Ajinomoto 
JAPAN: Ajinomoto H1 hit by recession (REG)
6th November 2009
Japanese food group Ajinomoto said today (6 November) that the global economic recession hit its first-half profits.
Read the full story >>- UK: Asda wins aspartame court battle (REG)
16th July 2009
Asda today (16 July) claimed a “victory for common sense” when a UK court dismissed Japanese ingredients firm Ajinomoto’s lawsuit over Asda’s description of the artificial sweetener aspartame as a “nasty”. - JAPAN: Ajinomoto eyes international growth (REG)
8th July 2009
Japan’s Ajinomoto Co. said that it plans to double its food sales abroad to JPY300bn (US$3.19bn) by accelerating strategic M&A and developing new businesses in new areas. - JAPAN: Ajinomoto reports loss as costs, forex hit
15th May 2009 - JAPAN: Ajinomoto forecasts earnings hit (REG)
8th May 2009 - US: Ajinomoto eyes US frozen sales (REG)
23rd April 2009 - US: Maui Land & Pineapple appoints finance chief
26th March 2009 - JAPAN: Ajinomoto appoints president, CEO
16th March 2009 - JAPAN: Ajinomoto unveils strategy to 2010 (REG)
6th March 2009 - THAILAND: Ajinomoto, Itoham to establish Thai JV (REG)
3rd March 2009
Background
Updated: 6th November 2008
Japan's Ajinomoto produces food seasonings, cooking oils, foods and pharmaceuticals. The company’s signature product, monosodium glutamate (MSG) seasoning, was first marketed in Japan in 1909, having been discovered and patented by Kikunae Ikeda. The company rapidly expanded to other countries, with Ajinomoto US established in 1956. Ajinomoto is now active in 23 countries and regions worldwide. In April 2004, Ajinomoto Frozen Foods, a unit of Ajinomoto, signed a contract with China's Xiamen Ideal Group and Japan's Life Foods to set up a joint venture to produce frozen vegetables, called Xiamen Ajinomoto Life Ideal Foods. Two years later the company established a joint venture with five companies in China to produce ingredients for its cup-a-soup range. Under the agreement, Knorr Foods, Xiamen Ajinomoto Life Ideal Foods, Ajinomoto China, and Xiamen Ideal Group, established a new company Xiamen Ajiraku Ideal Foods capitalided at about USD$5.6m.
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