Industry Flavours and Fragrance Website www.takasago.com Founded 1920 | Revenue $US900 million (2006) Headquarters Tokyo, Japan Number of employees 3,041 | |
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Type Public K.K. (TYO: 4914) Key people Yoshinari Niimura (Chairman and CEO) Products Flavours and Fragrances Stock price 4914 (TYO) JP¥ 3,625 +50.00 (+1.40%)24 Mar, 3:00 PM GMT+9 - Disclaimer CEO Satoshi Masumura (15 May 2014–) Subsidiaries Takasago Europe Perfumery Laboratory S.A.R.L. | ||
Takasago International Corporation (高砂香料工業株式会社, Takasago Kōryō Kōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha) (TYO: 4914) is a major international producer of flavours and fragrances headquartered in Japan, with presence in 24 countries worldwide and net sales of $900 million in 2006. Major competitors include Firmenich, International Flavors and Fragrances, Givaudan, Frutarom and Symrise.
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History
Takasago International Corporation was founded on 9 February 1920 as the Takasago Perfumery Company Limited. In 1938 the headquarters of Takasago was moved to Taihoku (modern-day Taipei) and in 1940 a branch office and factory were set up in Shanghai. In 1945, the Taipei headquarters and Shanghai office were taken over by Republican China. In 1951, the Takasago Chemical Company in Taipei was closed and a new company, Takasago Chemical Industry Company was founded. The new company later changed its name to Takasago Perfumery Industry Company and merged with Takasago Perfumery Company.
During the 1960s, Takasago established offices in New York City and Paris and their headquarters were moved to Hatchoubori 2-11, Chūō Ward. In 1963, Takasago Company Limited was listed in the Tokyo 2nd stock market, but by 1969 they were listed in the Tokyo 1st stock market. Since then the company has opened offices around the world including São Paulo, Mexico City, Singapore, London, Brussels, Zurich and Barcelona.
Awards and honors
In 2001, Takasago's Professor Ryōji Noyori won the 2001 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for the study of chirally catalyzed hydrogenations.