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Ajinomoto Group History
1950-1969
| 1950 |
- Started to sell AJI-NO-MOTO in Japan without control.
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| 1951 |
- Reopened Los Angels sales office.
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| 1954 |
- Opened Sao Paulo, Paris, Bangkok, Singapore and Hong Kong sales offices.
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| 1956 |
- Launched Crystal of Essential Amino Acids (ingredients of infusion).
- Established Ajinomoto Co. of New York, Inc. (the present Ajinomoto U.S.A., Inc.).
- Established Ajinomoto do Brasil Industria e Comercio (the present Ajinomoto Interamericana Indutria e Comercio Ltda.).
- Established Central Research Laboratories in Kawasaki.
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| 1958 |
- Established Nippon Consomme Co., Ltd. (the present Knorr Foods Co., Ltd. ).
- Established Union Chemicals Inc. in the Philippines (the present AJINOMOTO PHILIPPINES CORPORATION).
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| 1960 |
- Established Ajinomoto Co., (Thailand) Ltd.
- Launched Aji-Shio.
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| 1961 |
- Established Nippon Amino Shiryo Co., Ltd. (the present Itochu Feed Mills Co., Ltd.).
- Established Yokkaichi factory.
- Established Ajinomoto (Malaya) Co., Ltd. (the present Ajinomoto (Malaysia) Berhad).
- Established Deutche Ajinomoto GmbH.
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| 1962 |
- Launched Umami Dashi Hi-Me.
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| 1963 |
- Launched Kellogg's Corn Flakes in alliance with Kellogg Co.
- Established Ajinomoto-INSUD S.p.A. in Italy (dissolved in 1977).
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| 1964 |
- Launched Knorr Soup in alliance with CPC.
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| 1965 |
- Launched feed-use Lysine.
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| 1968 |
- Established Toyo Oil Mills Co., Inc. (the present J-OIL MILLS, INC. Chiba factory).
- Established Ajinomoto del Peru S.A.
- Launched mayonnaise in alliance with CPC.
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| 1969 |
- Established PT Ajinomoto Indonesia.
- Dr. Olney report introduced.
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Note: In this document, trademarks are indicated in italics. AJI-NO-MOTO is the trademark of the Ajinomoto Group's seasoning products.