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(Mayor & City Manager's office) <br /> • Durham Technical Community College <br /> (Hillsborough campus) <br /> • North Carolina Community Colleges System <br /> • North Carolina Department of Transportation <br /> • InSpec Group <br /> (Site selection consultant from Portland, OR) <br /> Other Participants <br /> • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill <br /> (Chancellor's Office; Office for Innovation & Entrepreneurship) <br /> • Progress Duke Energy <br /> • PSNC Energy <br /> • Research Triangle Regional Partnership <br /> • Land owner <br /> Chronology of Morinaga & Co., Ltd.: <br /> 1899: Taichiro Morinaga returns from San Francisco and establishes a candy and confectionery company <br /> with partner Hanzaburo Matsuzaki, becoming the first to introduce Western-style snacks to Japan. <br /> 1914: After years of research, Morinaga launches a caramel candy, Hi-Chew, designed to appeal to the <br /> Japanese market. <br /> 1917: Morinaga establishes a dairy operation in Japan. <br /> 1918: Morinaga becomes the first company to market chocolate bars in Japan. <br /> 1920: The Company begins production of powdered baby formula. <br /> 1925: The Company installs machinery and begins mass production of candies and confectionery. <br /> 1949: The dairy operation is spun off as a separate company, Morinaga Dairy Industries. <br /> 1956: Morinaga begins production of ice cream. <br /> 1964: The Company has a new hit product with the launch of Hi-Crown Chocolate. <br /> 1983: The Company launches a nutritional foods division and begins a product development and <br /> marketing agreement with Weider, of the United States. <br /> 1995: The highly popular Weider in Jelly product line is launched. <br /> 2000: The Company launches a new corporate "power brand" strategy focusing on core brands and <br /> product lines. <br /> 2004: A new manufacturing facility is completed in Shanghai in order to supply the market in China. <br /> Company History: <br /> Established in 1899 by Taichiro Morinaga, who had a pioneer spirit and the dream of"offering nutritious <br /> and good-tasting confectionery to Japanese children,"Morinaga & Co. Ltd. was the first Western-style <br /> confectionery manufacturer in Japan. During the past 114 years, Morinaga has carried out its corporate <br /> operations guided by the vision, "We Offer Good Health with Delight & Taste." <br /> One of Japan's leading candy and confectionery manufacturers, Morinaga & Co. Ltd. is also credited with <br /> introducing Western-style treats to Japan at the dawn of the 20th century. After more than 114 years, <br /> Morinaga has remained at the top of the Japanese candy industry, producing a strong line of candies, <br /> chocolates, frozen desserts and snacks, and nutritional products. Entering the new century, Morinaga has <br /> developed a new "power brand" strategy emphasizing its core product lines, which include Milk Cocoa, <br /> Hotcake Mix, Amazake drinks, frozen desserts, and Weider in Jelly, a line of drinkable, gelatin-like drinks <br /> marketed under license from the United States' Weider Nutrition International Inc. <br /> The company also produces a number of other licensed candy products, including Pez and Werther's <br /> Original. Morinaga operates five manufacturing facilities in the Tokyo region; the company also has a <br /> manufacturing subsidiary in Taiwan and built a new plant in Shanghai, China. The company also operates <br /> sales subsidiaries in Europe and North America, and sells its products in more than 26 countries. Listed on <br /> the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Morinaga is led by Gota Morinaga, grandson of the company's founder. <br />