News Releases / 2012
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April 3, 2012
R9999js金沙老品牌o Receives the SMBC Environmental Assessment Loan
R9999js金沙老品牌o Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Kita-ku, Osaka; President & CEO: Kiyoshi Otsubo) has received the SMBC Environmental Assessment Loan from Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (President: Takeshi Kunibe). This loan is given by this financial institution to support corporations that are making efforts to provide solutions and develop products that will help preserve the global environment, and that are also aiming to strike a balance between the conservation of the global environment and corporate activities. This is the second time the loan system has been applied for, with the first application in 2008.
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