Maruha Co., Ltd. - Maruha

Japanese: マルハ[株] - マルハ

The largest fishery company. It started as Hayashikane Shoten, a fresh fish brokerage and transport business founded by Nakabe Ikujiro in 1880, and expanded into the fishing industry in 1916. It focused on Antarctic whaling, but in 1943, due to the Fisheries Control Act, it became the Western Pacific Fisheries Control Company along with its affiliated Taiyo Whaling and Deep Sea Whaling businesses. It changed its name to Taiyo Fisheries in 1945, and took its current name in 1993. It also handled transport and shipbuilding, focusing on North Pacific and Antarctic whaling, but due to a downturn in the fishing industry, it expanded into general food production, including processing, freezing, and agricultural and livestock products, and is now a comprehensive food company. It was renamed Maruha Group Headquarters in April 2004. In 2007, Maruha and Nichiro merged to become Maruha Nichiro Holdings.
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水産業最大手。1880年中部幾次郎が創業した鮮魚仲買運搬業の林兼商店に始まり，1916年漁業に進出。南氷洋捕鯨に力を注いでいたが，1943年水産統制令により，同系列の大洋捕鯨，遠洋捕鯨とともに西大洋漁業統制会社となる。1945年大洋漁業と改称，1993年現社名。北洋漁業，南氷洋捕鯨を中心に運搬，造船も手がけたが，漁業不振などにより加工，冷凍，農畜産物など食品全般の生産に進出し，現在では総合食品企業の性格を強めた。2004年４月マルハグループ本社と改称。2007年マルハとニチロが経営統合しマルハニチロホールディングスとなる。
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