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Morinaga Milk Industry Co. Ltd.

(2264) is in the Food Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$5.3B

Public
US

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Morinaga Milk Industry Co. Ltd. helps Japan start the day off right. Founded in 1917 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Morinaga Milk Industry Co. (TYO: 2264) is one of the largest dairy manufacturers in Japan. The company is a top manufacturer of milk, ice cream, yogurt, cheese, juice products, desserts, tofu, and baby food. Its products are manufactured in 14 different facilities and sold through 12 sales branches. The company has 79 subsidiaries and 17 affiliated companies, employs about 5,961 people, and has annual revenue of about $5.4 billion. It has long standing alliances with several international companies - ready-to-drink tea beverages under trademark license from Lipton, since 1984; Emmi brand Swiss style yogurt under license from Emmi Ltd. of Switzerland since 1992; Kraft brand cheese and other top quality Kraft brand food products since 1971; and Sunkist brand fruit juice, fruit drinks and fruit-based dessert items since1970.

President

Koichi Furukawa

Number of Employees 8,609

Contact Information

5-33-1 Shiba Minato-ku

Tokyo

(81) 337980152

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Fluid Milk Manufacturing: 311511

News & Analysis

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Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, has attained self-affirmed GRAS status for its Bifidobacterium longum BB536 probiotic ingredient

- 2007-11-01

Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, has attained self-affirmed GRAS generally recognized as safe status for its Bifidobacterium longum BB536 probiotic ingredient. After a comprehensive evaluation of research and toxicology data by an independent panel of scientists, Bifidobacterium longum BB536 was found to be safe for use in food...

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Morinaga Milk Industry Co. Reports 34 Percent Increase in Group Net Profit.

- 2004-05-20

Kyodo News International, Tokyo Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 20--TOKYO -- Morinaga Milk Industry Co. said Thursday its group net profit for the year ended March 31 rose 34.1 percent from the previous year to 6.46 billion yen in the fourth straight yearly...

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Recipe Management Software Provides Flexibility.(Brief Article)

- 1999-11-01

Sequencia Corp. (Phoenix, AZ) has o multi-site agreement with Morinaga Milk Industry Co. Tokyo to implement Sequencia's OpenBatch recipe-management software. The first application is at Morinaga's cheese plant near Yokohama. Morinaga operates 17 plants, employs nearly 4,000 people, and produces a vast range of fluid milk,...

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The world's top 100 food & beverage companies.(top worldwide food companies reshaping their organizations to meet the challenges of the new millenium)

- 1998-09-01

THE TOP WORLDWIDE FOOD COMPANIES ARE SLIMMING DOWN TO SPEED THEIR REACTION TIME TO CHANGING CONSUMER DEMANDS Top food companies around the globe are reshaping their organizations to meet the challenges of the new millennium. Major players in the U.S. market continue to streamline...

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