- CEO
- Kenji Takihara
- Full Time Employees
- 9,624
- Sector
- Process industries
- Industry
- Agricultural commodities/Milling
- Address
- 25, Kanda-Nishiki-cho 1-chome Tokyo TY Japan 101-8441
- IPO Date
- May 16, 1949
- Business
- Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. (2002.T) operates as a holding company primarily engaged in flour milling and diversified food processing businesses worldwide. The group manufactures and sells wheat flour, bran, wheat germ, rye flour, and related products; processed foods including premixes, pasta, pasta sauces, frozen and chilled foods, dried noodles, bakery and confectionery materials under brands such as NISSHIN, MA-MA, AO-NO-DOKUTSU, Welna, and DE CECCO; prepared dishes such as bento, side dishes, and cooked rice; yeast, biotechnology ingredients, healthcare foods, active pharmaceutical ingredients, and diagnostic reagents; pet foods; engineering services for grain, food, and chemical processing facilities; mesh cloth for screen-printing and industrial use; and electronic components and plastic moldings. It serves household, commercial, industrial, and pharmaceutical customers across Japan, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, China, Vietnam, the Netherlands, Germany, and Indonesia, with headquarters in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan, where it traces its origins to a 1900 founding as a flour milling enterprise. Recent developments include Nisshin Seifun Welna's launch of a new product range in Vietnam in November 2025 to bolster its regional growth strategy; an ongoing share buyback program announced in October 2025 for up to 5.18% of its shares valued at 20 billion yen; the fiscal 2025 results briefing in May 2025 highlighting performance amid its Medium-Term Management Plan targeting 950 billion yen in net sales by fiscal 2027 through M&A and new ventures in food tech; past acquisitions such as an 85% stake in Kumamoto Flour Milling Co., Ltd. integrated as a subsidiary, Allied Pinnacle in Australia, and others to expand overseas milling and bakery operations; and reinforcement of global infrastructure via subsidiaries like Miller Milling Company in the U.S. and Champion Flour Milling in New Zealand.