Shinichi Ishimatsu

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. engages in the provision of financial services centered on banking. It operates through the following business segments: Wholesale, Retail, International, Market Sales, and Headquarters Management. The Wholesale segment covers business for customers of large and medium-sized companies in Japan. The Retail segment handles business for domestic individuals and SME customers. The International segment comprises of business for overseas Japanese and non-Japanese companies. The Market Sales segment corresponds to financial market business. The Headquarters Management segment includes all other businesses not covered by other segments. The company was founded in April 2001 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Part of Maruichi Steel Tube Ltd., Maruichi Kohan Ltd. is a Japanese company that manufactures and sells high-quality steel pipes, including taper poles and processed products, as well as sholecular pipes for mechanical structures. The company's official website provides information on their value creation mechanism and material processing process. The company aims to contribute to society through their products.

Part of Maruichi Steel Tube Ltd., Kyushu Maruichi Steel Tube Ltd. manufactures and markets specialized steel structures and pipes.

Marubeni-Itochu Steel, Inc. engages in the development and production of iron and steel products. Its products include plates, bars, rails, pipes. slabs, hot-rolled and cold-rolled steel sheets, stainless steel, copper alloy tubes, and aluminum. The company was founded on October 1, 2001 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Nippon Venture Capital Corp. (NVCC) is an independent venture capital firm headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The firm was established in 1996.

Part of Maruichi Steel Tube Ltd., Shikoku Maruichi Steel Tube Ltd. is a Japanese company that contributes to society through the manufacture and sales of high-quality steel pipe. The company is based in Mitoyoshi, Japan. The official site of Maruichi Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. provides information on the materials for the realization of sustainability of Maruichi Steel Pipe. The site also includes stock information, product introductions, and coordination information.

Maruichi Sun Steel JSC engages in the manufacture and sale of steel. Its products include galvanized steel coil, color coated steel coil, steel pipe, hot dip galvanized pipe, stainless pipe, and deformed bar. The company was founded on June 3, 1996 and is headquartered in Binh Duong, Vietnam.

Kobelco Steel Tube Co., Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of seamless stainless steel tubes and pipes in a variety of alloys. Its products include precision tubes, specialty tubes, clean pipes, welded titanium tubes, secondary tube forming products, U-bent tubes, low-finned tubes and others. The firm products are used in various industries, such as petrochemical, food processing, chemical, energy, machinery, aerospace, nuclear power plants, and semiconductor in Japan and internationally. The company was founded on February 1,1959 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.