ITOCHU Corporation appointed Kenji Murai as Chief Operating Officer, Forest Products & General Merchandise Division as of April 1, 2018. Currently, Kenji Murai is working as CEO, European Tyre Enterprise Limited.; Managing Director, KWIK-FIT (GB) LIMITED; Tokuichiro Yoshimura as Vice President, East Asia Bloc (South China) as of April 1, 2018. Currently, Tokuichiro Yoshimura is working as Senior Officer, Financial & Insurance Business Division; Satoshi Watanabe as CFO, Machinery Company as of May 1, 2018. Currently Satoshi Watanabe is working as SVP & CFO, ITOCHU International Inc.; SVP & General Manager, Corporate Planning Division, ITOCHU International Inc.; SVP & General Manager, Finance Division, ITOCHU International Inc. The company appointed Ikuya Hirano as CFO, Metals & Minerals Company as of May 1, 2018. Currently, Ikuya Hirano is working as CFO, Machinery Company. The company appointed Kazuaki Yamaguchi as CFO, General Products & Realty Company as of May 1, 2018. Currently Kazuaki Yamaguchi is working as Manager, Investor Relations Department. The company appointed Takeshi Yaguchi as Senior Officer for Asia & Oceania Bloc (Vietnam Area), Chief Officer for Vietnam Area as of May 1, 2018. Currently, Takeshi Yaguchi is working as General Manager, Marine Products Department; Manager, Marine Products Section No.2 of ITOCHU Corporation.
Itochu Corporation is a diversified group organized around 8 areas of activity:
- distribution of food products (34.9% of net sales): frozen food, vegetable oil, sweeteners, sugars, etc.;
- distribution of hydrocarbons (23.3%): hydrocarbons (natural gas, oil products, bioethanol, etc.). The group also develops manufacturing of chemical products activity;
- manufacturing and sale of industrial and construction machines, vehicles and ships (9.7%);
- production of metals and coal (8.5%);
- sale of consumer products (8.4%). The group also develops forest products sale and real estate development activities;
- distribution of computing and telecommunication equipments (7%): data transmission, Internet access, media content broadcasting and mobile telephony equipments. The group also offers financial services;
- sale of textile products (3.6%);
- other (4.6%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Japan (79.5%), Singapore (5.4%), the United States (4.5%), Australia (3.1%), China (2.8%) and other (4.7%).
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