Nissin Foods

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Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd.
日清食品ホールディングス株式会社

Type	public Kabushiki gaisha
Traded as	TYO: 2897 OSE: 2987
Industry	Food Manufacturing
Founded	Izumiotsu, Osaka, Japan (September 4, 1948 (1948-09-04))
Founder(s)	Momofuku Ando
Headquarters	Osaka HQ: 1-1, Nishi-Nakajima Yonchome, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, Japan Tokyo: 28-1, Shinjuku Rokuchome, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Koki Ando (President and CEO) Susumu Nakagawa (Vice President and COO)
Revenue	¥374,932 million (March 2011)[1]
Operating income	¥34,537 million (March 2011)[1]
Net income	¥20,756 million (March 2011)[1]
Total assets	¥409,748 million (March 2011)[1]
Total equity	¥277,595 million (March 2011)[1]
Employees	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.

Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd.
日清食品株式会社

Type	public Kabushiki gaisha
Industry	Food Manufacturing
Founded	October 1, 2008 (2008-10-01) (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	Susumu Nakagawa (President)
Parent	Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd.

The head office in Osaka, Japan

Nissin Foods is a world-wide company that makes instant ramen noodles. It was established in Japan on September 4, 1948 by Momofuku Ando^[2] 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.^[3][4] Nissin Foods has its headquarters in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka.^[5][6] The company moved to its current headquarters in 1977, when the construction of the building was completed.^[7]

Nissin Foods has established offices and factories in various countries, such as Brazil (since 1981), ^[8] Hong Kong (since 1985),^[9] India (since 1992),^[10] Germany (since 1993),^[11] Thailand (since 1994),^[12] China (since 1995)^[13] and Mexico (since 2000).^[14] Their products are also sold in Philippines, Taiwan, Singapore, Canada, Sweden, Malaysia and Australia.

Nissin Foods are also Purveyors to the Imperial House of Japan.

Products

• Nissin Top Ramen
• Nissin Chikin Ramen
• Nissin Cup Noodles
• Demae Itcho
• Chow Mein
• Doll Brand - created by Winner Food Products Limited (est. 1968), a subsidiary of Nissin since 1984

See also

• Maruchan
• Sapporo Ichiban
• UFO Kamen Yakisoban

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Financial Statements for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2011" (PDF). Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd.. May 11, 2011. http://www.nissinfoods-holdings.co.jp/english/inv/pdf/cfs11I.pdf. 
2. ^ Nissin Foods - About Nissin Foods
3. ^ Corporate Information: History
4. ^ Corporate Information: Business Overview
5. ^ "Nissin Food group net profit up 6.6% in 1st half." Japan Weekly Monitor. November 12, 2001. Retrieved on March 5, 2010. "On an unconsolidated basis, the Osaka-based firm recorded a 194.4% jump to 5.46."
6. ^ "Company Profile." Nissin Foods. Retrieved on March 5, 2010.
7. ^ "History." Nissin Foods Germany. Retrieved on March 5, 2010.
8. ^ Nissin no Brasil. Nissin-Ajinomoto. Retrieved on September 9, 2010 (Portuguese)
9. ^ Nissin Hong Kong - official history
10. ^ Nissin - official history
11. ^ Nissin Food Germany - History, Germany
12. ^ Nissin Thailand - company profile
13. ^ Nissin China - History
14. ^ Nissin Mexico - History (Spanish)

External links

	Osaka portal
	Companies portal
	Food portal

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