Parent Company.


IEI is wholly owned by ITOCHU Corporation (ITOCHU).

The history of ITOCHU Corporation dates back to 1858 when the Company’s founder Chubei Itoh commenced linen trading operations. Since then, ITOCHU has evolved and grown over 160 years.

With circa 90+ bases in 60+ countries, ITOCHU, one of the leading sogo shosha, is engaging in domestic trading, import/export, and overseas trading of various products such as textile, machinery, metals, minerals, energy, chemicals, food, general products, realty, information and communications technology, and finance, as well as business investment in Japan and overseas.

ITOCHU at a Glance https://www.itochu.co.jp/en/ir/investor/index.html