About MARUBUN Business Overview
As Value-added Technology Distributor, we provide solutions that directly benefit our customers in most optimized manner.
Marubun is a “Value-added Technology Distributor” that handles cutting-edge semiconductors, electronic components, and electronic application equipment.
We operate globally from approximately 50 locations around the world, providing products and services from more than 800 suppliers to more than 3,000 customers.
We are promoting this business in three business segments: Electronic Devices Business, Electronic Systems Business, and Entrepreneur Business.
| Electronic Devices business | We distribute semiconductors and electronic components and provide high value-added products to our customers. With our global sales network, we also support production transfers overseas by providing the same attentive supply as we do in Japan. ＜Products＞ Analog IC, Memory IC, Microprocessor, Special-use IC, Custom IC, Electronic component, etc. |
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| Electronic Systems business | We handle sales and maintenance services for electronic equipment and advanced components and provide solutions based on the consolidated expertise of the Group as a whole. We also develop new products that meet market needs and support customers’ manufacturing/production. ＜Products＞ Aerospace/defense equipment, Communication equipment, Manufacturing and inspection equipment, Laser/optical components, Industrial IoT equipment, etc. |
| Entrepreneur business | We provide solutions utilizing communication technology, AI, and robotics, as well as new values created by combining a variety of products, technologies, and knowhow. We also propose optimal business models for our customers. ＜Products＞ ICT solution, AI robot, Millimeter wave radar module, Ultrasound imaging system, etc. |
Marubun’s seven functions
The Marubun Group creates original value by demonstrating strengths in each of Marubun’s seven functions, putting into practice our Purpose of “Contribute to a brighter future through technologies.”
Discovery and development
With discernment grounded in the spirit of looking forward and staying ahead that has been passed down in our DNA since the founding of the Company, we discover products, technologies, and services on the cutting edge and quickly make them available to customers. We also engage in business acquisitions, venture investments, and other business investments that connect to the further advance of our business.
Procurement
Handling products and services from over 800 suppliers and working under strategic partnerships, we perform timely procurement of the products that our customers seek from around the world. We are working to expand and enhance our sources of procurement to meet ever-changing diverse needs.
Sales
We sell high-value-added products and services, always staying close to our customers in the spirit of “Customers First.” We provide on-site support for component procurement and production migration through a global sales network with our partner in the U.S.
Logistics
Through an advanced logistics management system, we have established an efficient, accurate delivery structure. We ensure product safety through proper management of contained chemical substances, and achieve rapid import/export operations and justin-time delivery as a certified “specified exporter.”
Trading company financing
Through the trust and the fundraising capabilities we have built up, we engage in transactions based on inter-company credit, acting at the intersection of suppliers and customers. We reduce financial risks through meticulous management of funding and credit, and ensure business continuity by maintaining an appropriate level of equity capital.
Technical support
With a specialized technical service department and engineeringservice company, we offer one-stop s ervices that cover introduction, installation, and maintenance of equipment. We propose equipment, parts, and software combined in optimal systems that meet customers’ needs.
Information production
While providing customers with up-to-date technical information, we draw on information obtained through our sales activities and engineering services to analyze and assess the challenges and the foreseeable needs of society and customers, and connect this to the creation of new solutions and business models.