Meiji Seika

Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd.
明治製菓株式会社
public kabushiki gaisha (TYO: 2202: May 16, 1949 - March 25, 2009)
Industry Food
Founded Tokyo, Japan (October 9, 1916 (1916-10-09), Tokyo Kashi Company)
Headquarters 4-16, Kyobashi Nitchome, Chuo, Tokyo, Japan
Services manufacture and sale of food and medicine
Parent Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd.
Website www.meiji-seika-pharma.co.jp/english/
www.meiji.co.jp/english/

Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd. (明治製菓株式会社, Meiji Seika Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese snack food company. It is the trade name of a pharmaceutical company in Japan. It was known as Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Ltd. (Meiji Seikaファルマ株式会社, -Faruma Kabushiki-gaisha) until March 31, 2011. It is currently a subsidiary of Meiji Holdings. 14 June 2002

It was the confectionery and pharmaceutical company that manufactures a wide range of products including Hello Panda and Yan Yan. Its competitors include Ezaki Glico, Kabaya, Lotte Confectionery and Morinaga.

They acquired the Stauffer Biscuit Company based in York, Pennsylvania, USA in 2004.

On April 1, 2009, Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd. and Meiji Dairies Corporation established a joint holding company, Meiji Holdings Co. (TYO: 2269), which is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 index. Two years later on the day, the food and healthcare business was taken over by Meiji Dairies to form "Meiji Co., Ltd.", and Meiji Seika was reorganized to a pharmaceutical company "Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Ltd."It is currently a subsidiary of Meiji Holdings Corporation.

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