Our business

Agriscience
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Promoting Stable Food Supply and
Environment-friendly Agriculture

The world population, which is currently about 7 billion, is expected to continue to increase, particularly in developing countries, and to exceed 9 billion by 2050. On the other hand, the world’s cultivated acreage has remained approximately the same, and is unlikely to increase dramatically in the future. The global balance of the supply and demand for food is thus likely to become increasingly tighter in the mid- to long-term. Under these circumstances, as a trading company specialized in agricultural production materials, we are working hard to help increase food production by providing various services on a global scale, based on our wealth of knowledge mainly on crop protection products. We collect data and search for products through our own network and that of the Sumitomo Corporation Group; develop and register products in each country; offer technological diffusion and support services for safe and appropriate use of products; and perform many other activities to assist customers in every aspect of agricultural production.

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Life environment
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Helping to improve people’s environmental health

Mosquito coils, mosquito mats, aerosols, and other household and professional-use insecticides are used throughout the world today, and help to improve people’s hygiene and environmental health. Japan has an extensive range of such products, and both their raw materials and finished products are at the leading edge of world technology. Our activities encompass the entire spectrum of this business area from product exports to the development, license acquisition, marketing, and sales of products in each market, and the company performs these activities by utilizing the global network of the Sumitomo Corporation Group.
We not only export Japanese products, but also sell products manufactured in overseas factories locally or to another country through triangular trade. We also operate business investment companies primarily in the U.S. and China through joint venture agreements with local corporations.

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Animal Science
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Creating a "better future for humans and animals"

In the veterinary drug business, we utilize the global network we have built over many years in the fields of pharmaceuticals and pesticides to procure raw materials and APIs(such as antibiotics and hormones), and to export excellent Japanese vet-drug products overseas. The role of vet-drug is to improve the breeding environment and efficiency of meat production by preventing and treating the plague of livestock.
We support people's richer and healthier diet through these work.

In the pet care products business, we develop, manufacture and distribute the “Hartz® ※” brand licensed products and others in the Japanese market. Pets are now more closely associated with pet owners as family members or life partners. “Having a happier life with your beloved pet” ～ We provide quality products that can meet such wishes of many pet owners.

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About Hartz productss

Please see more details at official site of Hartz(in Japanese)