| 1948 |
Chukososha Co., Ltd. established. |
| 1958 |
Chicken Ramen, the world's first instant noodle product, introduced; |
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| Company name changed to Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd. |
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| 1963 |
Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo and Osaka Stock Exchanges. |
| 1970 |
Nissin Foods (U.S.A.) Co., Inc., the Company's first overseas operation, established in Gardena, California. |
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| 1971 |
Cup Noodle introduced; Kanto Plant begins operation. |
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| 1972 |
Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya Stock Exchanges. |
| 1973 |
Shiga Plant and General Research Center begin operation. |
| 1975 |
Shimonoseki Plant begins operation; |
| Nissin-Ajinomoto Alimentos Ltda. established in Sao Paulo, Brazil. |
| 1977 |
Construction of new headquarters completed;
main office moved to its present location in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka. |
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| 1984 |
Nissin Foods Co., Ltd. established in Hong Kong. |
| 1988 |
Construction of Tokyo Head Office building completed; |
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| Central Research Institute begins operation. |
| 1990 |
Capital participation in Yoke Co., Ltd. (now NISSIN YORK CO., LTD.). |
| 1991 |
Capital participation in Cisco Co., Ltd. (now NISSIN CISCO CO., LTD.). |
| Bangalore Plant of Indo Nissin Foods Ltd. begins operation. |
| 1992 |
Long-life fresh noodles developed; Nissin Rao introduced. |
| 1993 |
Nissin Foods GmbH established in Germany; PT. NISSINMAS begins operation. |
| 1994 |
Nissin Foods (Thailand) Co., Ltd. begins operation. |
| 1995 |
Nissin Spa-O introduced. |
| 1996 |
Guangdong Shunde Nissin Foods Co., Ltd., Nissin-Universal Robina Corporation, Shizuoka Plant, and Shanghai Nissin Foods Co., Ltd. begin operation. |
| 1997 |
Nissin's "hungry?" series wins the International Advertising Festival(CANNES LIONS). |
| 1999 |
Share unit (minimum trading unit) reduced from 1,000 shares to 100 shares. |
| The Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum in Ikeda City, Osaka Prefecture, the world's first instant noodle museum, opened. |
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| 2001 |
Consolidated net sales exceeded ¥300 billion for the first time; |
| contracted as official supplier to the 2002 FIFA World CupTM. |
| 2002 |
Food Safety Research Institute established; Nissin GooTa series introduced. |
| 2003 |
Aggregate sales of Cup Noodle brand since launch in 1971 top 20 billion servings. |
| 2004 |
Capital alliance with Hebei Hualong F&N Industry Group Co., Ltd., |
| gives Nissin Food Group the No. 1 global share. |
| 2005 |
Nissin Foods marks a world first with its Space Ram, developed for the space shuttle Discovery. |
| 2006 |
Aggregate sales of Cup Noodle brand 25 billion servings in the world. |
| 2007 |
MYOJO FOODS CO., LTD. becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Nissin Foods; |
| Food Safety Evaluation & Research Institute CO., LTD. begins operation in Shanghai, China. |
| 2008 |
The Group completes transformation to a pure holding company effective October 1, 2008. |
| 2009 |
Capital alliance with MAREVEN FOOD HOLDINGS LIMITED (formerly, ANGLESIDE LIMITED), a Russian instant noodle holding company. |
