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Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.
 PROFILE
Toyo Seikan Kaisha has a can-do attitude. The company, Japan's leading can maker, also makes glass; plastic containers, such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles and pouches; and paper packaging products. Many of its products are used to contain food and beverages. Japan, where it has 13 subsidiaries, accounts for most of its sales. Founded in 1917, Toyo Seikan was the first in Japan to commercialize oxygen scavenger sachets, a packaging material used to preserve food freshness. The company also has developed a PET bottle for pasteurized beer.

 COMPETITION
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 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: March
2000 Sales (mil.): 6,880.30
Employees: 6,000
Revenue per employee: $1,146,716.67

 KEY PEOPLE
• Hirofumi Miki
    CEO

 CONTACT INFO
1-3-1 Uchi-Saiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8522, Japan
Phone: 81-3-3508-2112
Fax: 81-3-3508-2265

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