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Pork Is The Main Ingredient In Recipe for Success and Expansion SCOA’s Food Business Unit and Smithfield Farms Enjoy Solid Sales To Japan And Embrace Emerging Market Opportunities T he people of Japan have always held food safety in very high regard. With varying health hazards and illness as a result of contamination in the news recently, suppliers must be even more vigilant in their safety processes. We have all seen how a lax food safety policy can be catastrophic to health as well as to business. With today’s world marketplace continuing to experience imported and exported edible goods all over the globe, customers in Japan are as steadfast as ever in their resolve to protect their consumers from any shipped foods that may have contamination problems. Because of Japan’s longstanding concern and its traditionally protective policies, companies shipping foods to Japan must adhere to the strictest guidelines, as well as gain and maintain the trust of its customers. Sumitomo Corporation of America’s Food Business Unit, a member of the Living-Related Business Group, has gained the loyalty of Japanese food suppliers by maintaining a pristine reputation; SCOA food exports to Japan adhere to the most rigorous standards. SCOA began a relationship with pork supplier Smithfield Packing Company to ship pork and pork-related products to Japan in 1993, and in the sixteen years that followed, SCOA built its name as a trusted supplier in the Japanese food business. Today, Smithfield Group exports over 100 million pounds of pork in its overseas operations. “This is due in large part to a supply system that guarantees accountability,” said Tadashi Yamashita, Director and Head of SCOA’s Meat Business in the Food Business Unit since 2003. “The unique point of our business model is our ‘farm to fork’ benefit.While some suppliers sell to a large number of distributors without controlling the end users to whom they sell, we don’t.We are superior in our methods because we take responsibility all the way down the line.We have traceability all the way back to the farm. It’s a food safety issue, and we can develop great tasting meat, so that our customers are comfortable and safe too.” Sumitomo Corporation of America 9

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Visions - Spring 2009
Contents
SCOA's Railroad Business Is A Junction With Function
Producing Better Medicines Becomes Healthy Business Opportunity in Life Science Unit
Pork Is The Main Ingredient In Recipe for Success and Expansion
Man's Future In Space Gets A Jolt Of Power
New Tubular Acquisitions Keeps The Pipeline For Growth Open
Healthy Smiles For Dogs & Cats Are Just a Crunch Away
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Visions - Spring 2009 - SCOA's Railroad Business Is A Junction With Function
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Visions - Spring 2009 - Producing Better Medicines Becomes Healthy Business Opportunity in Life Science Unit
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Visions - Spring 2009 - Pork Is The Main Ingredient In Recipe for Success and Expansion
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Visions - Spring 2009 - Man's Future In Space Gets A Jolt Of Power
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Visions - Spring 2009 - New Tubular Acquisitions Keeps The Pipeline For Growth Open
Visions - Spring 2009 - Healthy Smiles For Dogs & Cats Are Just a Crunch Away
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