CEOMitsuru Anezaki
Welcome! We are K&I Tubular Corporation.
It is widely said that we are now facing a violently changing society, or a commonly known acronym of VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity).
However, as the Budda proclaimed approx. 2500 years ago, our world being 諸行無常 (Shogyo Mujyo,) a concept teaching us all worldly things are impermanent, it has always been the case since the beginning of humanity.
It should NOT be changed that K&I Tubular Corporation, as Specialty Tubular Products trading company, is committed to linking customers to manufacturers across the continents and most importantly, connecting the people involved.
What should be changeable are, WHAT and HOW K&I upgrades ourselves, to create new value addition in accordance with the VUCA world.
For this purpose, we define the following principle of conducts as our four CORE VALUES.
Most prioritized is our team’s PASSION.
Our core asset is the K&I members each of whom is dedicated in devoting passion to our customers, manufacturers and the products & services they provide, which will drive further passion.
Secondly, our EXPERTISE.
As a specialized trading arm, we tirelessly pursue our expertise and by demonstrating our knowledge and intelligence on industries, markets and products to serve our customers, we will further nurture new value addition.
Thirdly, we make every effort to secure TRANSPARENCY between our business partners, as we believe that by only doing so can we obtain our partners’ real trust.
Lastly, our STRAIGHTFORWARDNESS.
K&I is always seeking straightforward goals by offering honesty and rationalism, without any ESG, for which E stands for 遠慮(Enryo / reservation), 忖度(Sontaku / hypothesise)and 迎合(Geigou / opportunism).
Only with all four CORE VALUES, PASSION, EXPERTISE, TRANSPARENCY and STRAIGHTFORWARDNESS in place over the entire K&I team, we will be able to achieve our VISION of; connecting our customers & manufacturers with advanced knowledge & intelligence, creating transformation for a brand-new value.
Further and further ahead, I believe this endeavor will make us approach our PURPOSE; to become the most reliable platformer for specialty pipe & tube trading.
We will continue to move forward step by step, hoping to share this goal with all business partners.
Thank you for your trust and partnership.
Company name | K&I Tubular Corporation |
Established | March 2000 |
Shareholders | JFE Shoji Corporation 60%, Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc. 40% |
Background | Specialty tube export & sales divisions of both shareholder companies came together as joint venture to form K&I Tubular Corporation as an exporting company specialized in specialty tubes. |
Number of employees | 24 (as of January 2025) |
Head office location | 2-2-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0004 (9F Shin-Otemachi Building) |
Overseas bases | 15 countries 17 locations |
Business content | Our company operates the following businesses both domestically and overseas. 1. Purchasing and selling steel pipes used for boilers, heat exchangers, plant piping, machine structures, cylinders, etc. 2. Purchasing and selling steel products 3. All other business incidental or related to above |
List of major suppliers | JFE Steel Corporation NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION Sanyo Special Steel Co., Ltd. MARUICHI STAINLESS TUBE CO.,LTD. MARUICHI STEEL TUBE LTD. KUZE BELLOWS KOGYOSHO CO.,LTD. BENKAN KIKOH Corporation SeAH Steel Corporation SeAH Changwon Integrated Special Steel Corporation(SeAH CSS) Jiangsu Changbao Steel Tube Limited Co. Jiangsu Wujin Stainless Steel Pipe Group Co., Ltd. |