Mitsui & Co. (OTCMKTS:MITSY), Ltd. is a diversified Japanese trading and investment company that operates as a global business enterprise. The company develops, manages and invests in businesses across a broad range of industries, connecting suppliers, manufacturers, distributors and customers through international trading, project development and supply-chain services.
Its activities include mineral and metal resources, energy, infrastructure, machinery, chemicals, mobility, food and agriculture, retail, healthcare, information technology and communications. Mitsui participates in resource development and energy projects, industrial and transportation businesses, food and consumer-related operations, and digital and infrastructure initiatives.
Mitsui traces its origins to the Mitsui business group, whose trading operations date to the nineteenth century, while the present-day company was established in Japan in 1947. It serves customers and business partners through a worldwide network of offices, subsidiaries and affiliated companies, with operations spanning Japan and markets across Asia, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.