Metal One Corporation / Corporate Profile / Company Outline

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. ¥1,059.2 billion (for the term ended March 2024)
Consolidated revenue: Approx. ¥2,354.4 billion (for the term ended March 2024)

No. of employees: Consolidated: Approx. 10,000 (As of April 2024)
Non-consolidated: 966 (As of April 2024)

Directors, Corporate Auditors and Executive Officers:
President & CEO, Director:Yoshiyuki Watanabe

Senior Executive Vice President, Director:Masaaki Bito

Special Deputy to the President, CCO, Corporate Supervising Officer (Law, Global Strategy & Administration)

Director:Ko Imamura

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

Director:Koji Ohno

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

Director:Ryutaro Hirai

Corporate Advisor; Sojitz Corporation

Audit & Supervisory Board Member:Seisuke Sumimoto

Audit & Supervisory Board Member:Nobuo Mio

General Manager; Materials Solution Administration Dept.; Mitsubishi Corporation

Audit & Supervisory Board Member:Yoshiki Manabe

Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member; Sojitz Corporation

Audit & Supervisory Board Member:Mizue Nakazawa

Executive Officer; COO, General Accounting Dept., Business Accounting Dept.; Sojitz Corporation

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

Managing Executive Officer & CFO:Yoshio Takahashi

Corporate Supervising Officer (Corporate Administration, Group Governance), CFO

Executive Officer:Takeo Nukui

Representative Director, President & CEO; MM & KENZAI Corporation

Executive Officer:Masashi Mizuno

COO, Plate, Construction & Tubular Products 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.

Executive Officer:Hirotoshi Kitagaki

COO, Wire, Specialty & Stainless Steel Business Div.

(As of October 1, 2024): Corporate Profile PDF

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The way of Metal OneHistory

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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.

Company Name:	Metal One Corporation
Headquarters:	7-2, Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-7032, Japan Tel: +81-3-6777-2000 Please click here to contact us.
Established:	January 6, 2003
Capitalization:	¥100 billion
Shareholders:	Mitsubishi Corporation and Sojitz Corporation
Scale of business:	Consolidated assets: Approx. ¥1,059.2 billion (for the term ended March 2024) Consolidated revenue: Approx. ¥2,354.4 billion (for the term ended March 2024)
No. of employees:	Consolidated: Approx. 10,000 (As of April 2024) Non-consolidated: 966 (As of April 2024)
Directors, Corporate Auditors and Executive Officers:	President & CEO, Director:Yoshiyuki Watanabe Senior Executive Vice President, Director:Masaaki Bito Special Deputy to the President, CCO, Corporate Supervising Officer (Law, Global Strategy & Administration) Director:Ko Imamura Executive Vice President; Group CEO, Materials Solution Group; Mitsubishi Corporation Director:Koji Ohno Senior Vice President; Division COO, Steel Products Div.; Mitsubishi Corporation Director:Ryutaro Hirai Corporate Advisor; Sojitz Corporation Audit & Supervisory Board Member:Seisuke Sumimoto Audit & Supervisory Board Member:Nobuo Mio General Manager; Materials Solution Administration Dept.; Mitsubishi Corporation Audit & Supervisory Board Member:Yoshiki Manabe Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member; Sojitz Corporation Audit & Supervisory Board Member:Mizue Nakazawa Executive Officer; COO, General Accounting Dept., Business Accounting Dept.; Sojitz Corporation 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 Managing Executive Officer & CFO:Yoshio Takahashi Corporate Supervising Officer (Corporate Administration, Group Governance), CFO Executive Officer:Takeo Nukui Representative Director, President & CEO; MM & KENZAI Corporation Executive Officer:Masashi Mizuno COO, Plate, Construction & Tubular Products 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. Executive Officer:Hirotoshi Kitagaki COO, Wire, Specialty & Stainless Steel Business Div. (As of October 1, 2024)