Mitsui.
MITSUI Mitsui: see zaibatsu. , a Japanese conglomerate conglomerate, in business
conglomerate, corporation whose asset growth, often very rapid, comes largely through the acquisition of, or merger with, other firms whose products are largely unrelated to each other or to that of the parent company. , and Brazilian state-run oil
company Petrobras will undertake research toward the viability of
producing and selling ethanol ethanol (ĕth`ənōl') or ethyl alcohol, CH3CH2OH, a colorless liquid with characteristic odor and taste; commonly called grain alcohol or simply alcohol. abroad. Petrobras would be in charge of
production and Mitsui would be responsible for global marketing.
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