The History of Nichirei Corporation
| 1942 | Established Teikoku Marine Products Control Company. |
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| 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.
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| 2008 |
Nichirei Foods Inc.
Established GFPT Nichirei (Thailand) Company Limited to manufacture, process and sell processed foods in Thailand.
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| 2014 |
Nichirei Fresh Inc.
Established Nichirei Fresh Hong Kong, Limited to sell marine and livestock products in Hong Kong
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Nichirei Foods Inc.
Established Funabashi No.2 Plant to manufacture processed foods in Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture.
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| 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.
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| 2018 |
Nichirei Fresh Inc.
Built Nichirei Fresh Farm Inc., Uge Farm in Hirono Town, Iwate Prefecture.
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| 2019 |
Nichirei Fresh Inc.
Established Nichirei Fresh Dalian Co., Ltd. to sell marine products and processed marine products in China.
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| 2022 |
Nichirei Foods Inc.
Established individual portion noodle production line in the Yamagata Factory in Tendo City, Yamagata Prefecture.
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| 2023 |
Nichirei Foods Inc.
Established Kyurei No.3 Plant for dedicated rice production in Munakata City, Fukuoka Prefecture.
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| 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. |