The “Medium-Term Business Plan 2025,” which started in fiscal year 2023 with the aim of further growth towards 2030, is progressing with the slogan “Run up to HANWA 2030 ~Soaring into the next stage challenging the status quo~,” with the entire company united in its efforts.

The business environment shows no signs of resolving conflicts between nations, particularly in Ukraine and the Middle East. As a trading company that is a “distribution professionals,” we face risks of supply chain disruptions, fluctuations in commodity and resource prices, and unstable exchange rates and interest rates. Various risks, such as the prolonged US-China conflict and the resulting economic sanctions, are expected to become more apparent in the future. On the other hand, as the realization of a decarbonized society and the shift to environmentally friendly energy are strongly demanded, there are high expectations for our biomass energy business and recycling metal business, and we are further strengthening these areas. In the field of secondary batteries for electric vehicles (EVs), the “Battery Global Group for Electrification,” which operates globally from upstream to downstream and recycling, sees the current stagnation in the EV shift in various countries as an opportunity for Japan, which has lagged in this field, to catch up. We are vigorously working to grow the battery business into one of the major pillars of our business.

Under the thorough user-first and on-site principles, we have strengthened our presence as a “User-based trading company” that captures the needs of our clients. We have also promoted highly convenient sales represented by the “SOKOKA (Just-in Time delivery, small lot, processing)” strategy and have implemented “M&A+A (Alliances)” by acquiring subsidiaries and forming business alliances with excellent companies specializing in processing and small-lot logistics to promote this strategy. Furthermore, with the slogan “Create another Hanwa in Southeast Asia,” we have been taking proactive measures to expand the “SOKOKA” strategy in ASEAN, where local production and consumption of steel are progressing, in response to changes in the times.

In the future, we will focus on strengthening “defense” for “offense” by further enhancing our risk management system to respond to the increasing and complicating risks. We will balance and optimize individual management according to risk types and comprehensive risk management. By taking and managing “risks within our means,” we are building a foundation to promote and support sustainable growth through appropriate investments and business expansion.

By implementing these various initiatives and measures to strengthen our foundation, we aim to transform from a steel trading company to a supply chain creation company by 2030. By creating supply chains and connecting all “wants,” we aim to become a trading company that contributes to the realization of a sustainable society. We will steadily execute strategies for the next stage and realize our vision, so we ask for your continued support and expectations for HANWA Co., Ltd.