MC has six Business Groups (Industrial Finance, Logistics & Development; Energy; Metals; Machinery; Chemicals; and Living Essentials), in addition to two new Groups, the Business Service Group and the Global Environment & Infrastructure Business Development Group. Through these organizations and their respective business investments, MC works to develop business within their related fields. In addition to this, the Corporate Organization provides management support services.
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The Business Service Group's main objectives under Midterm Strategy 2012 are to develop consolidated IT governance and core systems for consolidated management. These are integral to building the MC Group's management platform.
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The Global Environment & Infrastructure Business Development Group focuses on infrastructure projects and related trading operations that have a direct impact on our quality of life, such as power generation, water, and transportation. We are active in a number of areas that help to combat global warming and secure sustainable supplies of energy, such as our renewable energy and emissions reduction businesses. We are also involved in smart community projects and production of the high capacity lithium-ion batteries that are so essential to today's environmentally-friendly vehicles and electricity storage.
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The Industrial Finance, Logistics & Development Group is developing industrial finance businesses, including asset management, buyout investment, leasing, real estate development, and logistics services.
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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.
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Forging a strong value chain from upstream raw materials to downstream products, the Metals Group is focusing on trade and investments to develop its diverse businesses.
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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 the production of natural gas, petroleum, chemicals and steel, to ships, automobiles, aerospace equipment, and mining, construction, industrial machinery, elevators, and escalators.
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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.
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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.
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In the Corporate Staff Section, we use our expertise in diverse fields to support corporate management and back up the business departments.
