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Article: Marubeni K.K.
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- International Directory of Company Histories
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Marubeni K.K.
3, Hommachi 3-chome
Higashi-ku, Osaka 541
Japan
(06)266-2111
Public Company
Incorporated:
December 1, 1949 as Marubeni Co., Ltd.
Employees:
10,170
Sales:
¥
14.31 trillion (US$ 79.51 billion)
Market Value:
¥
417.4 billion (US$ 2.319 billion)
Stock Index:
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In 1872 a young merchant named Chubei Itoh established a small store in Osaka to serve as an outlet for his commercial trading business. A symbol for the store was created which placed the word
beni
(Japanese for
“
red
”
) inside a circle, or
maru
. In 1883, as the Itoh trading company expanded, the Marubeni ...