Meiji Holdings Company, Ltd. (明治ホールディングス株式会社) is a Japanese holding company established on April 1, 2009, after the stock transfer from Meiji Seika and Meiji Dairies and is the fourth largest confectionery company in the world.[3]
Reorganization
Meiji Holdings held a press conference on September 14, 2010, and announced the reorganization of the Meiji Group. On April 1, 2011, Meiji Holdings reorganized Meiji Seika and Meiji Dairies to a food company, Meiji Co., Ltd., and a pharmaceutical company, Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Ltd.; Meiji Dairies took over the food and healthcare business of Meiji Seika to form Meiji Co., and Meiji Seika was renamed Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Ltd.[4] According to the International Cocoa Organization, Meiji is the 9th largest confectionery producer in the world.[5]
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References
- Kazuo Kawamura retrieved August 19, 2022^
- Consolidated Financial Statements for the Fiscal Year Ending March 2020 Meiji Holdings Company, Limited, January 10, 2021^
- Global confectionery market: leading companies based on net sales 2013 Statista, retrieved September 8, 2014^
- Notice of Corporate Reorganization of the Meiji Group (Company Split between the Subsidiaries of Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd.) Meiji Holdings Company, Limited., September 14, 2010, retrieved June 9, 2011^
- Who are the main manufacturers of chocolate in the world? Candy Industry, February 4, 2014, retrieved September 8, 2014^