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surimi is a paste made from Fish as food, fish or other meat. It can also be any of a number of East Asian cuisine, East Asian foods that use that paste as their primary ingredient. It is available in many shapes, forms, and textures, and is often ...

products based in the city of Nagato,

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, Japan. In 2008, it was Japan's eighth largest surimi manufacturer in terms of sales. The company's products include surimi standards such as

kamaboko is a type of Curing (chemistry), cured , a processed seafood product common in Japanese cuisine. It was initially made in the year 1115. Production and uses is made by forming various Purée, pureed deboned whitefish (fisheries term), whit ...

chikuwa is a Japanese fishcake product made from fish surimi. After being mixed well, they are wrapped around a bamboo or metal stick and steamed or broiled. The word chikuwa ("bamboo ring") comes from the shape when it is sliced. Variants of surimi p ...

, and

imitation crab Crab sticks, krab sticks, snow legs, imitation crab meat, or seafood sticks are a Japanese seafood product made of ''surimi'' (pulverized white fish) and starch, then shaped and cured to resemble the leg meat of snow crab or Japanese spider cra ...

as well as original products, such as Cheese Colone, which are bite-size balls of kamaboko with a cheese food filling. Fujimitsu's Cheese Colone won a bronze medal from

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in 2010.

History

Fujimitsu was founded in 1887 in the seaside village of Senzaki, which is today part of the city of Nagato. In 1964, Fujimitsu transferred to a company organization and was incorporated as Fujimitsu Kamaboko Kogyo KK, or Fujimitsu Kamaboko Industry Co. In 1967 it moved to its current location in the Higashifukawa area of Nagato. At present, the company has plants in Misumi and Senzaki in addition to its head office/plant in Higashifukawa. On March 1, 2007, the company changed its name to Fujimitsu Corporation as part of a

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makeover. On September 16, 2008, the company obtained

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certification, the international standard for food safety management. On April 29, 2010, Fujimitsu signed an agreement to set up a joint venture with Rongcheng Taixiang Aquatic Food Co., Ltd., which is a member of China's Taixiang Group. The new company, named Rongcheng Taizheng Tengguang Foods Co., Ltd., manufactures boil-in-the-bag

oden is a type of nabemono (Japanese one-pot dishes) consisting of several ingredients such as boiled eggs, daikon or konjac, and processed fishcakes stewed in a light, soy-flavored dashi broth. Oden was originally what is now commonly call ...

, imitation crab (kanikama), chikuwa, deep-fried foods, and other surimi products for export to Japan, Korea, and other parts of Asia in addition to sales in the Chinese market.

Affiliated companies

* Sankyu Suisan Co., Ltd., a manufacturer of fish surimi products. Sankyu Suisan was established as an affiliated company of the Kyushu branch of Tetsudou Kousaikai (now JR Kyushu Retail Inc.) and became a Fujimitsu subsidiary through an M&A in 2000. Nowadays, the company continues to market products to kiosks operating at JR Kyushu stations. The company obtained ISO 22000 certification on July 16, 2009. * FM Nagato Co., Ltd., a community broadcast radio station serving the city of Nagato. * Kirara Organic Life Inc., an organic farm in the town of Mito where visitors can pick their own vegetables. * Hakata Uoka Co., Ltd., a manufacturer of fish surimi products. In 2005, Fujimitsu acquired Uoka Co., Ltd., a long-established kamaboko company in Fukuoka, and set up Hakata Uoka as an operating company. The company obtained ISO 22000 certification on September 7, 2007. * Hakata Nakamuraya Co., Ltd., a company established through a joint investment with Nakamuraya Co., Ltd. the company operates a business selling Hakata brand gifts. * Rongcheng Taizheng Tengguang Foods Co., Ltd., a manufacturer of fish surimi products. The company, which is located in the city of Rongcheng,

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, China, was established in 2010 as a joint venture with Rongcheng Taixiang Aquatic Food Co., Ltd. Rongcheng Taixiang Aquatic Food is a member of the Taixiang Group, a major corporate group in China's foods sector.

External links

Fujimitsu Corporation

References

{{Reflist Food and drink companies of Japan Companies based in Yamaguchi Prefecture Food and drink companies established in 1887 Japanese companies established in 1887 Japanese brands Nagato, Yamaguchi

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