Maruha Nichiro Holdings

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KK Maruha Nichiro Holdings

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legal form Kabushiki kaisha (joint stock company)
ISIN JP3876600002
founding April 1, 2004
Seat Tokyo , Japan
management Shigeru Ito (President)
Number of employees 13,690 (2009)
sales 884.8 billion JPY
6.91 billion EUR
Branch food
Website www.maruha-nichiro.co.jp
As of March 31, 2016

KK Maruha Nichiro Holdings ( Japanese 株式会社 マ ル ハ ニ チ ロ ホ ー ル デ ィ ン グ ス , Kabushiki kaisha Maruha Nichiro Hōrudingusu ), listed on Nikkei 225 , is the world's largest fishing company. Main competitors in Japan are Nissui and Kyokuyō .

history

The holding was founded in 2004 as KK Maruha Group Honsha ( 株式会社 マ ル ハ グ ル ー プ 本社 ) around the core company Maruha KK ( マ ル ハ 株式会社 ; until 1943 Nishi-Taiyō Gyogyō Tōsei KK ( 西 太平洋 漁業 統制 株式会社 ), until 1945 TaiKyō Gyogyō ( 太平洋 漁業 株式会社 )) set up. With the merger with KK Nichiro ( 株式会社 ニ チ ロ ) in 2007, the name was changed to KK Maruha Nichiro Holdings.

Corporate structure

The holding company has a total of 204 companies in finance, trade, fisheries, shrimp aquaculture, salmon and tuna aquaculture, seafood and processed foods. The core companies are:

  • KK Maruha Nichiro Suisan ( 株式会社 マ ル ハ ニ チ ロ 水産 , English Maruha Nichiro Seafoods, Inc. ), formerly Maruha KK
  • KK Maruha Nichiro Shokuhin ( 株式会社 マ ル ハ ニ チ ロ 食品 , English Maruha Nichiro Foods, Inc. ), formerly KK Nichiro
  • KK Maruha Nichiro Chikusan ( 株式会社 マ ル ハ ニ チ ロ 畜産 , English Maruha Nichiro Meat and Products, Inc. )
  • KK Maruha Nichiro Butsuryū ( 株式会社 マ ル ハ ニ チ ロ 物流 , English Maruha Nichiro Logistics, Inc. )
  • KK Maruha Nichiro Management ( 株式会社 マ ル ハ ニ チ ロ マ ネ ジ メ ン ト )

Individual evidence

  1. Maruha Nichiro Consolidated Financial Results for the Year Ended March, 2016 , accessed July 30, 2016
  2. Converted at the rate on the balance sheet date, March 31, 2016
  3. Japan's Maruha, Nichiro merge to form world's largest seafood company - ( Memento of the original from April 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.highbeam.com
  4. Maruha Nichiro: Company History ( Memento of the original from October 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.maruha-nichiro.co.jp archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , 2009