Kanematsu Corp

Detailed Description

Kanematsu Corporation trades in commercial products worldwide. It operates in four segments: Electronics & Devices, Foods, Meat & Grain, Steel, Materials & Plant, and Motor Vehicles & Aerospace. The Electronics & Devices segment offers electronic parts and components, semiconductor and LCD manufacturing equipment, materials and indirect materials, and development and proposal services; and deals with mobile communication terminals, mobile internet systems, information and telecommunication equipment, and ICT solutions. The Foods, Meat & Grain segment provides cooked foods, processed fruits and agricultural products, beverage ingredients, animal and fishery products, wheat, rice, soybeans, feedstuff, and pet foods. The Steel, Materials & Plant segment trades in general steel products, crude oil, petroleum products, LPG, functional chemicals and food products, pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical intermediates, and other products; undertakes plant and infrastructure development projects; and sells machine tools and industrial machinery, as well as operates in environmental and emissions rights business. The Motor Vehicles & Aerospace segment primarily trades in aircrafts, helicopters, satellite and aerospace-related products, automobiles, motorcycles, industrial vehicles and related parts, construction machinery, etc. The company also develops software; and provides computers and computer peripherals, security cameras, mobile contents delivery solutions, control modules for lithium ion batteries, home-construction materials, feeds and fertilizers, processed and health foods, oil well-related parts, defense, general-purpose machinery, hay and roughage products, and aircraft rotable components. In addition, it offers ground inspection and improvement, technical, cold storage, medical information, insurance agency, logistics, freight forwarding, and seed development and contract farming services. The company was founded in 1889 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.