Takara Holdings

Takara Holdings Inc.
Native name
宝ホールディングス株式会社
Public KK
Traded as
Industry Beverages
Founded June 1925, 09 (09-06-1925)
Headquarters Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto 600-8688, Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Hisashi Ohmiya
(Chairman)
Toshio Kakimoto
(President)
Products
  • Alcoholic beverages
  • Seasonings
  • Research reagents
  • Scientific instruments
  • Health foods
Revenue

Increase JPY 225.3 billion (FY 2015)

(US$ 1.99 billion) (FY 2015)

Increase JPY 7 billion (Y 2015)

(US$ 62.4 million) (FY 2015)
Number of employees
3,780 (consolidated, as of March 31, 2016)
Website Official website
Footnotes / references
[1][2]

Takara Holdings (宝ホールディングス株式会社, Takara Hōrudingusu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese company based in Kyoto. The company is mainly involved in the production of beverages, food, printing and medical supplies.[2]

Divisions

Takara Bio

Subsidiaries of Takara Bio Inc. include Clontech Laboratories, a Mountain View, California-based manufacturer of materials for biological research formerly owned by Becton Dickinson,[3] as well as regional subsidiaries in Japan, Korea, China, and the US. In 2007, Clontech was involved in litigation with Invitrogen over patents for RNase H minus reverse transcriptase.[4]

Takara Shuzo

Takara Shuzo Co. produces sake, other beverages, and seasonings. This division comprises the original business; the holding company including it was formed in 2001.[5] Takara Shuzo also owns the Tomatin distillery of Highland single malt scotch whisky. Takara Shuzo Co. is the largest distiller of traditional shochu liquor in Japan.[6]

References

  1. "Corporate Profile". Takara Holdings. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Company Profile". Nikkei Asian Review. Nikkei Inc. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  3. "Takara Bio to Acquire Clontech Unit of BD Biosciences". bionity.com. July 5, 2005. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  4. Nag, Dilipp S. (May 30, 2007). "Invitrogen, Clontech settle patent litigation". Reuters. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  5. "Takara Shuzo to set up holding company". Goliath Business News.
  6. Takada, Aya (July 4, 2014). "Farms Fatten Pigs With Stale Bread in Japan to Cut Costs". Bloomberg. Retrieved September 17, 2015.


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