Mitsui Bussan
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| legal form | Kabushiki kaisha (joint stock company) |
| ISIN | JP3893600001 |
| founding | July 25, 1947 |
| Seat |
Chiyoda , Tokyo , Japan
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| management | Tatsuo Yasunaga, President & Executive Director |
| Number of employees | 6006 (Group: 47,118) |
| sales | 5404 billion yen (43.1 billion euros ) |
| Branch | Conglomerate |
| Website | www.mitsui.com |
| As of March 31, 2015 | |
Mitsui Bussan KK ( Japanese 三井 物産 株式会社 , Mitsui Bussan Kabushiki kaisha ; Eng. Mitsui & Co., Ltd. ) is a Japanese conglomerate . As one of the seven traditional large trading companies ( Sōgō Shōsha ), it is the largest company in the Mitsui Group and one of the largest companies in Japan .
In its current form, the company was established in 1947 as Daiichi Bussan , the first forerunner under the name Mitsui Bussan dates back to 1876. Before the Second World War , Mitsui Bussan was part of the Mitsui Zaibatsu , which was destroyed in 1945 by the occupation authorities.
Mitsui Bussan has seven business areas:
- Iron and steel products
- Mineral and metal resources
- energy
- Machines and infrastructure
- Chemicals
- Lifestyle
- Innovation and business development
Mitsui AgriScience
Mitsui AgriScience is the agricultural chemical sub-class of Mitsui Bussan, which, however, only holds 30% of the shares directly. It is not to be confused with Mitsui Chemicals Agro , which is part of Mitsui Chemicals .
Mitsui AgriScience operates in Europe through Certis Europe and in the USA as Certis USA. Certis is a global leader in biopesticides such as Bt , neem oil and codling moth granulovirus .
In 2014 Mitsui Bussan acquired DuPont's copper fungicide business .
Projects (selection)
- Dow-Mitsui Chlor-Alkali (sold to Olin Corporation ), Freeport, Texas
- Fairway Methanol (joint venture with Celanese ), Pasadena (Texas)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Top Message
- ↑ a b c Annual Report 2015
- ↑ Operating Segment - MITSUI & CO., LTD. Retrieved June 2, 2020 .
- ↑ portfolio companies
- ↑ About Certis USA
- ↑ certiseurope.com: Parent Company
- ↑ Mitsui to Acquire DuPont ™ Kocide® Copper Fungicide Business Assets , August 21, 2014
- ↑ Dissolution and liquidation of a subsidiary company , March 14, 2016
- ^ Methanol Manufacturing Business in Texas Commences Production , October 16, 2015