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FAQ
| Q1 |
Explain simply what kind of company is Marubun? |
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Our company is a trading company providing, domestically and internationally, the cutting-edge electronics products such as semiconductors and electronic application equipments. Since establishment, we have focused on the industry and R&D field based on electronics technology, providing the best products, information and service leading to our competitive advantage and improvement of customer satisfaction. |
| Q2 |
When was Marubun listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange? |
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We were listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange second section in January, 1997.
It was transferred to the Tokyo Stock Exchange first section in March 2001.
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| Q3 |
Please tell me about the origin of the company name of Marubun. How does gestablishmenth differ from gfoundationh? |
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We started our company as a dry goods wholesaler (store name: Marubun) in Nihonbashi-Ohdenmacho, where the current head office is located, in 1844. We call this gfoundation.h Then, our business shifted to an asset management company and merged with the business corporation founded by our current honorary chairman after World War II, and later to the current trading company focusing on export and import. This was in July, 1947 and we called this gestablishment.h The company name gMarubunh came from the store name when it was founded. |
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| Q4 |
What are the circumstances when you become an electronics trading company? |
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Our company used to deal with various miscellaneous goods and general machinery when it was established, and then concluded a distributorfs contract with a machine trading company in the US in 1952, when we started handling the cutting-edge equipments produced in USA for the first time. After that, we strived to expand our business by recognizing our mission as the contribution to the development of Japanese industry, science and technology through introducing the cutting-edge equipments produced in USA and Europe and consistently exploiting these equipments. We also started to provide semiconductors, one of main products of the current electronic device business, under the development of the cutting-edge equipments. |
| Q6 |
What is the management indicator to be targeted? |
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Our mid-term goal is the improvement of our profitability, achieving 3% of ordinary profit margin as a measure. |
| Q7 |
Please tell me about your company group. |
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The group consists of our company, sixteen subsidiaries, and three affiliated companies. (as of the end of March, 2011)
The business fields of the main subsidiaries are shown below:
Marubun Tsusho Co., Ltd.
@--- Purchase and sale of electronic equipments such as medical equipment and electronic components.
Marubun Semicon Corp.
@--- Purchase and sale of semiconductors and electronic components produced by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Marubun/Arrow Asia, Ltd.
@--- Purchase and sale of semiconductors and electronic components in the Asian region.
To see the list, go to gAffiliationsh.
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| Q8 |
Please tell me about your measures for environmental preservation activities. |
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We established an gEnvironmental philosophyh and gEnvironmental policyh and developed environmental preservation activities in September 2000, and acquired the ISO14001 certification in May, 2001.
Please refer to gEnvironmental Activitieshfor details of environmental philosophy/policies and activities. |
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