Maruha Nichiro Corporation (マルハニチロ株式会社, Maruha Nichiro Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese seafood company, beginning its operation in 1880, when its founder, Ikujiro Nakabe, began a fish sale business in Osaka.[3] The company is the largest of its kind in Japan, with Nippon Suisan Kaisha and Kyokuyo Co., Ltd. as its main competitors.
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 of World War II)
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.
^ 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. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
^"Maruha Nichiro completes merger". undercurrent news. April 2, 2014. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
^. Nikkei Asia. September 5, 2022. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
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