The head office in Osaka, Japan
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public Kabushiki gaisha | |
Traded as | : OSE: 2987 |
Industry | Food Manufacturing |
Founded | Izumiotsu, Osaka, Japan (September 4, 1948 ) |
Founder | Momofuku Ando |
Headquarters | Osaka HQ: 1-1, Nishi-Nakajima Yonchome, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, Japan Tokyo: 28-1, Shinjuku Rokuchome, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan |
Key people
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Susumu Nakagawa (Vice President and COO) |
Revenue | ¥374,932 million (March 2011) |
¥34,537 million (March 2011) | |
¥20,756 million (March 2011) | |
Total assets | ¥409,748 million (March 2011) |
Total equity | ¥277,595 million (March 2011) |
Number of employees
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7,505 (as of March 31, 2011) |
Subsidiaries | Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd. Nissin Cisco Co., Ltd. Nissin Frozen Foods Co., Ltd. Nissin Chilled Foods Co., Ltd. |
Website | www |
public Kabushiki gaisha | |
Industry | Food Manufacturing |
Founded | October 1, 2008 | (to take over the instant food business from the former Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd.)
Headquarters | 1-1, Nishi-Nakajima Yonchome, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, Japan |
Key people
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Susumu Nakagawa (President) |
Parent | Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd. |
Website | www |
Nissin Foods is a Japanese company that makes instant noodles.
It was established in Japan on September 4, 1948, by Momofuku Ando as Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd. of Japan (日清食品株式会社? Nisshin Shokuhin Kabushiki-gaisha) and ten years later introduced the first instant ramen noodle product, Chikin Ramen (Chicken Ramen). They established a US subsidiary Nissin Foods in 1970 and sold instant ramen noodle products under the name Top Ramen. Instant noodles (1958) and cup noodles (1971) were both invented by Momofuku Ando. Nissin Foods has its headquarters in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka.
The company moved to its current headquarters in 1977, when the construction of the building was completed.
Nissin Foods are also Purveyors to the Imperial House of Japan.
In 2007, Myojo Foods Co., Ltd. became a wholly owned subsidiary of Nissin Foods.
Nissin Foods has established offices and factories in various countries, such as Brazil (since 1981),Hong Kong (since 1985),India (since 1987),Germany (since 1993),Thailand (since 1994),China (since 1995), and Mexico (since 2000). Their products are also sold in the Philippines, Taiwan, Singapore, Canada, Sweden, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia, the United Kingdom, Italy, Argentina and the United States.