Company Name: Metal One Corporation
Headquarters: 7-2, Marunouchi 2-chome,
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-7032,
Japan
Tel: +81-3-6777-2000
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Established: January 6, 2003
Capitalization: ¥100 billion
Shareholders: Mitsubishi Corporation and Sojitz Corporation
Scale of business: Consolidated assets: Approx. ¥1,148.5 billion (for the term ended March 2023)
Consolidated revenue: Approx. ¥2,396.2 billion (for the term ended March 2023)
No. of employees: Consolidated: Approx. 10,000 (As of April 2023)
Non-consolidated: 947 (As of April 2023)
Directors, Corporate Auditors and Executive Officers:

President & CEO, Director:Keisuke Kitamura

Senior Executive Vice President, Director:Shigeru Nishihara

Special Deputy to the President, Chief Compliance Officer, Corporate Supervising Officer (Law & General Affairs)

Director:Kotaro Tsukamoto

Executive Vice President; Group CEO, Industrial Materials Group; Mitsubishi Corporation

Director:Koji Ohno

Senior Vice President; Division COO, Steel Products Div.; Mitsubishi Corporation

Director:Ryutaro Hirai

Representative Director, Executive Vice President; Advisor to the President, Executive Management of Business Group (Automotive, Aerospace & Transportation Project, Infrastructure & Healthcare), and East Asia region; Sojitz Corporation

Audit & Supervisory Board Member:Seisuke Sumimoto

Audit & Supervisory Board Member:Nobuo Mio

General Manager for Next-Generation Energy, Industrial Materials, & Chemicals Solution Administration Dept.; Mitsubishi Corporation

Audit & Supervisory Board Member:Toshihiro Koizumi

COO, Internal Control Administration Dept.; Sojitz Corporation

Audit & Supervisory Board Member:Osamu Matsuura

Executive Officer; COO, Metals, Mineral Resources & Recycling Division; Sojitz Corporation

Senior Executive Vice President:Yoshihisa Fujiwara

Senior Assistant to the President (Human Resources, Administration, Group Governance)

Senior Executive Vice President:Eisuke Shiozaki

Senior Assistant to the President (Business Transformation), Chief Digital Officer

Senior Executive Vice President:Yoshihisa Miyamoto

Senior Assistant to the President, COO, Plate, Construction & Tubular Products Business Div.

Managing Executive Officer & CFO:Yoshio Takahashi

Corporate Supervising Officer (Corporate Administration), CFO

Executive Officer:Takeo Nukui

Representative Director, President & CEO; MM & KENZAI Corporation

Executive Officer:Masashi Mizuno

COO, Wire, Specialty & Stainless Steel Business Div.

Executive Officer:Keita Takai

COO, Flat Products Business Div.

Executive Officer:Makoto Morita

COO, Global Marketing & Energy Project Business Div.

Executive Officer:Hitoshi Hattori

Chief Regional Officer (North & Central America); President, Metal One Holdings America, Inc.; President, Metal One America, Inc.

Executive Officer:Akito Nakamura

COO, Global Business Div.

(As of October 1, 2023)

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  • Organization

The way of Metal OneHistory

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  • ~ today
  • January 2003 Metal One established
    April 2003 Mid-term Consolidated Management Plan announced
    Equity stake taken in the establishment of New Sanko Seisen Limited
    Equity stake taken in the establishment of NC Network China Inc.
    July 2003 MC Hanwa (Thailand) Co., Ltd. established in Thailand
    MC Hanwa Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. established in Malaysia
    September 2003 First environment-related volunteer activity carried out
    Line pipe order for Sakhalin 2 natural gas development project received
    January 2004 Equity stake taken in the establishment of pail manufacturer Japan Pail Corporation
    NIK Metal Corporation and NI Steel Products Co., Ltd. merge to establish Metal One Steel Products Corporation
    February 2004 Equity stake taken in the establishment of automotive blanking operation Mizushima Metal Products Corporation
    March 2004 ISO14001 environmental management system accreditation acquired
    Watex Corporation established
    April 2004 Galvart Japan Company Limited established
    Nissho Iwai Structural Steel Co., Ltd. and MC Metaltech Corporation merge to form Metal One Structural Steel & Resource Corporation
    May 2004 Metal One Hanwa (Hong Kong) Limited established in Hong Kong
    June 2004 Equity participation taken in the establishment of hydraulic shovel cabin manufacturer PM Cabin Manufacturing Co., Ltd. in China
    Nifast Hungary Kft. established to handle automotive fasteners in Hungary
    July 2004 Equity stake taken in the establishment of Ring Techs Guangzhou Co., Ltd., a steel wheel venture in China
    September 2004 Automotive steel service center Metal One Service Asia (Foshan, China) established
    October 2004 Electrical equipment sector service center Hangzhou Metal One Precision Products Co., Ltd. established
    November 2004 Equity stake taken in Kobe Wire Products (Foshan) Co., Ltd.
    January 2005 Stainless One Corporation established through mergers and restructuring of stainless steel operations
    Qingdao Haili Metal One Steel Products Co., Ltd., a service center in China, starts operations.
    April 2005 MO Nishinihon Steel Center Co., Ltd. established
    July 2005 Asahi Steel Co., Ltd., MC Metalworks Co., Ltd., and Ryoyo Steel Center Co., Ltd. merge to form Metal One Specialty Steel Corporation
    Watex’s Hokkaido area operations spun off to form Watex Hokkaido Corporation
    October 2005 Stake in Osaka Tamatsukuri Kogyo (today's Tamatsukuri Corporation) increased
    Steel distributor Minmetals Steel Wuhan Co., Ltd. formed in China through a joint venture
  • January 2006 Metal One Stainless (Asia) Pte. Ltd. launched through a merger of three Singapore stainless steel subsidiaries
    April 2006 Second mid-term management plan for FY2006-08 formulated
    June 2006 Chinese stainless steel service center Metal One Precision (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. commences operations
    July 2006 Ryowa Steel Corporation and Metal One's Mizushima Office merge to form Metal One Ryowa Corporation
    September 2006 Equity stake taken in the establishment of Nippon Steel Bar & CH Wire (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., manufacturer and retailer of steel wire for cold heading
    Metal One (Guang Zhou) Commerce established
    October 2006 Stainless steel service center established in Dongguan, China
    November 2006 Additional shares acquired in Brazil's Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais S.A. (Usiminas)
    December 2006 Equity stake taken in the establishment of Nippon Steel Bar & CH Wire (Thailand) Co., Ltd., manufacturer and retailer of steel wire for cold heading
    January 2007 Corporate philosophy announced
    Equity stake taken in the establishment of Neturen America Corporation, a manufacturer and retailer of induction heated, quenched, and tempered wire (ITW) for the automotive sector.
    Metal One Stainless (Thailand) Co., Ltd. established
    Metal One Tinplate & Container Corporation formed through mergers and restructuring in the tinplate and container sector
    Metal One (Beijing) Commerce Co., Ltd. established
    March 2007 Hangzhou Metal One Steel Plates Processing Co., Ltd., a manufacturer that melt cuts and processes steel plate into parts for construction machinery, established
    April 2007 Equity participation taken in AOI Co., Ltd.
    Participation in the project to establish a Pakistani cold rolling mill joint venture Aisha Steel Mills Ltd.
    June 2007 Metal One Stainless Raw Materials Corporation is formed through the merger of stainless steel scrap operations
    Vietnamese sheet processing center Hanoi Metal One Steel Center Co., Ltd. starts up
    July 2007 Equity participation taken in the establishment of Tata Metaliks Kubota Pipes Limited in India
    October 2007 Nifast India Private Ltd. established to supply automotive fasteners in India
    November 2007 Metal One Kokko Corporation established jointly with Kokko Sangyo Co., Ltd.
    January 2008 Suzufuji Steel Service Co., Ltd. and Asami Steel Corporation merged to establish Metal One Steel Service Corporation
    ELG Nippon Stainless Resources Co., Ltd. formed
    February 2008 Suzhou Metal One Steel Plates Processing Co., Ltd. established
    April 2008 Major steel plate manufacturer Seikoh Co., Ltd. acquired
    Metal One’s specialty steel division merges with Metal One Specialty Steel
    Equity participation taken in the formation of steel frame fabricator Universal Steel Fabrication Vina-Japan Co., Ltd. in Vietnam
    June 2008 Metal One Corporation India Pvt. Ltd. established
    November 2008 Announcement of coordination among and mergers of east China region steel service centers
    April 2009 Plant tubular products supplier Almana Trading Metal One W.L.L. established in Qatar
    Stainless One and MC Musashi Co., Ltd. merge their operations
    May 2009 Steel plate and shape surface treatment company Hakodate Steel Center Corporation established
    July 2009 Mutual equity swap executed between Shanghai Jiari Precise Steel Sheet Products Co., Ltd. and Suzhou Nippon Steel Service Center Co., Ltd.
    October 2009 Metal One Tinplate & Container and Tsukuba Tinplate Coil Center Corporation merge, become MOBY Corporation
    Management Policy 2011 announced
    November 2009 Equity stake taken in PT Latinusa Tbk, an Indonesian tinplate manufacturer and retailer
    December 2009 Equity participation taken in the formation of Soluções em Aço Usiminas S.A. (Solutions Usiminas) in Brazil
    April 2010 Secondary wire product manufacturer Matsubishi Metal Industry Co., Ltd. takes over New Sanko Seisen Limited
    June 2010 Third mid-term management plan for FY2009-11 announced
    Metal One takes equity stake in Nippon Steel Pipe Vietnam Co., Ltd., a new steel pipe pile and sheet pile manufacturer in Vietnam
    September 2010 Sheet processing center Manesar Steel Processing (India) Private Ltd. established
    October 2010 Equity stake taken in the establishment of U.S. plate processing center Tubular Structures International, LLC
    November 2010 Metal One Service Center Holdings Corporation established
    December 2010 Komatsugawa Kohki K.K.'s trade rights on light-gauge shape transferred to Nippon Steel & Sumikin Metal Products Co., Ltd.
  • April 2011 Metal One Pipe & Tubular Products launched through the integration of Metal One's pipe operations with Otofuji Corporation
    India Metal One Steel Plate Processing Private Ltd. established to handle plate processing for India's construction machinery sector
    May 2011 Metal One (Vietnam) Co., Ltd., Metal One's Vietnamese subsidiary, established
    June 2011 Coilplus Mexicana, S.A. de C.V. begins operations in Mexico
    September 2011 Metal One Service Asia (Guangzhou, China) Co., Ltd., begins operations in China
    December 2011 Mitsubishi Corporation Unimetals Ltd. transfers its specialty steel business to Metal One Specialty Steel and its stainless steel business to Metal One
    March 2012 MODEX Corporation, state-of-the-art warehousing operation, established in South Korea
    Limited Liability Company Metal One Russia established
    May 2012 Fourth mid-term management plan for FY2012-14 announced
    August 2012 Equity stake taken in automotive pipe operation joint venture in Mexico
    September 2012 Metal One Stainless (Thailand) and Pacific Sheet and Coil (Thailand) Co., Ltd. merge their operations
    October 2012 Metal One Structural Steel & Resource expands nationwide through restructuring of domestic structural and ferrous raw materials operations
    November 2012 Metal One Steel Service and MO Nishinihon Steel Center merge
    Equity stake taken in Kyoei Steel Ltd.'s steel venture in northern Vietnam
    February 2013 M.O. Tec Corporation becomes Metal One subsidiary through tender offer
    September 2013 Plate melt-cutting company Metal One Shibaura Brasil Ltda. established in Brazil
    February 2014 Fastener warehousing and sales company Nifast do Brasil Distribuição Comércio e Importação Ltda. established in Brazil
    July 2014 Canadian energy tubular wholesaler Cantak Corporation acquired
    November 2014 All Metal One Structural Steel & Resource Corporation's businesses and Mitsui & Co. Steel Ltd.'s structural steel and metal scrap business merged (now MM&KENZAI Corporation)
    April 2015 Tokyo headquarters relocated to JP Tower
    May 2015 New mid-term management plan-Management Plan 2016-announced
  • April 2016 Metal One Service Asia (Wuhan, China) Co., Ltd., China's first inland automotive steel service center, established
    June 2016 Metal One Group company offices consolidated in Osaka, Hiroshima and Fukuoka
    January 2017 Shanghai City authorizes management company Metal One (China) Corporation to serve as regional headquarters in China
    June 2017 Akasaka Office opened
    Growth Strategy 2018-our mid-term management plan-is announced
    January 2018 Cargill's hot sheet rolling processing business acquired
    March 2018 Metal One subsidiaries in western Japan merged
    April 2019 Sumitomo and Metal One corporate groups merge their domestic pipe businesses to form Metal One Sumisho Tubular Products Co., Ltd.
    October 2019 Nicometal Group restructured and given new company name
    November 2019 Joint stake taken in India's Bigmint Technologies Private Limited
  • March 2021 Nejilaw Inc. and Metal One invest jointly to launch NejiLaw MO IP Innovation
    April 2021 Sus-Tech Corporation and Stainless One operations integrated
    September 2021 Metal One acquires stake in Kyowa Co., Ltd.