Maruha Nichiro Corporation (マルハニチロ株式会社, Maruha Nichiro Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese seafood company, beginning its operation in 1880, when its founder, Ikujiro Nakabe, began a fish sale business in Osaka.[3] The company is the largest of its kind in Japan, with Nippon Suisan Kaisha and Kyokuyo Co., Ltd. as its main competitors.
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| Company type | Public KK |
|---|---|
| TYO: 1333 | |
| Industry | |
| Founded | Osaka, Japan March 31, 1943 |
| Headquarters | 2-20 3-chome, Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-8603, Japan |
Key people | Shigeru Ito, (CEO and President) |
| Products | |
| Revenue |  $ 8.614 billion (FY 2012)
(¥ 809.789 billion) (FY 2012) |
| $ 58 million (FY 2012)
(¥ 5.448 billion) (FY 2012) | |
| Owner | Nakabe family through Daitoh Trading Co. (10.19%) |
Number of employees | 12,335 (consolidated) (as of December 2013) |
| Website | www |
| Footnotes / references [1][2] | |
Group Slogan is "Bringing Delicious Delight to the World."[4]
Maruha Nichiro has subsidiaries in Japan, New Zealand, Australia, the United States, across Europe, Asia and South America.[5]
History edit
- 1880 - The founder, Ikujiro Nakabe, begins purchasing fish from fishermen for sale to wholesalers at the wholesale fish market in Osaka.
- 1904 - Operation base moved to Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Begins purse seine fishing with early power boats.[6]
- 1924 - Incorporated as K.K. Hayashikane Shoten, ending the era of private operation. Fishing operations expanded to include steam trawling, danish and purse seining, and fishing with traps.[6]
- 1929 - Enyo Whaling Co. Ltd incorporated by Nakabe for shorebased whaling.[6]
- 1936 - Taiyo Whaling Co. Ltd incorporated by Nakabe for whaling in the Antarctic. Operated two 20,000 ton factory ships and 19 whale catchers.[6]
- 1943 - Hayashikane Shoten, Enyo Whaling, and Taiyo Whaling consolidated into one corporation. Corporate name changed to Nishi Taiyo Gyogyo Tosei K.K.[6]
- 1945 - Corporate name changed to Taiyo Gyogyo K.K. (Taiyo Fishery Co., Ltd.) (virtually all overseas assets and operations lost at the end of World War II)
- 1949 - Corporate headquarters moved to Tokyo
- Taiyo professional baseball club (present-day Yokohama DeNA BayStars) established
- 1951 - Overseas operations started
- 1960 - Operations expanded from the marine products business into feeds and livestock production
- 1978 - New headquarters building completed in central Tokyo
- 1993 - New trademark adopted and corporate name changed to Maruha Corporation (Maruha Kabushiki Kaisha)
- 1996 - Acquisition of Taiyo Seafoods Co., Ltd.
- 2002 - Sold Yokohama BayStars to Tokyo Broadcasting System
- 2004 - Maruha Group Inc. established as a holding company
- 2007 - Economic union of Maruha Group Inc. and Nichiro Corporation merged into Maruha Nichiro Holdings, Inc.[7]
- 2014 - Reorganization of the company structure and adoption of the Maruha Nichiro Corporation name[8] and listing of the company's stock on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
- 2022 - Removed from Nikkei 225[9]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Corporate Data". Archived from the original on August 7, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
- ^ "Financial Statement 2013" (PDF). Retrieved April 4, 2014.
- ^ "Corporate History". Retrieved April 4, 2014.
- ^ "Our values: an essential part of society". Our Values | Maruha Nichiro. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
- ^ "Group Companies". Retrieved April 4, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e Krug, J.A.; Day, A.M. (September 1947). "Japan's Big Fishing Companies" (PDF). US Dept of Interior - Fish and Wildlife Service. Fishery Leaflet. 268. Washington D.C.: 17–21 – via NOAA Library.
- ^ "Major seafood firms Maruha, Nichiro to merge in October". TMC News. December 11, 2006. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
- ^ "Maruha Nichiro completes merger". undercurrent news. April 2, 2014. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
- ^ "Nikkei 225 to replace 3 constituent stocks". Nikkei Asia. September 5, 2022. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
External links edit
- Official website (in English)
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