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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$19.4B
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They sail with the trade winds! ITOCHU Corporation (OTC: ITOCY (ADR)) is a leader among trading companies. With offices in over 80 countries and operations that cover a broad spectrum of industries, this $5.8 billion company is among the world's largest corporations of any type. The company has seven major business groups, and together they cover a variety of products from finances, chemicals, aerospace, automobile, forest products, and textiles. Founded in 1858, this company is based in Minato-Ku, Tokyo, Japan, and employs about 41,000 people. In 2005 the company acquired Gloucester Coal Ltd which owns and operates two coal mines in Gloucester Basin in New South Wales of Australia, and Products for Surgery (headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas) and Flanagan Instruments (headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana), which sell devices used in operating rooms to hospitals in each of their respective territories.
President & CEO
Eizo KobayashiNumber of Employees 42,967
Contact Information
5-1 Kita-Aoyama 2-Chome
Minato-Ku
Tokyo 107 8077
(81) 334972121
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers: 423830
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Isuzu Creates Finance Unit
- 2007-06-01
Isuzu Motors has formed a captive finance company to help boost sales of its medium-duty trucks in North America. Officials said Isuzu Finance of America, which will be based in Purchase, N.Y, will focus initially on the Northeast as a priority region to support sales. "We regard the North American...
Akebono Brake Forms Strategic Alliance with ITOCHU
- 2006-12-19
Tokyo, Japan, Dec 19, 2006 - JCN Newswire - Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd. Akebono announced a decision to form a strategic alliance with ITOCHU Corporation ITOCHU in the areas of global business operations and sales of non-automotive products, in line with its Global 30 mid-term management plan for...
ALGERIA: Joint venture project completion for planned $5,000,000,000 highway and associated works is scheduled for 2010, KAJIMA CORP., TAISEI CORP., HAZAMA CORP., NISHIMATSU CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD. & ITOCHU CORP. [Japan] Order #: 114306.
- 2006-11-01
PROJECT OVERVIEW: PROJECT OVERVIEW:
ALGERIA: Joint venture project completion for planned $5,000,000,000 highway and associated works is scheduled for 2010, KAJIMA CORP., TAISEI CORP., HAZAMA CORP., NISHIMATSU CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD. & ITOCHU CORP. [Japan] Order #: 114306.
- 2006-11-01
PROJECT OVERVIEW: PROJECT OVERVIEW:
Emergency Filtration Products Progress Report
- 2005-04-14
HENDERSON, Nev. -- Emergency Filtration Products Inc. EFP (OTCBB: EMFP) today issued the following progress report: Military Initiatives In September 2004, the company announced that it had been awarded a Prototype Development/Testing/Evaluation Grant by the Center for Commercialization of Advanced Technology to develop a testing protocol for filter...
ITOCHU Announces Strategic Capital Alliance with Orient Corporation
- 2005-02-14
ITOCHU Corporation (TSE: 8001) and Orient Corporation have announced plans to form a strategic capital alliance to bolster each companies' businesses by mutually utilizing management resources. ITOCHU has been focusing on consumer and retail related businesses. In financial services area as well, it established an advanced foothold by...
ITOCHU to Invest in Preferred Shares of Isuzu
- 2004-11-25
ITOCHU Corporation has announced the decision to buy from several banks preferred shares that Isuzu Motors Ltd. The company will invest 6.6 billion yen for 8,225,000 preferred shares of Isuzu. Isuzu and ITOCHU have maintained a good business relationship over the years, and have steadily been engaged...
FUNCTIONAL TEXTILES
- 2004-11-01
Trading Firms' Functional Materials Japanese Trading Firms Are Enthusiastic About Functional and Sophisticated Materials. In their activities within the textile industry, Japanese trading firms have an obsessive desire to handle specialfibers such as fibers with special functional properties and fibers with a special environmental significance. As for general-purpose fibers or...
S.T. DUPONT TO ROLL OUT IN JAPAN.(Itochu Corp. agreement with S.T. Dupont S.A.)(Brief Article)
- 2003-11-03
TOKYO -- Itochu Corp., one of Japan's largest trading companies, said it has signed an agreement with S.T. Dupont SA of France for the exclusive manufacture and sale of the men's wear line in Japan. S.T. Dupont Classics will debut in the...
BRIEFING - ASIA ENERGY - JUNE 6, 2003.
- 2003-06-06
An executive briefing on energy for June 6, 2003, prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, Asia-based wire with exclusive news, commercial intelligence and business opportunities. PARTICIPANTS IN AUSTRALIA'S OTWAY GAS JV COMMIT TO NEXT PHASE MELBOURNE - The Otway Gas joint venture participants had...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Eizo Kobayashi | President & CEO |
| Masahiro Okafuji | President |
| Akira Yokaota | COO |
| Koji Takayanagi | Chief Operating Officer |
| Kouhei Watanabe | CIO |
| Sumitaka Fujita | CFO, Chief Admin Officer, Chief Compliance Officer & Executive Vice President |
| Toshihito Tamba | CFO & Chief Admin Officer |
| Yoshihisa Suzuki | Chief Accounting Officer |
| Akira Yokota | Executive Vice President |
| Etsuro Nakanishi | Executive Vice President |
| Makoto Kato | Executive Vice President |
| Kazutoshi Maeda | Senior Vice President |
| Fuminobu Oda | General Manager |
| Jimmy Ang | Executive Director |
| Akira Kodera | Managing Director |
| Hiroshi Kitamure | Managing Director |
| Jiro Takemori | Managing Director |
| Shigeki Nishiyama | Managing Director |
| Yoichi Okuda | Senior Managing Director |
| Fumitaka Horiuchi | Manager, Investor Relations |
| Masahiro N. Nakagawa | Managing Executive Officer & General Manager, HR |
| Minoru Akimitsu | Executive Officer & General Manager, IT Planning |
| Moinoru Akimitsu | General Manager |
| Takeshi Tanimura | General Manager, Nagoya |
| Yoshio Matsumi | General Manager |
| Akihisa Matsumoto | Managing Executive Officer |
| Akitomo Noto | Executive Officer |
| Bruce Niven | |
| Kazuhide Sasa | Executive Officer |
| Kazutomo Shima | Executive Officer |
| Kenichi Kamiyoshi | Executive Officer |
| Kenji Okada | Executive Officer |
| Masahito Tominaga | Executive Officer |
| Nobuo Kuwayama | Executive Officer |
| Nobuyuki Kaneko | Executive Officer |
| Satoshi Tanioka | Managing Executive Officer |
| Shigeharu Tanaka | Managing Executive Officer |
| Shuichi Morozumi | Executive Officer |
| Syozo Yoneya | Executive Officer |
| Tadayuki Seki | Executive Officer |
| Takanobou Furata | Executive Officer |
| Takao Shiomi | Executive Officer |
| Takeshi Ogata | Senior Executive |
| Takeyoshi Ide | Executive Officer |
| Tetsuhsi Ishizuka | Executive Officer |
| Toru Nomura | Executive Officer |
| Toru Ota | Managing Executive Officer |
| Toyoshige Yamada | Executive Officer |
| Yoichi Kobayashi | Executive Officer |
| Yoshihisa Aoki | Executive Officer |
| Yoshio Akamatsu | Managing Executive Officer |
| Yosuke Minamitani | Managing Executive Officer |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Uichiro Niwa | Chairman |
| Shigharu Tanaka | Board of Directors |
| Takanobu Furuta | Board of Directors |
| Youichi Kobayashi | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | President & CEO | Current |
| ITOCHU Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | President | Current |
| ITOCHU Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| ITOCHU Corporation | Managing Director | Former |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | COO | Current |
| ITOCHU Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | Chief Operating Officer | Current |
| ITOCHU Corporation | Executive Officer | Current |
| Chemoil Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Waseda University | Bachelor of Science | Former |
| Waseda University | Degree | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | CIO | Current |
| ITOCHU Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| ITOCHU Corporation | Senior Managing Director | Former |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | CFO, Chief Admin Officer, Chief Compliance Officer & Executive Vice President | Current |
| ITOCHU Corporation | Vice Chairman | Current |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | CFO & Chief Admin Officer | Current |
| ITOCHU Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
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| Euroheli Corporation | President | Current |
| ITOCHU Corporation | Chief Accounting Officer | Current |
| Euroheli Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| ITOCHU Corporation | Executive Officer | Former |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | Executive Vice President | Current |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | Executive Vice President | Current |
| ITOCHU Corporation | Managing Executive Officer | Former |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | Executive Vice President | Current |
| ITOCHU Corporation | Vice Chairman | Current |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | Senior Vice President | Current |
| ITOCHU Corporation | Executive Officer | Former |
Fuminobu Oda is General Manager within the International Energy Trading Department of the Energy, Metals and Minerals Company of Itochu Corporation. He has held appointments in the Itochu group of companies since 1984 within Domestic Marketing, Petroleum Products, Energy Sales and Supply, and International Energy Trading sections, departments and divisions. Mr Oda holds a Bachelor of Economics degree from Hiroshima University.
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | General Manager | Current |
| Chemoil Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | Executive Director | Current |
| Saxo Capital Markets | Board of Directors | Current |
| Singapore Exchange Limited | Executive Vice President & Head, Derivatives Trading | Former |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | Managing Director | Current |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | Managing Director | Current |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | Managing Director | Current |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | Managing Director | Current |
| ITOCHU Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | Senior Managing Director | Current |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | Manager, Investor Relations | Current |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | Managing Executive Officer & General Manager, HR | Current |
| ITOCHU Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | Executive Officer & General Manager, IT Planning | Current |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | General Manager | Current |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | General Manager, Nagoya | Current |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | General Manager | Current |
| ITOCHU Corporation | Executive Officer | Former |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | Managing Executive Officer | Current |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | Executive Officer | Current |
| ITOCHU Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | Current | |
| Advent Technologies LLC | Director | Current |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | Executive Officer | Current |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | Executive Officer | Current |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | Executive Officer | Current |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | Executive Officer | Current |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | Executive Officer | Current |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | Executive Officer | Current |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | Executive Officer | Current |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | Managing Executive Officer | Current |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | Managing Executive Officer | Current |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | Executive Officer | Current |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | Executive Officer | Current |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | Executive Officer | Current |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | Executive Officer | Current |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | Executive Officer | Current |
Mr. Ogata joined the board in 1999 and serves the company as a business and technology consultant in Japan. He is a senior executive with Itochu Corporation of Tokyo, Japan. Within Itochu he has served as a Managing Director of Itochu Machinery and Information Group and Senior Managing Director as well as President of Itochu Construction. He was most recently Chairman of Itochu's Innotech Corporation. Mr. Ogata was the leader in Itochu's corporate redirection into high technology businesses with a resulting $30 billion equity value. He was founder and Chairman of several Itochu technology companies including CTC, the largest systems integrator in Japan with an equity value of $10 billion, and J-SAT, a joint venture of Itochu Sumitomo and NTT communications. Mr. Ogata is the Japanese distributor for Oracle and Sun Microsystems.
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | Senior Executive | Current |
| Cdt Systems, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | Executive Officer | Current |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | Executive Officer | Current |
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| ITOCHU Corporation | Managing Executive Officer | Current |
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