Company Profile Company History

The History of Nichirei Corporation

1942 Established Teikoku Marine Products Control Company.
1943 Launched purchase and sales of marine products, as well as ice-making, cold storage and freezing businesses.
1945 Changed the company name to Nippon Reizo Inc.
1948 Expanded business objectives to include manufacture, sale, import and export of canned goods; fertilizers; feeds, oils and fats; as well as import and export of marine products.
1951 Launched Processed Foods Business.
1952 Launched sales of prepared frozen foods.
1956 Launched Livestock Products Business.
1985 Changed the company name to Nichirei.
1996 Established Kawagoe Process Center in Saitama Prefecture for manufacture of processed meat products.
1997 Established Yokohama Minami Process Center in Kanagawa Prefecture for manufacture of processed meat products.
2005 Following the transition of Nichirei Group to a holding company structure,the Company split into Nichirei Foods Inc. and Nichirei Fresh Inc.

History of Nichirei Foods Inc. and Nichirei Fresh Inc.

2007
Nichirei Fresh Inc. Established Nichirei Fresh Farm Inc. in Hirono Town, Iwate Prefecture to produce poultry; constructed Hirono Farm.
2008
Nichirei Foods Inc. Established GFPT Nichirei (Thailand) Company Limited to manufacture, process and sell processed foods in Thailand.
2014
Nichirei Fresh Inc. Established Nichirei Fresh Hong Kong, Limited to sell marine and livestock products in Hong Kong
Nichirei Foods Inc. Established Funabashi No.2 Plant to manufacture processed foods in Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture.
2017
Nichirei Fresh Inc. Established Trans Pacific Seafood Co., Ltd. to process seafood products in Vietnam; established Nichirei Fresh Vietnam Co., Ltd. to sell marine products in Vietnam.
2018
Nichirei Fresh Inc. Built Nichirei Fresh Farm Inc., Uge Farm in Hirono Town, Iwate Prefecture.
2019
Nichirei Fresh Inc. Established Nichirei Fresh Dalian Co., Ltd. to sell marine products and processed marine products in China.
2022
Nichirei Foods Inc. Established individual portion noodle production line in the Yamagata Factory in Tendo City, Yamagata Prefecture.
2023
Nichirei Foods Inc. Established Kyurei No.3 Plant for dedicated rice production in Munakata City, Fukuoka Prefecture.
2026
Nichirei Foods Inc. / Nichirei Fresh Inc. Merger of Processed Foods Business and Marine Products and Livestock Products Business.
Changed the Company name to Nichirei Foods Inc.