Company Name: KIKKOMAN Co,Ltd
Foundation: December 7, 1917
Headquarters: Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
Main activity: Import-export of food products
Company Description :
Noda Shoya Co,Ltd (precursor to Kikkoman) was created in Noda by the merger of eight family businesses in 1917. Their first factory was then completed in 1931 near Osaka. It was in 1940 that the company was called Kikkoman as a single brand on a national scale. In 1917, Kikkoman established itself in San Francisco to reach the American market. In 1969 it invested in Japan Food Corporation (now JFC Internatanial Inc). Kikkoman's goal is to fill the world with the joys of food to give people these delicious memories. Their slogan sums it up well: “season your life”.