automobiles, construction machineries and industrial machineries (including specialty steel, wire rods, stainless steel, and electrical steel sheets)
Strengthening Trading Company Functions　　—Promote DX, Raise Customer Satisfaction
By promoting digital transformation (DX) designed to optimize supply chain management focused on existing processing bases in Japan and overseas, we provide top-caliber service to all customers.
New Business Fields　—Creating New Functions
The automobile industry is in a period of great upheaval, driven by the vision of future mobility known as CASE (connected, autonomous, shared and electric). To address the needs of this emerging era, MISI established its Next-Generation Div. Business Development Team last fiscal year to have it take a leading role in advancing into new business realms that span investment in Japan and overseas. Vigorous initiatives are likewise underway to expand sales of automotive-use aluminum blanks, super-high-tensile strength materials, hot stamping use steel and other new commodities. This extends to MISI’s contributions in aluminum blanks, tailor welded blanks, laser blanks and other new processing fields, specialty steel precision machining, expansion of the bearing sector and on other essential fronts.
Toward a Carbon-Neutral World 　—Realizing a Richer Social Fabric
MISI is a principal partner in electrification and weight reduction in support of next-generation mobility, helping to realize decarbonization for society as a whole.

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Overseas Subsidiaries

Overseas Subsidiaries: Marubeni-Itochu Steel America Inc. (MISA)、Marubeni-Itochu Steel Europe GmbH. (MISEA)、Marubeni-Itochu Steel Pte.Ltd. (MISP)、Marubeni-Itochu Steel (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

Overseas affiliates possessing the same basic functions MISI does advance trade of wide-ranging steel products in various regions and nations and spearhead related business operations deeply rooted in their respective areas.

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Marubeni-Itochu Steel America Inc. (MISA)

MISA operates seven sales offices in the United States, two in Canada, and two in Mexico. Our subsidiaries include ClarkDietrich Building Systems, the industry’s leading manufacturer of steel framing. We are moving to expand our operations in both residential and nonresidential construction—two fields projected to enjoy growth.

Marubeni-Itochu Steel Europe GmbH. (MISEA)

Europe is undergoing major shifts on the geopolitical front as well as it moves into a critical period of upheaval full of demands for positive climate change measures and other enlightened action. In Africa, certain countries are struggling with foreign currency shortages, although this market continues to generate growth on the strength of increasing population. Both regions are characterized by complex mixes of high potential and stiff challenges. MISEA is determined to evolve its operations on the foundation built on their markets over the years to date, with an eye on the future after changes. This upgrade will focus on the redoubled push to rise to the challenges existing on the trade and investment fronts. Recent moves in this direction include acquiring a construction steel processing and sales company in the UK, targeting local production for local consumption. We also invested in a company in Ireland that manufactures mooring anchors for floating offshore wind-power generation. We concentrate our efforts to secure access to renewable energy and other steps paving the way to greater progress.

Marubeni-Itochu Steel Pte.Ltd. (MISP)

Due to the economic growth of ASEAN countries, steel consumption is growing and local steel companies are continuing to show remarkable growth. MISP is shifting from transactions focused on importing products from outside the region to transactions based on local production and local consumption, and focusing on distribution within the ASEAN region, which is expected to continue to expand. We will pour more effort into develop new local customers and invest in other promising growth fields.

Marubeni-Itochu Steel (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

China is the world’s largest steel producing nation, and its steel industry is undergoing numerous dynamic changes. They include the reorganization and integration of steelmakers; adoption of smarter, more advanced production technology; expanded demand accompanying the country’s Belt and Road global infrastructure development vision; and mounting optimum responses to offshore wind power, solar power, electric vehicles and other new energy fields forecast to advance with evergreater momentum. Within this scope, Marubeni-Itochu Steel (Shanghai) collaborates with MISI’s local bases and subsidiaries active in China, moving to capture the steel demand in this massive market and create values that contribute to a brighter future for customers there.

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