- Business
- Pigeon Corporation (PGENY) manufactures, sells, imports and exports baby and child-care products, maternity items, women's care products, home healthcare products and nursing care products worldwide; operates through four main segments including Japan Business, China Business, Singapore Business and Lansinoh Business; and provides child-minding, daycare, preschool education, in-company childcare facilities, event childcare and at-home elder care services. Core offerings encompass nursing bottles and nipples, pacifiers, training cups, breast pumps, breast pads, nipple care products, breast milk storage bags, baby strollers, non-woven products such as wet wipes, skincare and toiletries for babies and mothers, cleaning and disinfecting products, aging-prevention items and elder care solutions under the Pigeon and Lansinoh brands. Founded in 1949 and formerly known as Pigeon Honyuki Honpo Corporation until its name change in 1966, the company is headquartered at 4-4 Nihonbashi-Hisamatsucho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, with primary operations in Japan, China, Singapore and the United States through subsidiaries like wholly owned Lansinoh Laboratories; it maintains a workforce of approximately 3,066 worldwide as of late 2024 and lists on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange under code 7956. Recent developments include the November 2025 launch of the new Pigeon Kids brand targeting the kids market with initial product disclosures at a dedicated announcement event led by President and CEO Ryo Yano; receipt of the Mothers Selection Grand Prize 2025 for its nursing bottle steam sterilizer and dryer Pochitt series; an original research paper on nutritional sucking estimation awarded by the Nursing Engineering Society in November 2025; and a planned price adjustment for select product shipments announced December 1, 2025.