Maruha Nichiro
 | |
| Company type | PublicKK |
|---|---|
| TYO:1333 | |
| Industry | |
| Founded | Osaka,Japan March 31, 1943 |
| Headquarters | 2-20 3-chome, Toyosu,Koto-ku,Tokyo135-8603, Japan |
Key people | Shigeru Ito, (CEOandPresident) |
| Products | |
| Revenue |  $8.614 billion (FY2012)
(¥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] | |
Maruha Nichiro Corporation(マルハニチロ chu thức hội xã,Maruha Nichiro Kabushiki-gaisha)is a Japaneseseafoodcompany, beginning its operation in 1880, when its founder, Ikujiro Nakabe, began a fish sale business inOsaka.[3]The company is the largest of its kind in Japan, withNippon Suisan Kaishaand Kyokuyo Co., Ltd. as its main competitors.
Group Slogan is "Bringing Delicious Delight to the World."[4]
Maruha Nichiro has subsidiaries in Japan, New Zealand, Australia, the United States, acrossEurope,AsiaandSouth 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 toShimonosekiinYamaguchi Prefecture.Begins purseseine fishingwith earlypower 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 ofWorld War II)
- 1949 - Corporate headquarters moved toTokyo
- Taiyo professional baseball club (present-dayYokohama 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 - SoldYokohama BayStarstoTokyo 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 fromNikkei 225[9]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^"Corporate Data".Archived fromthe originalon August 7, 2017.RetrievedApril 4,2014.
- ^"Financial Statement 2013"(PDF).RetrievedApril 4,2014.
- ^"Corporate History".RetrievedApril 4,2014.
- ^"Our values: an essential part of society".Our Values | Maruha Nichiro.Retrieved2019-05-13.
- ^"Group Companies".RetrievedApril 4,2014.
- ^abcdeKrug, 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.RetrievedApril 4,2014.
- ^"Maruha Nichiro completes merger".undercurrent news. April 2, 2014.RetrievedApril 4,2014.
- ^"Nikkei 225 to replace 3 constituent stocks".Nikkei Asia. September 5, 2022. Archived fromthe originalon 2023-11-25.RetrievedNovember 25,2023.
External links[edit]
- Official website(in English)
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