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| November 1908 |
Founder Ichiro Tamura constructed
Daiichi-Maru (199 gross tons), the first steel-frame trawler in Japan. |
| May 1911 |
Ichiro Tamura established the Tamura
Steamship Fishery Division in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and
started trawling in cooperation with Kosuke Kunishi and other people
(foundation of Nippon Suisan). |
| September 1919 |
The Division reorganized into a
corporation under the name of Kyodo Gyogyo. |
| February 1920 |
Hayatomo Fishery Research Group,
the first private fishery research organization in Japan, was established. |
| November 1927 |
Kushiro-Maru, the first full-scale
diesel engine trawler in Japan, was completed. |
| December 1929 |
The base of fishery moved from
Shimonoseki to Tobata, Fukuoka Prefecture. |
| December 1934 |
First whaling expedition conducted
in the Antarctic Ocean. |
| March 1937 |
Company name changed to Nippon
Suisan. |
| December 1942 |
The cold storage and marketing
divisions separated and transferred to Teikoku Suisan Tosei (presently
Nichirei Corp.) founded in accordance with the Fishery Control Ordinance. |
| Mach 1943 |
The fishery division separated
and transferred to Nippon Kaiyo Gyogyo Tosei. |
| December 1945 |
Nippon Kaiyo Gyogyo Tosei restored
its name to Nippon Suisan. |
| November 1946 |
First postwar whaling expedition
conducted in the Antarctic Ocean with permission of the General Headquarters
(GHQ). |
| May 1949 |
Nippon Suisan listed its shares
on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| June 1949 |
Hakodate Canning Plant was established
(fish processing restored). |
| May 1952 |
North-sea fisheries reopened and
NISSUI's mother ship-type salmon and trout fleet began fishing. |
| October 1952 |
Full-scale production of fish sausage
started at the Tobata Plant. |
| June 1962 |
Hachioji General Plant completed
for the mass production of processed food. |
| April 1966 |
Head office moved to the present
address (Nippon Building in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo). |
| May 1974 |
Unisea founded in the U.S. |
| October 1974 |
NISSUI's fishing boat began fishing
for krill operations in the Antarctic Ocean. |
| October 1978 |
EMDEPES founded in Santiago, Chile,
as a fishery base. |
| April 1981 |
PESPASA founded in Buenos Aires,
Argentina, as a fishery base. |
| 1988 |
U.S. fishing quota for foreign
vessels in the North Pacific Ocean abolished (virtually ending fishing
in this area). |
| December 1988 |
NISSUI acquired Salmones Antartica,
a salmon and trout aquaculture company in Chile. |
| March 1990 |
NISSUI obtained approval to make "EPA-E
NISSUI," a drug substance. |
| June 1991 |
No dividend payment for the 76th
year (ended in March 1991) resolved (first since the year ended in March
1951). |
| June 1999 |
Resumption of dividend payment
(¥3 per share a year) for the 84th year (ended in March 1999) resolved.
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| January 2001 |
NISSUI acquired 50% of shares of
Sealord, a fishery company in New Zealand. |
| October 2001 |
NISSUI acquired "Gorton's" and "Blue
Water," pre-cooked frozen seafood brands for household use in North
America. |
| March 2002 |
NISSUI acquired 25% of shares of
Alaska Ocean Seafood. |
| March 2003 |
"IMARK," NISSUI's EPA-based
FOSHU, approved for commercialization (put on sale in April 2004). |
| January 2004 |
Kurose Suisan, an aquaculture company
specializing in Japanese yellowtail, founded. |
| February 2004 |
NAL Peru, a procurement company
specializing in fish meal and fish oil, founded in Lima, Peru. |
| October 2004 |
Europacifico, a marketer of marine
products, founded in Vigo, Spain. |
| July 2005 |
NISSUI acquired King & Price
Seafood, a U.S. company of pre-cooked frozen seafood for business use. |
| October 2005 |
New plant completed at Shandong
Sanfod Nissui in Qingdao, China. |
| March 2006 |
NISSUI began capital and business
cooperation with Kyowa Suisan, a Japanese fishery company. |
| April 2006 |
NISSUI announced the acquisition
of three marketers of marine products: Nordic Seafood in Denmark, F.W.
Bryce in the U.S. and Nordsee in Brazil. |
| October 2006 |
Construction of Nissui Kashima Plant
commenced. |
| April 2007 |
Nissui Logistics Corporation founded. |
| October 2007 |
NISSUI acuired shares of Cité Marine
S.A.S., a processed Seafood Company in France. |
| October 2007 |
NISSUI made capital investments
in domestic processed company, Sasaya Shoten Co., Ltd., Kaneko Shokuhin
Co., Ltd., and Kunihiro Inc., and Tai Mei Food Industrial Corp. (Taiwan)
in overseas. |
| October 2007 |
DOSA. was established in Chile in order to administrating, marketing, and distributing for group fishery companies in Chile. |
| November 2007 |
Kurose Suisan Co., Ltd. was certified
from Miyazaki Prefecture as an "EU export-worthy marine seafood
processing facility." |
| April 2008 |
Qingdao Nissui Food Research and
Development founded. |
| June 2008 |
NISSUI acquired 25% of shares of
Glacier Fish Company. |
| October 2008 |
Construction of the Nissui Kashima
Plant completed.
Construction of the frozen food plant completed at Hachikan Co.,
Ltd. Headquarters.
Kyowa Suisan Co., Ltd. becomes consolidated subsidiary. |
| December 2008 |
Hokkaido Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd.
founded |
| March 2009 |
TN Fine Chemicals Co.,Ltd. founded. |
| November 2009 |
NISSUI commenced culturing
arachidonic-acid-producing filamentous fungi in large tanks
in the bio-production field. |
| December 2009 |
Hakata Marukita Suisan Co.,
Ltd. founded (business transferred from Hakata Marukita Co.,
Ltd. in February 2010). |
| February 2010 |
NISSUI's stake in Tokyo
Kitaichi Co., Ltd. increased. |
| May 2010 |
NISSUI made capital investments in Netuno International S.A., a tilapia and shrimp farming, and marine products
production and sales company (Brazil). |
| July 2010 |
NISSUI acquired shares of Delmar.
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| August 2010 |
Nordic Seafood A/S becomes consolidated subsidiary.
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| April 2011 |
Construction of the Tokyo Innovation Center.
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