About Tonohata
Company Overview
- Company name
- Tonohata Co., Ltd.
- Founded
- 1950
- Incorporated
- 1987
- Locations
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- Wakayama Head Office
- 195-1 Nishi-iwashiro, Minabe-cho, Hidaka-gun, Wakayama Prefecture 645-0014
- Tel: 0739.72.2423
- Fax: 0739.72.4101
- Tokyo Sales Office
- #201, 8th Toyo Building 2-7-13 Nihonbashibakuro-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0002
- Osaka Sales Office
- #703, 3-29 Hiroshiba-chō, Suita-shi, Osaka 564-0052
- Guangdong Tonohata Co., Ltd.
- Gaopuzhen, Puning, Jieyang, Guangdong, China
- Website
- https://www.tonohata.co.jp/
- Capital
- 29 million yen
- Representative
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- President and CEO Masatoshi Tonohata
- Employees
- 140
- Business description
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- Manufacturing and sales of Umeboshi and Ume products
- Main bank
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- Kiyo Bank Minabe Branch
- Japan Finance Corporation for Small and Medium Enterprise Wakayama Branch
- Affiliated companies
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- Kishuen Honpo Co., Ltd.
- Guangdong Tonohata Foods Co., Ltd.
- Iwasou Co., Ltd.
- Certified
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- December 2002, Wakayama Head Office / Factory Certified International Organization for Standardization ISO9001 Quality Standard
- 2009, Carbon Offset Certification from the Ministry of Environment
History
- 1950
- Founder Shigeru Tonohata establishes Tonohata Shoten and starts the sale of Umeboshi.
- 1963
- The importing of ingredients from overseas (Taiwan) begins.
- 1975
- The main factory (three-story, steel frame) is reconstructed.
- 1987
- Company changes from Tonohata Shoten to Tonohata Co., Ltd.
- 1992
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- New factories for the headquarters is built.
- Industry’s first ever cleanroom factory (class 10000).
- Industry’s first ever implementation of ozone sterilization system for the whole factory.
- July 1994
- Masatoshi Tonohata becomes CEO.
- 1995
- Batch management (traceback) system introduced for all products.
- December 1997
- Electrodialysis device introduced for a recycling system for seasoning liquids.
- December 1999
- Vacuum concentration plant adopted.
- January 2002
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- X-ray detectors adopted for all production lines.
- Joint venture company Xiamen Tonohata Wishful Foods established in Fujian, China.
- June 2004
- Ingredients warehouse completed.
- March 2005
- Agricultural chemicals inspection system using supercritical technology adopted.
- November 2006
- Implementation of GAP (Good Agricultural Practices) begins.
- October 2007
- Implementation of behavioural science management.
- December 2007
- Joint venture company Guangdong Tonohata Co., Ltd. established in Guangdong, China.
- August 2009
- Receives Carbon Offset Certification from the Ministry of Environment.
