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Company name Li's group
Japan Tosen Co., Ltd.
Company representative

CHUJU LI
Location 10-15, 2-chome Nakakagaya, Suminoe-ku, Osaka, JAPAN 559-0017
Contact

Telephone: +81-6-6682-2627 (main number); Facsimile: +81-6-6682-2625
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Description of business Manufacture, export and import of goods; trading; and wholesale
Merchandise Sliced pickled sweet and sour ginger, red pickled ginger, ginger-based products in general, pickles, Korean prepared foods, agricultural raw materials, fresh/salt-cured/frozen foods based on garlic and others

History

June 25, 1992 Foundation Japan Tosen Food Industries
⇒Imports and distributes agricultural products from China.
Starts to sell salt-cured ginger, Japanese leeks and garlic, and fresh/frozen vegetables to trading companies and manufacturers.
October 3, 1994 Foundation LONGKOU DONGBAO FOODSTUFF CO.,LTD
⇒Site area: 10,000 tsubo (about 8.2 acres)
The Li's group comprising Taiwanese abroad founds a plant fully owned by Li’s Group with the late father MAOMEI LI as a representative at the recommendation of Longkou City, the home city of the grandfather.
Only engages in exports to Japan. (Today, the company distributes products to 30 countries and regions.)
1995 New Starts to export sliced pickled ginger and other products to the U.S.A.
Installation Freezing storage/refrigerated warehouses
Equipment Starts to produce finished products of sliced pickled ginger as the first in China to do so. Introduces Japan-made machines under the instructions of the Japanese engineer.
June 1997 Foundation Incorporated into Japan Tosen Limited.
Addition LONGKOU DONGBAO FOODSTUFF CO.,LTD
⇒Addition to the plant: 1,000 square meters
1999 New Produces and imports the Japanese species of fresh Japanese leek. Adds a warehouse for storing products.
Introduction Starts to introduce traceability.
Equipment Introduces machines such as fully automatic rotary filling and packaging machines and metal detectors from Japan.
Thereafter, enhances processing and production to increase sales of final products.
2000 Foundation CHANGLE DONG FOODS CO.,LTD.
⇒Site area: 10,000 tsubo (about 8.2 acres); plant for marinating raw materials
Foundation LAIZHOU DONGBAO GREEN FOODS CO.,LTD.
⇒Site area: 5,000 tsubo (about 4.1 acres); plant for marinating raw materials
June 27 Certification Awarded Green Food Grade A certification by the China Green Food Development Center for fresh Japanese leeks as the first in the industry (LB-04-0201155141).
June 27 Certification Awarded ISO 9002 certification as the first among China’s pickles manufacturers and the second in the entire ginger-based production industry. *Currently holds ISO 9001 certification.
Addition
of land		 Base for a farm in Longkou
⇒Field area: 40,000 tsubo (about 32.7 acres) and 170,000 tsubo (about 138.9 acres)
2001 Foundation YANTAI DONGBAO INDUSTRY CO.,LTD.
⇒Site area: 18,000 tsubo (about 14.7 acres). Produces innovative sandwich panels for construction.
New Starts to sell company’s own final products to Japan
2002 Foundation LONGKOU AGRICULTURE SICENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD.
⇒The company emphasizes the basics of organic fertilizers, plant growth accelerators, livestock breeding and crops.
June 2003 Reorganization Organizational change to Japan Tosen Co., Ltd.
Foundation Establishes a sub-branch office in Kyushu.
Foundation YANTAI DONGBAO INDUSTRY CO.,LTD.
Newly establishes DONGBAO GREEN”club for the purpose of popularizing hot water washing toilet seats throughout China while considering the hygienic and environmental aspects of toilets in China in the future.
New Commences the assembly of hot water washing toilet seats while purchasing components from Korea.
Addition 54 tanks for marinating
November 12 Certification Certified by the China Green Food Development Center for fresh ginger as the first in the industry.
Awarded Green Food Grade A certification (LB-16-0311150901A).
February 2005 Extension New office building of LONGKOU DONGBAO FOODSTUFF CO.,LTD. completed.
⇒Achieves the highest total level of hygiene as a plant specializing in vegetable cutting, from the floors, ceilings, walls, windows, entrances, and wash water to discharge water. Manufactures and distributes Korean prepared foods. Increases capacity.
Addition 99 tanks for marinating
Addition Adds a special plant for finished products. Introduces high performance equipment from Japan.
New YANTAI DONGBAO INDUSTRY CO.,LTD.
⇒Starts selling bath water softeners.
June 2005 Foundation QINGDAO DONGBAO FOODSTUFF CO.,LTD.
⇒Site area: 66,000 tsubo (about 53.9 acres). 48 tanks for marinating. Plant with tanks for marinating ginger and chili peppers.
Foundation LONGKOU DHC CO.,LTD
⇒Import and export of other than in-house products
March 24, 2006 Introduction HACCP
July Certification Acquires a hygiene license from China Inspection Quarantine (CIQ) as the first manufacturer in Shandong.
January 9, 2007 Acquisition GLOBALG.A.P. (EurepGAP) (standards for agricultural products in EU) *Currently, GLOBALG.A.P.
Addition Freezing plant/snap freezing storage warehouse
Equipment Introduces high performance cutting machines made in the U.S.A.
2008 Addition
of land		 Farm with an area of 100,000 tsubo (about 81.7 acres) in Longkou
2009 Addition Plant for processing fresh vegetables
 

YANTAI DONGBAO INDUSTRY CO.,LTD.; Starts to sell drinking electroreduction water
October 2010 Foundation 煙台開発区汇利資源再生有限公司; Industrial waste disposal
August 2011 Addition Introduces the most advanced fully automatic rotary filling and packaging machines.
Certification Certified as organic converted merchandise 「Organic conversion products」by the China Organic Food Certification Center.
2012 Addition Extends the product processing plant for Korean prepared foods.
Extends the room for seasoning liquids. Increases the number of tanks. Undertakes construction work to put a large roof outside the plant.
October 2013 Addition Extends the small product processing plant. Adds machines.
October 2014   LONGKOU DONGBAO FOODSTUFF CO.,LTD. celebrates the 20th anniversary of its foundation.
2015 Addition Extends the plant for processing ginger for tempura on a stick.
2016 Addition 55 tanks for marinating
The capacity of all marinating tanks in all group companies is 47,000 t.
2017 Addition Food processing plant is added 4,200 square meters more.
2018 Certification Certified FSSC22000

At the time of foundation on October 3, 1994

At the time of foundation on October 3, 1994

In front of the village office of 黄山館鎮馬家

In front of the village office of 黄山館鎮馬家, Longkou, the home village of the founder’s grandfather and father on June 17, 2007

In front of the stone marker named 茂梅路after the founder’s father

In front of the stone marker named "MAOMEI ROAD" after the founder’s father, the road in front of the village office of 黄山館鎮馬家, in the home village of the founder’s grandfather and father on June 17, 2007

Celebration of the 20th anniversary of foundation at the plant of 龍口東寶食品有限公司 on October 3, 2014

Celebration of the 20th anniversary of foundation at the plant of LONGKOU DONGBAO FOODSTUFF CO.,LTD on October 3, 2014

Li's group

JAPAN TOSEN CO.,LTD. JAPAN LONGKOU DONGBAO FOODSTUFF CO.,LTD. CHINA
DONGBO FOODS CO.,LTD. KOREA LONGKOU AGRICULTURE SICENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD. CHINA
DONG CHANG F.C. KOREA LONGKOU DHC CO.,LTD. CHINA
NAMSAN DONGBOSUNG CO.,LTD. KOREA LAIZHOU DONGBAO GREEN FOODS CO.,LTD. CHINA
KANGNAM DONGBOSUNG CO.,LTD. KOREA QINGDAO DONGBAO FOODSTUFF CO.,LTD. CHINA
CHANGLE DONG FOODS CO.,LTD. CHINA YANTAI DONGBAO INDUSTRY CO.,LTD. CHINA