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13 <br /> hm <br /> MORIHPGP <br /> `v�\m`vu vn Iuil <br /> \lii+v:vF <br /> q <br /> 1 <br /> 2 <br /> 3 During Governor Cooper's business recruitment trip to Japan in October 2023, Don Hobart <br /> 4 (Vice Chancellor for Research at UNC Chapel Hill) spoke at the Southeast U.S./Japan <br /> 5 annual conference that featured NC and six other southeastern states, plus several <br /> 6 hundred delegates. Mr. Hobart's presentation focused on Orange County's Morinaga HI- <br /> 7 CHEW factory as a successful example of a Japanese industry operating successfully in <br /> 8 North Carolina. <br /> 9 <br /> a <br /> r � <br /> 1 <br /> 10 -- <br /> 11 <br /> 12 <br /> 13 Morinaga's International Business Profile <br /> 14 Morinaga & Co., which was founded in 1899 in Tokyo, Japan, is a major international <br /> 15 confectionary & candy maker. Global sales revenue was comprised 53% in chocolates, <br /> 16 caramel & biscuits, 19% in ice cream & frozen foodstuffs, 16% in health products, and <br /> 17 12% in cocoa/cake mix foodstuffs. The firm is Asia's equivalent to a Hershey's, Mars or <br /> 18 Nestle. It is Japan's oldest and largest confectionary maker. <br /> 19 <br />