MC and its alliance partner MEDIPAL HOLDINGS CORPORATION (MEDIPAL) have taken an equity interest in Sinopharm Group Beijing Huahong Co., Ltd. a member of the China's largest pharmaceutical wholesaler Sinopharm Group Co., Ltd. MC will provide expertise gained from its hospital management support business and hospital operational support outsourcing business, while MEDIPAL will provide know-how in the area of pharmaceutical distribution all in an effort to support the China's fast growing pharmaceuticals market.

MC Healthcare, Inc., as the "Total Solution Partner", provides hospitals with wide variety of solutions such as cost efficient procurement and inventory control of medical supplies and pharmaceuticals, group purchasing, procurement of medical equipment, information systems and cutting edge medical devices.

As a pioneering provider of wholesale and rental nursing care equipment, the company is helping to support Japan's aging society by providing clean and safe nursing care equipment, and truly caring services.

Since its arrival in Japan in 1970, the company "KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN JAPAN LIMITED" has strictly protected Colonel Sanders' "secret recipe" and continues to provide great unique taste to customers. We aim to bring to everyone safe and trustworthy food products with special care through our KFC and Pizza Hut stores.

Life Corporation is the largest food supermarket chain in the industry with 208 stores as of August 2009, in the Tokyo metropolitan and Kinki areas. Through highly-spirited, reliable management, the company aims to be the No. 1 regional food supermarket chain most trusted by customers under the corporate philosophy of contributing to the development and improvement of society.

A well-known Japanese convenience store chain in which Mitsubishi Corporation is the primary shareholder with about a 32% interest. With about 8,600 stores across Japan as of February 2009, LAWSON enjoys sales reaching 1.50 trillion yen, and by ensuring each of all the nation-wide stores meets the changing needs of their customers and respond to the ever-changing environment, LAWSON aims to be "the 'hot' station in the neighborhood," where each one of the stores across Japan is supported and loved by the local customers.

A direct-commerce company, which, under the "saQwa" brand, establishes direct connections with end-consumers and delivers food, fashion and variety items to them in ways customers find comfortable.
The company provides services through a variety of media channels such as catalogues, TV, Internet and mobile phones, to suit the diversifying consumer behavior.

• saQwa Net Shopping
  saqwa.jp/ (Japanese)
• fun style shopping
  www.fun-ss.com/ (Japanese)

A mobile phone distributer with the highest sales performance in Japan. The company provides total solutions incorporating various telecommunication services as well as information and telecommunication services that allow customers to deploy IP-based solutions, broadband networks, and seamless systems.

In addition to managing the general operations of the Multi-Partner Loyalty Program "Ponta," Loyalty Marketing, Inc. (LM) operates a multi-faceted marketing support business. For customers, Ponta offers the convenience of easily collecting and redeeming points anywhere with a single card and the fun associated with the attractive assortment of products that can be obtained through point redemption. For partner companies, LM offers not only acquisition of new customers through reciprocal promotion, but also various analysis data and sales promotion planning that contributes to the improvement of customer loyalty.

A copyright management and creative content production company, focused mainly on animated works (animation and film). The company is engaged in production, intellectual-property management, and global distribution. "Beyblade", an animated series representative of the company's work, helped to establish d-rights in the field. The company also engages in product planning and sales activities, utilizing the vast resources of its parent company, Mitsubishi Corporation, as a general trading company (sogo shosha). The company's work related to "Yakitate!! Ja-Pan" is one example of these far-reaching capabilities.

With headquarters in Kansas, the center of the grain belt in the United States, Agrex procures and sells grains. The company deals in corn, wheat, milo, soybeans, soybean meal and other commodities.

The company is located in the US West Coast and engaged in refining and processing of Palm oils, Coconut oils, and High Oleic Sunflower & Safflower oils etc. Most of these products are sold as ingredients for confectionery, bakery, instant noodle, infant milk powder etc. The market is mainly to US domestic, but also the company is exporting products to Asian and European countries.

The leading company in the Japan's sugar industry. Besides the core sugar business, it is also aggressively expanding new businesses, such as natural seasonings and health foods, by focusing on "Nature and Health".

Located in the American Midwest, in the state of Indiana, the company produces pork and bacon using the latest equipment under strict sanitary control and sells the products to the U.S. and Japanese markets.

As Japan's largest firm dealing in starch and starch products, such as high fructose corn syrup and glucose, the company creates a range of products by utilizing its expert know-how and technology. The company also provides services and solutions through a proactive "proposal-style" marketing approach in a wide range of fields, including food products, paper milling, and pharmaceuticals.

Aiming to promote the use of flour, a principal food ingredient in Japan, and contribute to the food culture of the country, Nitto-Fuji Flour Milling is developing a business in the food services industry in addition to its flour milling business. In addition, we are developing a premix flour business in Vietnam.

The three primary business segments of the company are its Feed Business, its Food Business (hen egg sales such as 'Hikari' brand of iodine-enriched eggs), and its Life-Tech Business (including the manufacture and sales of pet food). The company develops its business in each of these segments to 'Promote Food & Life for Tomorrow.'

Headquartered in Brisbane, Queensland, Australian company Riverina is a grain procurement and formula feed manufacturing and sales company.

With raw tuna for sashimi as its principal product, TOYO REIZO CO., LTD. provides a wide range of quality seafood, including shrimp, salmon, octopus and squid, and processed seafood including sliced strips of raw fish for consumption as sushi, through a nationwide network of sales bases. It will continuously promote the "TOREI" total seafood service from the perspective of the customer.

ART COFFEE Co., Ltd. is a manufacturer and distributor of coffee with a long tradition and history as a pioneer in the industry. By controlling all its operations from procuring raw materials from producing countries to manufacturing and distribution in Japan, the company provides its customers delicious, safe and high-quality coffee blessed with a rich aroma.

Kanro Co., Ltd. is a leading domestic candy maker whose main products include "Kanro Candy" and "Pure GUMMY". Based on the manufacturing concept "safe and reliable quality", the company provides consumers with "delicacy, pleasure and health".

Handling the bulk of MC's coffee business, MC Coffee do Brasil Ltda is a green coffee bean exporter located in Brazil, the world's top green coffee bean producing country. Through its purchasing, selecting and sorting, and exporting activities, it strives to provide a stable, high-quality supply of green coffee beans while satisfying market needs such as safety, quality and traceability.

A U.K.-based producer and distributor of bottled and canned products as well as instant foods, pasta, cooking oil, and soft drinks, offering such brands as "Princes", "Shippam's", "Napolina" and "Crisp 'n Dry". The company is continuing to grow as a key partner for major retailers in the U.K.

Four food subsidiary companies of Mitsubishi Corporation (MC), RYOSHOKU LIMITED, Meidi-ya Corporation, San-Esu, Inc., and Food Service Network Co., Ltd., carried out a management integration in July 2011, and started operating as Mitsubishi Shokuhin Co., Ltd. With its core lineup of food products, such as processed foods, chilled foods, alcoholic beverages and confectionary, the company will make a contribution to the realization of a rich society, and operate a business that spreads happiness across the world with food.

Taking over the footwear business of Mitsubishi Corporation (MC), the company sells products it imports from Europe, the United States, China, and other regions. In recent years, by focusing more on imports from the United States and Europe, the company has been providing shoes that respond to trends and consumer needs. The company also runs "Trading Post" retail shops offering high-quality men's shoes.

Mitsubishi Corporation Fashion Co., Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of MC that provides a total range of services including planning, production, marketing and logistics support for apparel products, household goods and other merchandise. In October 2009, three subsidiaries with various functions of the Textiles Division merged together to establish the new MC Fashion. In April 2010, it has taken over the large portion of the Textiles Division's apparel OEM business and changed its name to Mitsubishi Corporation Fashion Co., Ltd.

Established in Italy in 1946, Roberta di Camerino is known for its trademark colors of red, green and navy, as well as its "R" mark. The Roberta di Camerino Far East Co. currently offers a broad line-up of licensed items in Japan. With well-known products like its Italian-made (Bagonghi) handbags, Roberta di Camerino bags are enjoying explosive popularity. This company, together with Mitsubishi Corporation, is playing a central role in the import and licensing operations of this brand.

The Textiles Division's largest production and sales center in the Far East. Originally created as a spin-off from the Life Style Division of Mitsubishi Corporation (Hong Kong) Ltd. in 1987, Tredia China Co. began to operate as a local Shanghai corporation in 2006. Through its battery of experts, the company provides comprehensive services in the textile industry, from production progress management and data collection to product planning. Tredia also supports Mitsubishi Corporation trading activities in supplying apparel for the Japanese market.

The company mines and sells silica sand, which is the primary raw material for glass products such as plate glass and LCD glass. The silica sand, taken by the company from the largest silica sand mine in the world located in Australia, has been sold by MC to many destinations, including Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan for over 40 years since 1968.

MCC, a manufacturer and distributor of cement, and MCCD, a business investment company of ready-mix concrete, were jointly established by Mitsubishi Materials Corporation and Mitsubishi Corporation. MCC has a manufacturing facility and an import terminal in California, and its products are sold in Southern California, Nevada, and other areas. MCCD sells ready-mix concrete and aggregates mainly in Southern California and Las Vegas.

As a comprehensive construction materials company active in the housing and construction industry, Mitsubishi Shoji Construction Materials Corporation is a strategic subsidiary of General Merchandise Division. With sales offices in principal cities throughout Japan, the company deals in a wide range of housing and construction materials from raw materials to finished products including cement, ready-mixed concrete, ceramic materials, plywood, lumber, silica sand and equipment for housing construction. The company is also engaged in various kinds of construction projects, handling both interior and exterior work.

Mitsubishi Shoji Packaging Corporation is a strategic subsidiary in the paper and packaging field covered by the General Merchandise Division. While maintaining a global outlook and a sharp focus on its customers' needs, the company engages in the import and export of various paper, and the business related to packaging products and equipments. It also engages in sales of these products and materials in the Japanese market. The company handles packaging-related materials and equipment, paper and paperboard products (including papers for printing and information, paperboard for corrugated containerboard, corrugated containerboard products, and printing and photosensitive materials). The company also looks to develop new environmentally-friendly products.