GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT AJINOMOTO

1. History:
 Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (味の素株式会社, Ajinomoto kabushiki gaisha) is a
Japanese food and biotechnology corporation which produces seasonings,
interlayer insulating materials for semiconductor packages for use in
personal computers, cooking oils, frozen foods, beverage, sweeteners,
amino acids, and pharmaceuticals, that company was established on June
17, 1917.
 The corporation's head office is located in Chūō, Tokyo.
 As of 2020, Ajinomoto operates in 36
countries and employs an estimated
34,504 people.
 Ajinomoto Co., Inc. was created in 1908
as a subsidiary of Suzuki
Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., which was
founded in May 1907 by Saburosuke
Logo of Ajinomoto Suzuki II and Kikunae Ikeda.
 In April 2002 Ajinomoto reorganized
itself into food, amino acid, and medicine divisions, and owned
subsidiaries for frozen foods, fats, and oils.
 In February 2003, Ajinomoto and Unilever completed a joint venture
agreement in six countries and regions of Asia.
 In July 2003, Ajinomoto bought the French company Orsan from the
UK-based Tate and Lyle Group, renaming Orsan to AJI-NO-MOTO
Foods, Europe.
 In January 2006, Ajinomoto bought the cooking sauce and condiments
manufacturer Amoy Food from the French dairy product company
Groupe Danone.
 In October 2017, Ajinomoto introduced a "Global Brand Logo" for use
throughout the Ajinomoto group.
 In April 2020, the Ajinomoto Group Nutrient Profiling System for
Product, which has been developed as a method to scientifically estimate
the nutritive value of products such as powdered soup and frozen foods,
was introduced globally to about 500 kinds of group products in seven
countries. In August, Ajinomoto announced its participation in the
international environment initiative RE100 for renewable energy.
  In December 2020, CDP included Ajinomoto in its “Climate Change A-
List for 2020” for the first time, as one of the most outstanding
companies in terms of climate change-related initiatives and information
disclosure for its Climate Change.
 In 2020, Ajinomoto along with other activists launched the
#RedefineCRS campaign to combat the myth that MSG is harmful to
people's health.
2. Ajinomoto currently operates separate divisions for North America, Latin
America, and Asia, with Europe, the Middle East, and Africa being
combined into the EMEA division. Key people is Takaaki Nishii (President
& Chief Executive Officer).
3. Website: www.ajinomoto.com
4. Slogan: “Around the World – Ajinomoto”
5. Food products:
 In 1909, Ajinomoto Co. Inc. released its umami seasoning AJI-NO-
MOTO, made from molasses and tapioca starch derived from sugarcane.
 In 1970, Ajinomoto launched the bonito flavored seasoning HON-DASHI
in Japan, and later adapted the product to other markets with local flavors.
 In 1978 Ajinomoto released Cook
Do, a series of Chinese cuisine
seasoning products, and later added
other cuisine seasoning flavors to the
Cook Do product line.
 In 1972, the company entered the
frozen food business and currently
sells a variety of frozen food Some products of Ajinomoto
products, including dumplings,
noodles, and cooked rice.
 In 1984 it released a low-calorie consumer sweetener PAL SWEET.
 Ajinomoto also sells soup, mayonnaise, porridge, pasta sauce, and instant
noodles under the "VONO" brand name.
 Through Ajinomoto AGF Corporation, Ajinomoto sells instant coffee,
regular coffee, bottled coffee, stick coffee, and canned coffee, and is the
top coffee brand in Thailand with a 70% market share.
 Ajinomoto's Yum Yum brand of instant noodles in 2019 held a 20–21%
share of Thailand's 17 billion bahts instant noodle market.
6. Healthcare: The Ajinomoto Group's healthcare business is based on using
the fermentation technology of amino acids.
 In 1956, Ajinomoto began producing the world's first amino acid
infusion, enteral nutrition products, and crystalline amino acids that could
be used as raw materials in pharmaceutical products.
 In 1995, Ajinomoto began selling an amino acid supplement called
Amino Vital for professional sports athletes.
 In 2011, Ajinomoto began offering an "Amino Index" health checkup,
which statistically analyzes the difference in amino acid concentrations
between healthy individuals and adults suffering from cancer and other
serious diseases to aid the early detection of cancer and other diseases.
 Currently, Ajinomoto manufactures around twenty kinds of amino acids
at various factories overseas, including plants in Japan, the United States,
Europe, and India.
7. Company finances:
 Revenue Decrease ¥1,071 billion (FY 2020)
 Operating income Increase ¥101.1 billion (FY 2020)
 Net income Increase ¥66.3 billion (FY 2020)
 Total assets Increase ¥1,431 billion (FY 2020)
 Total equity Increase ¥620 billion (FY 2020)
 AJINOMOTO VIETNAM

1. Established in 1991, Ajinomoto Vietnam Company is a foreign-owned

capital company, a member of Ajinomoto Group with initial capital investment of
8 million US dollars.
2. Ajinomoto Vietnam Company now has two offices in HCMC and Hanoi and
two factories: The Ajinomoto Bien Hoa Factory operated since 1991, the
Ajinomoto Long Thanh Factory operated since 2008, and the third plant in Long
Thanh also in 2016. Besides, the Company also has 3 distribution centers along
with sales depots spread over 63 provinces with more than 2,300 employees
working across the country.
3. Vision: “To become the most beloved and reliable company in Vietnam
with “Specialty” in food and health”.
4. Mission: “Contribute to the further growth of Vietnam, the happiness and
good health of people in Vietnam, through food culture and food resources
development.”
5. The three following key values of life to people in Vietnam:
 1st Value: Utilize energy & natural resources efficiently as model citizen
 2nd Value: Support food resource development in agriculture sector
 3rd Value: Improve nutrition & well-being for people
6. With the growth of modern society, products developed & researched by
AVN aim at two great values:
 Contributing to delicious & convenient meals, strengthening family
bonds & happiness.
 Contributing to nutrition & health of people in Vietnam.

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