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Home > Company Index > Food, Beverage & Tobacco > Beverages - Wineries > Mercian Corporation

Mercian Corporation
 PROFILE
Mercian would like you to drink up. The company produces and distributes alcoholic beverages, including wine, whiskey, sake, shochu (a liquor distilled from sweet potatoes or rice), and imported liquors in Japan. In addition to its flagship Chateau Mercian wines, the company's products include low-alcohol Original Peachtree Fizz and low-priced Bon Marche wines. Mercian imports liquor from more than 50 companies globally. Its feedstuff division makes fish food from the by-products of its alcohol production, and Mercian is also involved in antibiotic research through its pharmaceutical and chemical products division. Mercian is a member of the Ajinomoto Group.

 COMPETITION
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 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: December
2000 Sales (mil.): 865.40
1-Yr. Sales Growth: (18.2)%
Employees: 1,057
Revenue per employee: $818,732.26

 KEY PEOPLE
• Tadao Suzuki
    CEO
• Masao Kurosawa
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
5-8, Kyobashi 1-chome, Chuo-ku
Tokyo 104-8305, Japan
Phone: 81-3-3231-3910
Fax: 81-3-3231-8539
Online: Web Site

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