Corporate Profile

Company name: RIKEN VITAMIN CO., LTD.

Date of incorporation: 27, Aug, 1949

Capitalized at: ¥2.537 billion

President: Kazuhiko Yamaki

Number of Employees (consolidated): 1,825 (as of March 2022)

Head Office:

  • 1-6-1 Yotsuya, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-0004, Japan
    Phone : +81-3-5362-1311 / Fax : +81-3-5362-1345

Branch Offices:

  • Osaka, Sapporo, Sendai, Kita-Kanto, Nagoya, Fukuoka

Factories:

  • Soka, Chiba, Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka

Subsidiaries:

  • Domestic
  • RIKEN FOOD CO., LTD.
  • KENSEIDO CO., LTD.
  • SHINKEN SANGYO CO., LTD.
  • SUNNY PACKAGING CO., LTD.
  • EIKEN SHOJI CO., LTD.
  • Overseas
  • TIANJIN RIKEVITA FOOD CO., LTD.
  • RIKEVITA FINE CHEMICAL & FOOD INDUSTRY (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD
  • RIKEVITA ASIA CO., LTD.
  • RIKEVITA (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD.
  • RIKEVITA (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
  • RIKEN VITAMIN EUROPE GmbH
  • GUYMON EXTRACTS INC.
  • RIKEN VITAMIN USA INC.

Net sales:

  • FY2019: 82.9 billion yen (consolidated net sales)
  • FY2020: 77.7 billion yen (consolidated net sales)
  • FY2021: 79.2 billion yen (consolidated net sales)

Business lineup:

  • Production and Sale of consumer and commercial foods, processed food ingredients, food improvers, chemical improvers, and Vitamin

History

1949 RIKEN VITAMIN OIL CO., LTD. Established
1953 Relocates Tokyo Factory from Koto-ku to Itabashi-ku
1959 Acquires KENSEIDO CO., LTD.
1960 RIKEN OIL INDUSTRY CO., LTD. establishes its Osaka Factory (current Osaka Factory of Riken Vitamin)
1961 Becomes listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
1963 Merges with RIKEN OIL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
1964 Establishes RIKEN FOOD CO., LTD.
1968 Newly establishes the Soka Factory
1973 Newly establishes the Chiba Factory
1980 Renames itself as RIKEN VITAMIN CO., LTD.
1985 Newly establishes the Kyoto Factory
1991 Establishes RIKEVITA (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD.
Establishes SANNY HOUSOU CO., LTD.
1993 Establishes TIANJIN RIKEVITA FOOD CO., LTD.
1994 Establishes RIKEVITA (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD.
Establishes QINGDAO FUSHENG FOODSTUFFS CO., LTD.
1995 RIKEN FOOD CO., LTD. acquires SHINWA FOOD CO., LTD. (current consolidated subsidiary)
RIKEN FOOD CO., LTD. establishes DALIAN RIKEN MARUHA FOODSTUFFS CO., LTD. (current DALIAN RIKEN SEAWEED CO., LTD.)
1996 Acquires EIKEN SHOJI CO., LTD.
1999 Opens a food improver Application Center at the Soka Factory
2000 Opens the Presentation Center
RIKEVITA (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD. opens a food improver Application Center
TIANJIN RIKEVITA FOOD CO., LTD. opens a food improver Application Center
2003 Establishes RIKEN VITAMIN EUROPE GmbH RIKEN FOOD CO., LTD. establishes RIKEN FOOD (DALIAN) CO., LTD.
2004 Establishes GUYMON EXTRACTS INC. Establishes RIKEN VITAMIN USA INC.
2005 Establishes RIKEVITA FINE CHEMICAL & FOOD INDUSTRY (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD
2006 Establishes RIKEVITA ASIA CO., LTD.
2007 Relocates the food improver Application Center from RIKEVITA (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD. to RIKEVITA (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
2012 Relocates the food improver Application Center from the TIANJIN RIKEVITA FOOD CO., LTD. to RIKEVITA FINE CHEMICAL & FOOD INDUSTRY (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
Opens a chemical improver Application Center at TIANJIN RIKEVITA FOOD CO., LTD.
2013 Establishes RIKEVITA (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED
2015 Establishes RIKEVITA TURKEY FOOD INDUSTRY LIMITED COMPANY
2019 Relocates the chemical improver Application Center as the Fine Chemical Technical Center from the TIANJIN RIKEVITA FOOD CO., LTD. to RIKEVITA FINE CHEMICAL & FOOD INDUSTRY (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
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