| 1857 |
The History of ITOCHU is derived from 1858, when Chubei Ito, ITOCHU's founder, commenced linen trading operations at the age of 15. |
| 1857 |
C.Itoh & Co., Ltd. (predecessor of ITOCHU) Bangkok representative office was established. |
| 1933 |
C. Itoh & Co., Ltd. restored after World War II. |
| 1949 |
American affiliate established. |
| 1952 |
C.Itoh & Co., Ltd Bangkok Branch was established. |
| 1955 |
Business with China started. |
| 1972 |
Siam Associated Trade Co., Ltd. (SATCO) was established. |
| 1974 |
Siam Associated Trade Co., Ltd. was change the company name to CI (Thailand) Ltd. |
| 1988 |
C.Itoh & Co., Ltd was changed the company name to ITOCHU Corporation. |
| 1992 |
Ci (Thailand) Ltd. was changed the company name to ITOCHU (Thailand) Ltd. |
| 1992 |
Department company system introduced. |
| 1997 |
Acquired shares in Family Mart Co., Ltd. |
| 1998 |
"Executive Officer" system introduced. |
| 1999 |
Capital participation in Seibu Department Stores, Ltd. and Yoshinoya D&C Co., Ltd. |
| 2000 |
Announced to establish Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc. |
| 2000 |
ITOCHU Management (Thailand) Co., Ltd. was established. |
| 2001 |
Signed agreement with China's Shandong Province. |
| 2002 |
Compliance system restructured. |
| 2002 |
Gambare Japanese Company Fund established. |
| 2003 |
Comprehensive alliance with National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. |
| 2003 |
ITOCHU's consolidated net income exceeds 100 billion yen. |
| 2005 |
ITOCHU forms a capital and business alliance with Orient Corporation. |
| 2005 |
ITOCHU begins the ITOCHU DNA Project, a project for business process reengineering. |
| 2006 |
ITOCHU acquires a stake in a Brazilian iron ore mining business. |
| 2008 |
ITOCHU announces the social contribution programs commemorating 150th anniversary. |
| 2008 |
ITOCHU announces the ITOCHU Mission, Values & 5 self-tests as new Company policy. |
| 2009 |
ITOCHU Enterprise (Thailand) Ltd. was established. |
