WHO WE ARE
Sojitz Throughout History
Sojitz Corporation is the merger of Nichimen Corporation and Nissho Iwai Corporation, both companies with an incredible long history. For over 150 years, our businesses supported the development of several countries and regions. Currently, Sojitz Group has around 400 subsidiaries and affiliates, located in Japan and over the world, developing trading business among countries and regions.
TIMELINE
OUR HISTORY
1950s
Established offices at São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
1955
First company to export iron ore to Japan.
1965
Signed long term contract with Japanese steel mills companies;
Improvements in Tubarão Port, for iron ore, through financing by Japanese Government;
Developed long term businesses with CVRD (current Vale) for over 50 years – Total quantity exported to Japan: 25 million tons.
1970s
Equity share of Camaçari petrochemical pole, together with Petrobras, Odebrecht and other companies.
1980s
Established scholarship programs for Chemistry degree at Universidade Federal da Bahia.
1990s
Long term financing to Petrobras, for offshore platforms (total financing of JPY 120 billion);
Invested in Campo de Frade at(??) Bacia de Campos, together with Texaco (current Chevron), by presentation of Petrobras (exploration phase);
Participation on Campo de Petroleo Abacora, together with Petrobras and Inpex.
2001
Indicated by Petrobras to REFAB – Refinery Modernization Project (total amount of USD 311 millions) ~ Requested JBIC / Buyers of Credit to Petrobras (USD 264 millions).
2002
Braskem, through its reorganization, established a petrochemical industry in Brazil – Sojitz became the largest foreign shareholder in this year through merger of Trikem/Poliaden by Braskem.
2007
Established ETH Bionergia S.A. together with Odebrecht to produce Bioethanol and sugar, in addition to power generation through biomass.
Sojitz was nominated by CITEPE, subsidiary of Petrobras, for the largest textile plant production project in South America (total of 13 billion JPY).
2008
Long term buying agreement with Braskem for Bio-ETBE.
2009
Started petroleum production at Campo de Frade, in joint operation with Petrobras/Chevron/Inpex/Jomec ~ First production of Brazilian Petroleum Field(??) by Japanese company.
2011
Investiment on CBMM, Brazilian producer of Niobium, through partnership Japan-South Korea with JFE Steel/Nippon Steel/JoGMEC, POSCO and NPS.
Long term buying contract of Butadiene from Braskem.
2012
Acquired Braskem’ sales rights of green polyethylene resin (sugar cane ethanol as raw material) to Asia.
2014
Investment on CGG Group, specialized company of grain trading and operations at terminal, in January/2014.
2015
Joining in car and motorcycles sales Market, together with Top Car Veiculos S.A., at Santa Catarina State, with BMW and Mini.
2018
Joining in car sales Market, together with Intercontinental Comércio de Veiculos S.A., at Rio Grande do Sul State, with Audi.
