For eighty years since its founding in 1947, Sanyo Trading, driven by a down-to-earth and entrepreneurial corporate culture, has been importing value-added materials and industrial machinery and equipment to play an instrumental role in driving industrial development in Japan and abroad, as well as in helping improve living standards in the communities we serve.

Today, the Sanyo Trading Group is focused on four key business segments: the fine chemicals, industrial products, sustainability, and life science markets. Our five business units(rubber, chemical, mobility, green technology, and life science), three business departments(UNICOM, energy solution and bio frontier), and group companies operating around the world source and deli ver products, materials, and solutions to meet the needs of corporate customers in diverse industries.

Japanese businesses have been operating in an increasingly challenging and unpredictable environment due to changes in the global geopolitical landscape—including the US-China decoupling, the Middle East, and Ukraine—as well as accelerating inflation and market volatility, such as fluctuations in exchange rates, interest rates, and stock prices.

We see opportunities in such turning point and are confident about the Group’s grow th and resilience even under a changing operating environment. We leverage our long-term relationships with business partners, as well as our professional expertise, operational excellence, and robust financial standing, to continue offering the best solutions.

In the long-term management plan SANYO VISION 2028, which was released in November 2023, we have defined our vision as “delivering tangible solutions to social issues to make the world a better place for everyone.” This is our aspiration to be flexible and agile in making the right decisions at the right time to go through increasingly fast-paced changes in an operating environment. In order to achieve this vision, we will take bold, swift, and sincere ac tion to implement concrete measures to make our revenue base more robust and achieve greater operational excellence.

Under the slogan “Quest for Next” and the updated Sanyo Vision 2028, we are committed to continuing to pursue the best solutions for making a better future for you, for society, and for the environment.

Masanobu Shintani
President and CEO
Sanyo Trading Co., Ltd.