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HISTORY: Founded in July 1949
Established Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co. Ltd. as a secondary company of
Kyowa Sangyo Co. Ltd. (1949)
Bought out Sanyo Kagaku Co. Ltd. (1954)
Established Daikyowa Sekiyu Kagaku Co. Ltd. through joint investment with
Daikyo Sekiyu Co. Ltd. (1961)
Began the pharmaceutical business (1963)
Established Kyowa Yuka Co. Ltd., as a separate company from Daikyowa
Sekiyu Kagaku Co. Ltd. (1966)
Established Kyowa Hakko USA Inc. (1969)
Established Kyowa Hakko Europe GmbH (1973)
Established Kyowa Miles, a merger company with United States Miles Inc.
(1973)
Established Kyowa FD Foods Co. Ltd. to produce freeze-dried foods (1973)
Established Ohland Foods Co. Ltd. to start producing and selling frozen
dough for bread and cake mix (1974)
Established Fermex for the production of feed-grade L-Lysine (1977)
Established Janssen-Kyowa Co. Ltd. (1978)
Established the Bio Business Division (1981)
Established Kyowa Medex Co. Ltd. to develop, produce and sell diagnostic
reagents (1981)
Established Biokyowa Inc. in the U.S. for the production of amino acids
(1984)
Established Kyowa Hakko (Thailand) Ltd. (1985)
Established Agroferm Hungarian-Japanese Fermentation Industry Ltd., a
consolidated company in Hungary (1987)
Established Japan Oxocol Co. Ltd. to strengthen the plasticizers business
(1988)
Acquired all stock of Shinwa Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (1989)
Established Nutri-Quest Inc., a company for research and development in
the U.S. (1989)
Established Kyowa Iryo Kaihatsu Co. Ltd. (1989)
Established Kyowa Hakko (HK) Co. Ltd. (1989)
Merger of Kyowa Yuka Co. Ltd. and Japan Oxocol Co. Ltd. (1991)
Established Kyowa Pharmaceutical Inc. in the U.S. (1992)
Established Dinavec Research Inc. (1995)
Established Shanghai Guan Sheng Yuan Kyowa Amino Acid Co. Ltd. (1998)
Established Kyowa America Inc., a holding company in the U.S. (1999)
Established J Plus Co. Ltd., a joint venture for the plasticizers business
(2000)
Established Kyowa Foods (H.K) Co. Ltd. (2000).
Transferred alcoholic beverage business (excluding raw alcohol) to Asahi
Breweries (9/02)
Established Yantai Kyowa Foods Co. Ltd. in China (2002)
Established Japan Ethyl Acetate Co. Ltd., a joint venture with Showa Denko
KK for the production of ethyl acetate (2003)
Established BioWa Inc. in the U.S. to promote Kyowa Hakko’s
biopharmaceutical business (2003)
Spun off Kyowa Hakko Food Specialties Co. Ltd. (2005)
FACILITIES: 27,000 sq. m. pharmaceutical research facilities
STOCK-FINANCIAL HISTORY: Net sales ¥353.440 (YE 06) compared to ¥358.963b (YE 05)
Net income ¥16.273b (YE 06) compared to ¥17.932b (YE 05)
Earnings per share ¥38.4/share (YE 06) compared to ¥41.7/share (YE 05)
Total assets ¥384.381b (YE 06) compared to ¥374.493b (YE 05)
SUBSIDIARIES/DIVISIONS: The company consists of two business units--Pharmaceuticals Business
Unit and Bio-Chemicals Business Unit
Overseas network:
Kyowa America Inc.
767 Third Avenue, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10017 USA
Phone: (212) 319-5353
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