After the decision to merge the two trading multinationals, the effective date of this strategic incorporation in the Philippines took place on April 2004. The Nissho Iwai Corporation – Philippine Branch was named Sojitz Corporation Philippine Branch . The Nichimen Philippines Corporation was named Sojitz Philippines Corporation. It was the latter Sojitz Philippines Corporation, that was the corporate entity selected to conduct all the continuing business in the Philippines.

With both companies having almost 50 years of operations in the Philippines, Sojitz Philippines Corporation is vigorously expanding our global business and adding new capabilities to the traditional role as a trading company. By strengthening our broad-based business development functions, we intend to achieve growth as a sound global enterprise. Activities extend to every field, including non-ferrous metal products, machinery and information strategies, energy, plastics, chemicals food, textiles, general commodities and other financial products.

Sojitz Philippines Corporation has evolved from a simple trading house into a more complex enterprise. It has further reinvented and branched to other business arenas:

Our headquarters in Tokyo, Japan serves as the center for our global strategy to expand our business activities and symbolizes Sojitz as a global enterprise of the highest caliber.