Morinaga & Company

Morinaga & Co., Ltd.
Native name
森永製菓株式会社
Company typePublic (K.K)
TYO: 2201
ISINJP3926400007
IndustryFood
FoundedAugust 15, 1899 (1899-08-15) as Morinaga’s Western Confectionary Shop
FounderTaichiro Morinaga
Headquarters,
Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Eijiro Ota
(President)
Products
Revenue JPY 205 billion (FY 2017) (US$ 1.9 billion) (FY 2017)
JPY 10.2 billion (FY 2017) (US$ 97 million) (FY 2017)
Number of employees
3,170 (consolidated, as of March 31, 2018)
SubsidiariesMorinaga Milk Industry (10.34%)
WebsiteOfficial website
Footnotes / references

Morinaga & Company, Ltd. (森永製菓株式会社, Morinaga Seika Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese confectionery company headquartered in Tokyo, and founded in 1899. Their products include candy, such as Hi-Chew, and other confectioneries.

Morinaga is loosely affiliated with Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd., a public company in which Morinaga & Company holds 10.34% of the stock.