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Home > Company Index > Food, Beverage & Tobacco > Sugar & Confectionery > Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd.

Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd.
 PROFILE
If Meiji Seika Kaisha gets glum over weak candy sales, it's got plenty of antidepressants handy. The company is a leading Japanese confectioner; Meiji-brand sweets such as chocolate and candy, along with convenience foods, snacks, and beverages, account for more than half of its sales. About 30% of Meiji Seika's sales come from its pharmaceutical division, which offers antibiotics and antianxiety drugs; the division also produces agricultural chemicals and veterinary drugs and is expanding in other parts of Asia. Back home, Meiji Seika is one of a handful of pharmaceutical makers allowed to market the contraceptive pill. Meiji Seika is one of several major Japanese firms named for Emperor Meiji.

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 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: March
2000 Sales (mil.): 3,444.10
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 15.7%
Employees: 4,969
Revenue per employee: $693,117.33

 KEY PEOPLE
• Ichiro Kitasato
    CEO

 CONTACT INFO
4-16, Kyobashi 2-chome, Chuo-ku
Tokyo 104-8002, Japan
Phone: 81-3-3272-6511
Fax: 81-3-3271-3528
Online: Web Site

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