Company Profile｜Tokyo Boeki Steel & Materials Ltd

Company name	Tokyo Boeki Steel & Materials Ltd.
Head Office	13-8, Hatchobori 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8510, Japan TEL: +81-3-3555-7110 / FAX: +81-3-3555-7205
Established	October 1, 2006
Capital	400 million Yen
Main Financing Banks	Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., Head Office Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Kabutocho Branch
Shareholder	Tokyo Boeki Ltd. (100%)

1947	Tokyo Boeki Shokai, a predecessor of Tokyo Boeki Ltd., established.
1953	Successful inauguration of the first barter trade with China and using the newly formulated TOMAS Way, made us the forerunner of post-war Sino-Japanese trade.
1954	Made the basis of steel related business and entered steel trading through becoming the appointed export agent of Yawata Steel (now Nippon Steel Corp.) .
1956	Appointed as an export agent by Fuji Steel (now Nippon Steel Corp.).
1959	Achieved large sales of hot rolled coils to John Lysaght, a subsidiary of B.H.P., Australia; opened representative offices in Moscow, USSR (now Russia); opened offices in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, New York, U.S., and Beijing, China over the 1959-65 period for full-scale international trading operations.
1960	Acquired sole Japanese distributorship of iron ore from Timblo Ltd., Goa, India; basis of iron ore business with Australia (Yampi, Whyalla Pellet) established.
1962	Achieved large sales of steel products to EEC (now EU).
1966	Acquired sole Japanese distributorship for manganese ore from B.H.P., Australia; established close relationship with Australian market.
1974	Established Qatar Steel Co., the first full-scale steel plant in the Middle East, through a joint venture; overseas production and multinational trading initiated.
1980	Agreement with B.H.P., Australia to import Gregory coal on long-term basis finalized.
1983	Invested in Quintette Coal, Canada to diversify overseas coal sources.
1995	Founded Jinan Ludong Refractory Co., Ltd., a joint venture company, in Jinan, Shandong Province, China, for the manufacture and sale of refractory raw materials. Started to supply its products to the Japanese steel industries.
1996	Founded Shangyu Dongshun Refractory Co., Ltd., a joint venture company, in Shangyu, Zhejiang Province, China, for reinforcement of the refractory raw material business.
1999	Invested in Cook Resources Mining in Australia and promoted demand for slightly non-caking coal.
2001	Founded TOMAS Trading (Shanghai) Corp.
2002	Founded TOMAS (Tianjin) International Trade Co., Ltd.
2003	Kawasaki Refractories Co., Ltd. (now renamed Shinagawa Refractories Co., Ltd.) joined in business activities of Jinan Lu Dong Refractory Co., Ltd., China, to significantly beef up the manufacture and sale of refractory raw materials.
2005	Founded Tokyo Boeki (Beijing) Co., Ltd., a local corporation with 100% investment by Tokyo Boeki, in China for integration of the steel-making refractory business. This allows independent business operations in the Chinese market and an expansion in the sale of refractories and other business.
2006	Established the “TB-G New 3-year Business Plan.” Founded Tokyo Boeki Steel & Materials Ltd. and Tokyo Boeki Machinery Ltd. by spinning off to accelerate the move to “Tokyo Boeki Associated Management.”
2007	Established a new branch in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Held the 60th anniversary celebration of Tokyo Boeki Ltd.
2008	Launched a new representative office in Hanoi.
2009	To enhance our business basis in China and keep up with rapid growth in the big market, renamed our major subsidiary in China from Tomas Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. To Tokyo Boeki (China) Co., Ltd. Invested in 150-Billion-Yen Coal Complex Project in Shanxi, China.

About our “Tokyo Boeki Group Associated Management”

This is a group management system similar to a solar system, tailored to the needs of customers by specialized strength of each company and synergetic combined strength of the group company while making the overall group more competitive and increase its presence. Each business division and group company develops individually but shares common management principles, values and aspirations.