| 1. E&C business strategy |
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Expand and maintain core businesses as an all-round player in the oil and gas industry |
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Evolve operations in existing fields such as petroleum refining, LNG, etrochemicals, and life sciences |
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Develop new domains such as resource development, IGCC plants, and FPSO facilities |
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Focus on businesses based on new technologies, such as biomass feedstock and other new fuels |
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Increase net sales by expanding the Group's domestic and overseas human resources by more than 20%, from approximately 7,000 to 8,500 (from 3,700 to 4,200 domestically and 3,300 to 4,300 overseas) |
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Strengthen our Gas Alliance with KBR of the U.S.; pursue global LNG and GTL strategy |
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Strategies by target |
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By client |
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Continuous focus on the major oil companies, state-owned oil companies, and domestic clients |
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Continual approaches to major chemical companies and large pharmaceutical firms |
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Attempt to develop new clients among the independent oil companies |
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By business domain |
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Expand and foster operations in existing fields in the hydrocarbon sector |
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Achieve growth in the fields of new fuels, non-ferrous metal smelting, life sciences, and environmental protection |
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By region |
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Increase focus on operations in the Middle East and Africa |
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Redouble efforts in Southeast Asia |
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Explore operations in Russia, Central Asia, and South America |
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| 2. Non-E&C Business Strategy |
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Investing in enterprises |
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Accelerate investments in the resource development business area |
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Press forward with petroleum-related businesses, new fuels businesses, water and power generation businesses, and businesses that earn emissions credits |
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Strengthen JGC's position as a "unique player" with E&C expertise |
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Make total investments of ¥40 billion by 2010; achieve an internal rate of return of 12% or better |
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Production |
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Become Japan's largest and strongest industrial catalyst development and producing group |
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Accelerate overseas business activities |
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Promote the development of new high-performance materials in the chemical products field |
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Services |
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Strengthen plant operations and maintenance services and IT-related services for the hydrocarbon sector |
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Focus on environmental-related and plant analysis services |