Article: Marubeni K.K.

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: D ü sseldorf Frankfurt Amsterdam
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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 ...

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