In addition to its six Business Groups (Industrial Finance, Logistics & Development; Energy; Metals; Machinery; Chemicals; and Living Essentials), MC has added two new Groups, the Business Service Group and the Global Environment Business Development Group. Through these organizations and their respective business investments work to develop business within their related fields. In addition to this, the Corporate Organization provides management support services.
The Business Service Group, through the provision of integrated services centered on the twin fields of IT and logistics, helps MC and MC Group companies increase corporate value, implement business process reforms and develop businesses, thus supporting a sophisticated consolidated management framework for the MC Group. This should also lead to the creation of new business opportunities.
The fulcrum of the Global Environment Business Development Group is the infrastructure business, namely power generation and comprehensive water services. This business has a direct connection with the quality of people's lives. Along with this core business, we are working on renewable energy and emissions reduction businesses, which help prevent global warming and ensure energy security. Another business we are involved in is manufacturing large-capacity lithium-ion batteries, which are vital for the uptake of eco-friendly vehicles and electricity storage.
The Industrial Finance, Logistics & Development Group is developing shosha-type industrial finance businesses. These include asset management businesses, buyout investment businesses, leasing businesses, real estate development businesses, logistics services, and insurance businesses.
The Energy Business Group, in addition to developing and investing in oil and gas projects, conducts trading activities in areas such as crude oil, petroleum products, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), liquefied natural gas (LNG), and carbon materials and products.
The Metals Group trades, develops businesses, and invests in a wide range of metals fields. These include steel products such as steel sheets and thick plates, steel raw materials such as coking coal and iron ore, and non-ferrous raw materials and products such as copper and aluminum.
The Machinery Group trades machinery in a broad range of fields in which it also invests and provides finance and distribution services. These fields extend from large-scale plants for power generation or for production of natural gas, petroleum, chemicals and steel, to ships, railway systems, automobiles, aerospace equipment, as well as mining, construction, and industrial machinery.
The Chemicals Group's trade and investments cover a broad scope of industries, involving commodity chemicals, functional chemicals, and the life-sciences. Commodity chemicals include petrochemicals, olefins and aromatics, methanol, ammonia, chlor-alkali, fertilizer and inorganic chemicals; functional chemicals include plastics, functional materials, electronic materials, and specialty chemicals; and life-sciences include food ingredients, pharmaceuticals, and agricultural chemicals.
The Living Essentials Group provides products and services, develops businesses and invests in various fields closely linked with people's lives, including foods, clothing, paper, packaging materials, cement, construction materials, medical equipment and nursing care. These fields extend from the procurement of raw materials to the consumer market.
In the Corporate Staff Section, we use our expertise in diverse fields to support corporate management and back up the business departments.
