Nippon Ham
Japanese food processing conglomerate
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NH Foods Ltd. (日本ハム株式会社, Nippon Hamu Kabushiki-gaisha) (English name before 2014: Nippon Meat Packers, Inc.) is a food processing conglomerate headquartered in Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan.
Native name
日本ハム株式会社Romanized name
Nippon Hamu Kabushiki-gaishaFormerlyTokushima Ham Co., Ltd. (1949–1963)
Nippon Meat Packers Ltd. (1963–2014)
Nippon Meat Packers Ltd. (1963–2014)
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Headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka | |
Native name | 日本ハム株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Nippon Hamu Kabushiki-gaisha |
| Formerly | Tokushima Ham Co., Ltd. (1949–1963) Nippon Meat Packers Ltd. (1963–2014) |
| Type | Public (K.K) |
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| Founded | Tokushima, Japan (May 30, 1949)
(established March 3, 1942) |
| Founder | Yoshinori Ōkoso |
| Headquarters | Breezé Tower, 2-14-9, Umeda, , Japan |
Key people | Hiroshi Kobayashi (President) |
| Products | Ham, Sausage, other food products |
| Revenue | (Consolidated, FY 2010, 83 yen/US dollar)[1] |
(Consolidated, FY 2010, 83 yen/US dollar)[1] | |
(Consolidated, FY 2010, 83 yen/US dollar)[1] | |
| Total assets | (Consolidated, FY 2010, 83 yen/US dollar)[1] |
| Total equity | (Consolidated, FY 2010, 83 yen/US dollar)[1] |
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Number of employees | 15,118 (Consolidated, as of March 31, 2011) |
| Website | Nippon Ham (English) |
History
Founded in 1949, the company is commonly known as Nippon Ham (stylized as Nipponham). As a multinational corporation, Nippon Ham operates subsidiaries around the world, including China and the United States. In addition to its main business of meat packing and other food processing, the company owns the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League, and owns part of the J.League soccer team, Cerezo Osaka.