Automobile & Construction Machinery

Automobile

“Exploiting a Global Network to Deliver Diverse Services”

Involved in automobile exports since Japan began exporting automobiles in the 1950s, we have been contributing to the development of Japan’s automobile industry by providing highly reliable products to the markets worldwide while steadily developing a sales and service network. And simultaneously, these efforts have been helping to enrich the motoring lives of customers around the world.
Through marketing that capitalizes on our global network, we provide the optimal products for each market as well as a comprehensively broad range of flexible functions suited to the needs of markets and customers, including export-financing and inventory control.
For example, in Hungary, we have been developing businesses with Suzuki Motor Corporation in a multifaceted way. As well as participating in manufacturing operations, we are developing distribution for manufacturing parts and finished goods; opening up the markets of neighboring countries and developing export operations; and building wholesale, retail sales, and equipment-related businesses. Further, in response to the structural changes in the automobile industry in recent years, we have been broadening the scope of our activities to include upstream and downstream areas, such as materials, parts manufacturing, distribution, retail, and finance-related operations.
These include parts-related businesses in the United States and China; retail sales in the United States, China, Europe, and other regions; and sales finance businesses in Asia.
In Japan, we are pursuing a multifaceted approach to the entire automobile industry by investing in Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd., a leading manufacturer of brakes for vehicles; Yanase & Co. Ltd., a dealership specialized in import luxury cars; and Century Tokyo Leasing Corporation, a major leasing company. ITOCHU will further broaden its field of business while giving full play to its comprehensive capabilities and enhancing synergies among the Company and Group companies in Japan and abroad.

Isuzu Business

“Supplying Isuzu Commercial Vehicles to Countries Worldwide”

Isuzu Motors Limited has been an important business partner since 1971, when ITOCHU arranged a partnership between Isuzu and General Motors Company of the United States. Now, we sell Isuzu products worldwide, including Japan and the United States.

Isuzu is a first-class manufacturer of commercial vehicles. We are involved with operations for the sale of Isuzu products in Japan, North America, Latin America, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and other regions worldwide. Currently, we handle more than half of the Commercial Vehicles that Isuzu sells around the world.

Moreover, we are further strengthening our partnership through equity participation in Isuzu distributors in the United States, Japan, Vietnam, and Turkey.

In Japan, the establishment of Isuzu dealership companies has made ITOCHU the only trading company involved in Isuzu’s domestic dealership operations for commercial vehicles.

With rising concern about environmental issues, restrictions on exhaust gas and fuel consumption are strengthening all over the world. We believe that our mission is to provide environment-friendly products that meet current needs. Accordingly, we intend to deliver Isuzu products equipped with world-class environmental technologies to customers in countries around the world.

Construction Machinery

“Contributing to the Development of Infrastructure around the World”

We are expanding this business in two ways; one is to export various types of Construction Machinery and the other is to locally manufacture and wholesale Construction Machinery.

Our exporting business contributes to the development of infrastructure around the world, with a focus on emerging countries.
In the local manufacture and distribution of Construction Machinery, our businesses cater to the demand of each market. In North America, we manufacture and distribute small-to-medium-size Construction Machinery and Generators. In South Africa, we distribute Mining and Construction Machinery, while in Indonesia we are involved in local manufacture as well as distribution. In other emerging countries, we are promoting Mining and Construction Machinery by partnering with local dealerships. Meanwhile, in Japan ITOCHU Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., provides Construction Machinery as well as a full lineup of material and equipment for the construction field.

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