We are the direct food material supplier of NICHIREI Corporation which is the biggest fast food supplier in Japan. We export great amount of organic vegetables products to this partner.

Here is a brief introduction of NICHIREI Coperation:

History:

Below is an outline of Nichirei's development from its inception to the present day. In a special section, we explain Nichirei's history as well as the history of Japanese food.

Nichirei's Founding:

The company was founded on December 24, 1942, as Teikoku Marine Products Control Company, with capital participation (totaling 50,000 thousand yen) from 18 fishery and other companies. It was established in accordance with the Fisheries Control Ordinance that was enacted on May 19, 1942, as a central agency to control seafood-related businesses such as sales of ocean-netted marine products, ice production, and refrigerated storage. On December 1, 1945, the day after the control ordinance was abolished (November 30, 1945), the company was reorganized as a privately held company governed by the commercial code, and was renamed Nippon Reizo Co. Ltd.

Corporate Timeline:

December 1942
Founding of Teikoku Marine Products Control Co.

April 1943
Start of marine products purchasing and sales, ice production, refrigeration and freezing businesses

December 1945
Name change to Nippon Reizo Co. Ltd.

March 1946
Establishment of food products sales subsidiary

December 1948
Addition of new businesses to corporate profile: manufacture, sales, import and export of canned goods, fertilizers, animal feed, and fats, along with import and export of marine products

May 1949
Listing of shares on the Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya stock exchanges (delisted from Nagoya in June 2003)

August 1951
Establishment of canned goods factory; start of food processing business

October 1952
Beginning of sales of prepared frozen foods

May 1956
Launch of meat and poultry business

March 1977
Establishment of transportation and logistics subsidiary(currently a consolidated subsidiary called Logistics Network)

January 1979
Establishment of US subsidiary to collect shipments and sell agricultural, marine, and meats and poultry products (continued today as consolidated subsidiaries Nichirei Seafoods, Inc. and Nichirei Foods U.S.A., Inc.)

June 1982
Entry into biosciences field

April 1984
Addition of new businesses to corporate profile: manufacture and sale of pharmaceuticals, quasi-drugs and reagents, and production and sales of seeds and seedlings

February 1985
Name changed to Nichirei Corporation

April 1988
Start of full-fledged sales of acerola beverages

September 1988
Acquisition of Dutch refrigeration company and expansion into refrigerated storage business in the Netherlands (currently consolidated subsidiary Eurofrigo B.V. )

December 1988
Completion of the Nichirei Akashi-cho Building and full-fledged start of office leasing business

April 1989
Introduction of diabetic meal sets approved by Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as "Foods for Specified Health Uses"

April 1990
Full-fledged start of logistics business

February 1991
Completion of Nichirei Higashi-Ginza Building; transfer of head office to the new building two months later

March 1997
Establishment of research and development facility; consolidation of research and development functions

April 1998
Entry into third-party logistics business (established consolidated subsidiary Logistics Planner Inc. in November 2000)

September 1999
Acquisition of ISO (International Standards Organization) 9002 certification for Kanto regional low-temperature logistics branch and Nichirei Iruma Service Center (as of March 31, 2007, 20 Nichirei Group organizations operating 104 locations had received ISO 9001 certification)

March 2000
Acquisition of ISO 14001 certification for Chiba Chikusan Kogyo Co., Ltd. (as of March 31, 2007, seven Nichirei Group organizations operating 10 locations had received ISO 14001 certification)

June 2000
Addition of new businesses to corporate profile: hotel and Japanese-style inn operation

April 2001
Establishment of financial services and accounting subsidiary (currently a consolidated subsidiary called Nichirei Proserve Inc.)

January 2003
Spin-off of information systems division; joint establishment with Hitachi Ltd. of affiliate providing information processing services on outsourcing basis

April 2004
Spin-off of domestic logistics business into one company handling logistics networking business and seven companies handling regional storage business

February 2005
Acquisition of ISO 13485 certification by biosciences division (as of March 31, 2007, one Nichirei Group organization operating two locations had received ISO 13485 certification)

April 2005
Transition to holding company system, with Nichirei Corp. the holding company for independent business units handling processed foods, marine products, meat and poultry products, logistics, biosciences, and business support services

November 2005
Establishment of joint venture with the Nisshin Seifun Group in China's Shandong Province; the new affiliate, Jinzhu (Yantai) Foodstuff Research Development Co., Ltd., began operation in October 2006.

More information please visit Nichirei's website:
http://www.nichirei.co.jp/english/index.html