Company Profile
| Head office (Headquarters) |
Nanotsu, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Tel: +81-92-713-1771 / Fax: +81-92-781-2527 |
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| Business | Flour milling, food processing, animal feed processing (MAFF-designated factory), silo |
| Site size | Main factory warehouse 11,890.56 square meters |
| Chikugo Plant | 328 Izumi, Chikugo City, Fukuoka 833-0041 Tel: +81-942-52-2141 / Fax: +81-942-54-1659 |
| Shimabara Branch | 1583-18 Sukawa, Nishiarie-cho, Minami-Shimabara City, Nagasaki 859-2212 Tel: +81-90-2397-0041 / Fax: +81-957-82-8967 |
| Company Establishment | May 1943 |
| Capital | 175 million yen |
| Affiliates |
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Milling
ISO 9001 certification for quality management
We have been certified as meeting, and being in conformity with, international standards as set by the International Organization for Standardization.
*Certification issued for main factory
Scope of certification
- - Blending, development, production and sales of wheat flour, rye flour, barley flour and mixed flour
- - Blending and production of grain feed
Halal certification
Our factory has been certified by the NPO Japan Halal Association as a halal factory.
*Certification issued for main factory
Scope of certification
- - Wheat flour, rye flour, wheat bran, rye bran
Headquarters map
History
- May 1943
- Started business as Yame Barley Processing Ltd. (110,000 yen in capital).
- June 1943
- Constructed a barley processing plant at Hainuzuka, Yame, Fukuoka and started production.
- September 1945
- Changed the company name to Yame Foods Ltd. and started dairy and bakery operations, in addition to barley processing, as part of a diversification plan.
- July 1948
- Changed the company name to Yame Foods Co., Ltd.
- February 1952
- Completed Flour milling factory construction.
- April 1958
- Designated by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan as a bran specialization factory.
- June 1960
- Constructed a new head office (Chikugo City).
- August 1960
- Changed the company name to Taiyo Flour Milling Co., Ltd. and moved the bran specialization factory from Omuta to Chikugo City (daily production capacity of 105.9 tons).
- February 1964
- Constructed a feed-use barley processing plant.
- December 1965
- President Kijiro Kano was awarded the Medal of Honor (blue ribbon).
- November 1969
- - President Kijiro Kano passed away.
- Mr. Kenji Ujihara appointed as President (2nd in company history).
- March 1971
- Constructed a Fukuoka feed plant and started production.
- May 1976
- Mr. Ryozo Kamatani appointed as President (3rd in company history).
- November 1976
- - Completed Taiyo silo (11,245 tons) construction.
- Appointed Food Agency silo designation.
- February 1979
- Completed headquarters (office/factory) construction in Fukuoka City (daily flour mills production capacity of 185.9 tons).
- July 1982
- Constructed warehouse E in front of headquarters.
- June 1983
- Mr. Shuhei Koga appointed as President (4th in company history).
- April 1984
- Acquired the business rights to Okamoto Flour Milling Co., Ltd.
- October 1986
- Installed classifiers.
- November 1987
- Acquired Yamaguchi Transportation Ltd.
- October 1988
- - Formed a partnership with FrigorTec GmbH (current name) of Germany.
- Launched Granifrigor business (grain cooling units and systems) via Sanei.
- June 1990
- Introduced pre-mixing lines.
- September 1993
- 50th anniversary ceremony.
- December 1996
- Introduced stone-grinding milling lines operating with Vollmer GmbH equipment from Germany.
- January 2000
- - Co-founded Rheingold Co., Ltd. with five other Japanese milling companies.
- Developed Rhein-Gold, a European-style bread flour.
- March 2001
- Obtained ISO 9002 certification.
- April 2001
- - Entered into a distributor agreement with Thermonox GmbH of Germany.
- Launched ThermoNox business (thermal pest control solutions).
- April 2003
- Obtained ISO 9001:2000 certification.
[Scope of certification: Blending, development, production and sales of wheat flour and grain feed]
- May 2004
- Incorporated the peeling system.
- January 2005
- Introduced rye flour milling lines.
- August 2006
- Opened a bakery called Die Sonnenblume.
- September 2006
- Constructed constant temperature warehouses.
- September 2013
- Constructed bakery and confectionery workshop facilities.
- November 2013
- - Completed small-lot and multifunctional milling factory construction.
- 70th anniversary ceremony/celebration.
- February 2015
- Completed small-lot milling factory construction.
- May 2016
- Certified by Japan Halal Association as a halal factory.
- June 2016
- - Mr. Susumu Kano appointed as President (5th in company history).
- Mr. Shuhei Koga appointed as Board Chairman.
- March 2017
- Grand opening for relocated Bakery Die Sonnenblume, near Imajuku Station.
- June 2017
- Started milling of barley and sales of barley flour products.
