jump to the contents
About Us

About Us

Ajinomoto Group History

1950-1969

1950
Started to sell AJI-NO-MOTO in Japan without control.
1951
Reopened Los Angels sales office.
1954
Opened Sao Paulo, Paris, Bangkok, Singapore and Hong Kong sales offices.
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.
1958
Established Nippon Consomme Co., Ltd. (the present Knorr Foods Co., Ltd. ).
Established Union Chemicals Inc. in the Philippines (the present AJINOMOTO PHILIPPINES CORPORATION).
1960
Established Ajinomoto Co., (Thailand) Ltd.
Launched Aji-Shio.
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.
1962
Launched Umami Dashi Hi-Me.
1963
Launched Kellogg's Corn Flakes in alliance with Kellogg Co.
Established Ajinomoto-INSUD S.p.A. in Italy (dissolved in 1977).
1964
Launched Knorr Soup in alliance with CPC.
1965
Launched feed-use Lysine.
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.
1969
Established PT Ajinomoto Indonesia.
Dr. Olney report introduced.

Note: In this document, trademarks are indicated in italics. AJI-NO-MOTO is the trademark of the Ajinomoto Group's seasoning products.