Takara Holdings

Takara Holdings Inc.
Native name
 宝ホールディングス株式会社
Public KK
Traded as TYO: 2531
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)
Profit

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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