Type Corporation Products Snacks and other foods Founder Takashi Matsuo | Industry Food Number of employees 1,302 | |
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Key people Akira Matsumoto, Chairman and CEO Website [1] (Global website)[2] (Japanese website) CEO Akira Matsumoto (Jun 2009–) Founded 30 April 1949, Tokyo, Japan Profiles | ||
Calbee pizza potato
Calbee Inc. (カルビー株式会社, Karubī Kabushikigaisha) is a major Japanese snack food maker. It was founded on April 30, 1949. It launched operations at a new plant in the United States for making its mainstay products "Kappa Ebisen" shrimp chips and "Saya-endo" snow pea crisps on September 18, 2007. Its snacks are hugely popular in Asia, and are well known in the United States. Its headquarters are located in the Marunouchi Trust Tower Main in Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo.
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Sponsorship
Calbee sponsored the Tyrrell Racing F1 team from 1990 to 1994, when Japanese drivers Satoru Nakajima and then Ukyo Katayama drove for the team.
The company was also one of the sponsors for the anime, Tiger and Bunny. Alongside DMM.com, they sponsored the character of Dragon Kid.
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