- CEO
- Yoichi Nakagawa
- Full Time Employees
- 6,079
- Sector
- Distribution services
- Industry
- Wholesale distributors
- Address
- HK Yodoyabashi Garden Avenue Building Tokyo Japan 541-8585
- IPO Date
- Aug 1, 1963
- Business
- Hanwa Co., Ltd. (8078.T) operates as a diversified trading company primarily engaged in the domestic sales and import-export of steel products, steelmaking raw materials, metals and alloys, non-ferrous metals, food products, energy, life living materials, lumber, industrial machinery, amusement facilities, and other commodities. The company conducts business through segments including Steel, which trades steel bars, building materials, sheets, pipes, wires, special steel, and ferrous raw materials; Primary Metal, encompassing nickel, chromium, manganese, silicon, and ferroalloys; Recycled Metal, featuring copper, aluminum, zinc, lead, nickel, and chromium; Food, offering shrimp, crab, salmon, herring roe, mackerel, horse mackerel, capelin, and processed foods; Energy and Living Materials, supplying petroleum products such as heavy oil, kerosene, LPG, LNG, gasoline, diesel, and biomass energy including PKS and wood pellets, alongside industrial chemicals, synthetic resins like polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, paper, and used paper; and Others, handling lumber, plywood, housing materials, and machinery. Hanwa maintains an extensive global footprint with offices across North and South America, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Oceania, including key locations in New York, Shanghai, Singapore, London, and Dubai, alongside domestic branches in Japan such as Osaka Head Office, Tokyo Head Office, and Nagoya Branch Office. Founded on April 1, 1947, and headquartered at HK Yodoyabashi Garden Avenue in Osaka, Japan, the company employs 1,745 staff domestically and 5,688 on a consolidated basis as of March 31, 2025. Recent developments include the September 2024 acquisition of 24 million shares in Malaysia-listed PMB Technology Berhad, securing exclusive sales rights for its silicon metal products in Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, and to Japan-affiliated firms globally, alongside a partnership with Keiwa Fine Materials Co., Ltd. to establish HK Fine Material Sdn. Bhd. for silicon processing to support semiconductor and solar industries; a December 2024 business partnership agreement with Toho Zinc Co., Ltd.; the establishment of Hanwa Business Partners Co., Ltd. in 2024; investments in PT Garuda Yamato Steel and integrations of Shinx Co., Ltd. and Marugo Fukuyama Suisan Co., Ltd. into the group.