- CEO
- Kenji Takihara
- Full Time Employees
- 9,624
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Industry
- Packaged Foods
- Address
- 25, Kanda-Nishiki-cho 1-chome Tokyo TY Japan
- IPO Date
- Dec 22, 2021
- Business
- Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. is a Japanese food manufacturing company primarily engaged in the manufacture and sale of wheat flour and related products. Founded in 1900 and headquartered in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan, the company operates across multiple business segments including flour milling; processed foods, such as premixes, pastas, and pasta sauces marketed under brands like Nisshin, Ma・Ma, Ao-no-Dokutsu, De Cecco, and Welna; prepared dishes and other prepared foods; yeast and biotechnology; healthcare foods; engineering; and mesh cloth products. The company also produces wheat-related products including bran, wheat germ, rye flour, and various food-related items sold for both home-use and commercial-use markets. It operates globally with geographic footprints in Japan, the United States, Australia, Southeast Asia, and China.
Recent major changes include a strategic business restructuring that focuses on strengthening the company's core flour milling, processed foods, and yeast businesses, while discontinuing its chemicals business and transferring its healthcare foods segment. The group aims at enhancing competitiveness through automation, R&D in chilled and frozen prepared foods, and expanding its commercial premix products globally, notably in Thailand, Vietnam, China, and the US. Nisshin Seifun has launched new home-use products including pasta sauces and rice cooking sauces to address evolving consumer needs, especially in markets like Vietnam. The company has also initiated share buybacks recently as part of capital management. Its medium-term management plan targets growth to 950 billion yen in net sales and 57 billion yen in operating profit by fiscal 2027, emphasizing innovation, business portfolio optimization, and new business development through M&A and startup collaborations with a focus on food tech and functional ingredients.
Nisshin Seifun operates under several subsidiaries including Nisshin Seifun Welna, which specializes in processed foods including frozen pasta sold in over 50 countries, Nisshin Flour Milling Inc., Ma・Ma-Macaroni Co., Ltd., and others focusing on commercial-use premixes and regional production.
The company is listed on the Nikkei 225 index and continues to invest in expanding its product portfolio and global reach while undertaking sustainability efforts to develop environmentally friendly products that address food safety, dietary diversification, health, and labor-saving automation in production lines. It remains committed to maintaining its leadership position in wheat-based food products while advancing new business domains in healthcare foods and biotechnology.
This description comprehensively covers Nisshin Seifun Group's core products, services, geographic operations, recent strategic changes, and business outlook.