History of Marukome

1854

1854

Started business of producing miso and brewing soy sauce.

1948

Established "Aoki Miso Shoyu Co., Ltd."

1960

Started shipping miso by using cardboard boxes instead of barrels for the first time in the industry, and won the support of retailers.

1963

Developed equipment for putting miso into pillow-shaped packages for the first time in this industry, responding to the changes in the distribution environment around that time.

1967

Renamed company to "Marukome Miso Co., Ltd."
Established Tokyo Marukome Miso Hanbai Co., Ltd.
Established Kansai Marukome Miso Hanbai Co., Ltd.

1968

Established Tokyo branch.

1969

Established Kyushu Marukome Miso Hanbai Co., Ltd.
Completed facilities for producing instant miso.

1970

1972

Completed pollution treatment facility.
Developed equipment for packaging products with doypacks (stand-up pouches) for the first time in the industry and obtained patent, in line with the spread of household refrigerators

1975

Established Osaka branch in Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture.

1978

Grew into the largest company in the industry.

1979

Completed 3,000-tons silos for storing soybeans as ingredients .
Developed equipment for filling 1-kg cups with raw miso for the first time in the industry.

1980

1981

Started a project for dashi stock-blend miso

1982

Released "Ryotei no Aji", a dashi stock-blend miso, becoming the first in the industry to do so.

Released instant miso soup.

1988

Released a new type of solid miso soup produced with the freeze-drying method.

1989

Completed Central Research Institute of Marukome.

1990

1990

Adopted CI, and renamed our company, "Marukome Co., Ltd."
Completed pollution treatment facility and bioreactor.

1991

Completed a new facility for miso production preparation.

1993

Completed a new Tokyo branch facility.

1995

Completed our third factory.

1998

Acquired ISO9002 Certification.
Completed a new tank building at the second factory.

2000

2000

Completed the east building for products at the second factory.

2002

Acquired ISO9001:2000 certification.

2003

Completed the central building for products at the second factory.

2004

Completed the head office building with an earthquake-resistant infrastructure.
Completed Miasa Highland Miso Warehouse and Facility (a facility for fermentation)

2007

Completed Marukome Los Angeles Factory.

2008

The headquarters' factory obtained ISO22000 certification.

2009

Sales exceeded 30 billion yen.
Released "Liquid Miso."

2010

2011

Completed Takayama Factory.

2012

Released "Plus Koji Series."

2013

Set a new slogan: "To keep the warmth of Japan for the future."

2015

Released "Daizu Labo Series".

2016

Sales exceeded 40 billion yen.

2018

Established Kuranoya Co., Ltd.

2019

Established Uonuma Jozo Co., Ltd.

2021

Opened Kojisaryo Produced by Uonuma Jozo in Kuranoya VISON.

2022

Opened Hakkou Delicatessen in Hanshin Department Store Umeda Main Store.

2023

Sales exceeded 50 billion yen.