NH Foods Ltd. (日本ハム株式会社, Nippon Hamu Kabushiki-gaisha) (English name before 2014: Nippon Meat Packers, Inc.) is a food processing conglomerate headquartered in Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan.

NH Foods Ltd.
日本ハム株式会社
Company typePublic (K.K)
FoundedTokushima, Japan (May 30, 1949; 75 years ago (1949-05-30))
(established March 3, 1942; 82 years ago (1942-03-03))
FounderYoshinori Ōkoso
HeadquartersBreezé Tower, 2-14-9, Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan
Key people
Hiroshi Kobayashi
(President)
ProductsHam, Sausage, other food products
RevenueSteady¥989,308 million (US$11,919,373 thousand)
(Consolidated, FY 2010, 83 yen/US dollar)[1]
Increase¥33,175 million (US$399,698 thousand)
(Consolidated, FY 2010, 83 yen/US dollar)[1]
Increase¥16,731 million (US$201,579 thousand)
(Consolidated, FY 2010, 83 yen/US dollar)[1]
Total assetsDecrease¥590,688 million (US$7,116,723 thousand)
(Consolidated, FY 2010, 83 yen/US dollar)[1]
Total equityIncrease¥283,204 million (US$3,412,097 thousand)
(Consolidated, FY 2010, 83 yen/US dollar)[1]
Owner
Number of employees
15,118 (Consolidated, as of March 31, 2011)
WebsiteNippon Ham (English)

History

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Founded in 1949, the company is commonly known as Nippon Ham (stylized as Nipponham). As a multinational corporation, Nippon Ham operates subsidiaries around the world, including China and the United States. In addition to its main business of meat packing and other food processing, the company owns the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League, and owns part of the J-League soccer team, Cerezo Osaka.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Annual Report 2011" (PDF). Nippon Meat Packers, Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-18.
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