Mitsui & Co., Ltd. ("Mitsui", Head Office: Tokyo, President and CEO: Kenichi Hori) has agreed to form a capital and business alliance with WILLER Inc. ("WILLER", Head Office: Osaka, CEO: Shigetaka Murase).
Mitsui has been building a comprehensive business model that supports the changeover to electrified mobility, including infrastructure such as charging facilities, in Europe and North America, where the introduction of electromobility is gathering momentum, and are expanding it to other regions as well. By integrating these initiatives with WILLER's business platform, Mitsui and WILLER, which has strengths in digital marketing for mobility services such as buses and railways, will co-create new mobility services in Asia, including Japan. Mitsui invested in WILLERS, a Singapore subsidiary of WILLER, in 2019, and this alliance will further strengthen the partnership between Mitsui and WILLER.
In addition, KDDI Corporation ("KDDI", Head Office: Tokyo, President: Makoto Takahashi) has agreed to form a capital and business alliance with WILLER also. Through this alliance between Mitsui, KDDI, and WILLER, the three companies aim to innovate mobility services by jointly providing each company's strengths and resources.
Mitsui in its Medium-term Management Plan 2023 identifies “next-generation mobility” in "Market Asia" as one of the key areas in its Strategic Focus. By means of this alliance with WILLER, Mitsui will create new value from a mobility perspective and contribute to delivering solutions to societal issues.
Outline of WILLER Inc.
| Company | WILLER Inc. |
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| Head Quarter | Osaka |
| Establishment | June, 2005 |
| President | Shigetaka Murase (CEO) |
| Number of Employee | 838 (as of April, 2021) |
| Business Overview | Provides transportation solutions such as highway buses and railways |
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Mitsui’s Materiality
“Build brighter futures, everywhere” as our corporate mission, and to gain the trust and expectations of our stakeholders to realize a better tomorrow for earth and for people around the world, we have identified six material issues (“Materiality”) for Mitsui’s sustainable growth. We anticipate this particular project/ business to contribute especially to the realization of “Create a community coexisting with nature” and “Foster a well-being society”
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Establish a foundation for sustainable and stable supply
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Create a community coexisting with nature
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Foster a well-being society
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Cultivate societies that respect human rights
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Empower our people to build brighter futures
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Build an organization with integrity