Message from the CEOCreating New Value to Pave the Way to the Future

• 　As a leading steel distribution company, Metal One has sought to enhance the corporate value of our customers and business partners worldwide since our establishment in 2003 by developing innovative capabilities and services in tune with the times.
• 　The world has entered an era of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity, and is undergoing changes with unprecedented speed. We face social issues that are diverse and complex, such as those related to carbon neutrality, an aging society with fewer children, advances in digital technologies, and geopolitical risks.
• 　With all that in mind, we focused on the themes of change and growth in our Midterm Plan 2024, launched in fiscal 2022, and have been working on a variety of related initiatives. Whether the issue is digital transformation, carbon neutrality or new business development, we are making maximum use of the knowledge and expertise our company has cultivated over our many years of distributing steel products, as well as our group’s network, continuing to take on the challenges of thorny issues. Those challenges are linked to the enhancement of value for all our stakeholders. When it comes to our company, we are also confident that we will be able to establish a sustainable corporate foundation, building a robust structure that will remain unaffected by environmental changes of any kind.
• 　Finally, reflecting the core principles of our company’s philosophy—“global citizen,” “honesty and virtue,” and “aspiration and creativity”—all our activities contribute to achieving a more sustainable society. At the same time, we are striving to become a corporate group that creates new value that paves the way to the future.

Yoshiyuki Watanabe
President & CEO, Director