NH Foods Ltd. (日本ハム株式会社, Nippon Hamu Kabushiki-gaisha) (English name before 2014: Nippon Meat Packers, Inc.) is a food processing conglomerate headquartered in Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan.
Company type | Public (K.K) |
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Founded | Tokushima, Japan (May 30, 1949 )
(established March 3, 1942 ) |
Founder | Yoshinori Ōkoso |
Headquarters | Breezé Tower, 2-14-9, Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan |
Key people | Hiroshi Kobayashi (President) |
Products | Ham, Sausage, other food products |
Revenue | ¥989,308 million (US$11,919,373 thousand) (Consolidated, FY 2010, 83 yen/US dollar)[1] |
¥33,175 million (US$399,698 thousand) (Consolidated, FY 2010, 83 yen/US dollar)[1] | |
¥16,731 million (US$201,579 thousand) (Consolidated, FY 2010, 83 yen/US dollar)[1] | |
Total assets | ¥590,688 million (US$7,116,723 thousand) (Consolidated, FY 2010, 83 yen/US dollar)[1] |
Total equity | ¥283,204 million (US$3,412,097 thousand) (Consolidated, FY 2010, 83 yen/US dollar)[1] |
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Number of employees | 15,118 (Consolidated, as of March 31, 2011) |
Website | Nippon Ham (English) |
History
editFounded in 1949, the company is commonly known as Nippon Ham (stylized as Nipponham). As a multinational corporation, Nippon Ham operates subsidiaries around the world, including China and the United States. In addition to its main business of meat packing and other food processing, the company owns the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League, and owns part of the J-League soccer team, Cerezo Osaka.
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Annual Report 2011" (PDF). Nippon Meat Packers, Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-18.