Company profile

Message from the President

Thank you for visiting our website.
What the Sumioka Foods Group has been keeping in mind for its history of more than 100 years is customer satisfaction above all. Today, with increasing health consciousness, the needs of customers are becoming diverse. In order to flexibly respond to such needs, the Sumioka Foods Group has enhanced its development and manufacturing system that can respond in detail to small-lot production of various products. We will continue to accurately grasp the trend of the times and provide safe, delicious, and diverse new food products while making the best use of the traditions we have cultivated over many years in order to meet all the needs of our customers.

Toyohiko Sumioka
Chief Executive Officer

Mission/Vision

  1. We are committed to customer satisfaction and to carry out our words.
  2. We work hard with creativity and ingenuity, and value what we can learn in the field.
  3. We will continue to provide safe and new food manufacturing.

Group schematic diagram

The Sumioka Foods Group consists of two companies, Sumioka Foods Corporation and ES Foods Corporation.
All Group employees aim to realize the corporate mission/vision, and such thoughts are expressed in the unified logo mark of the Group.

Logos of Sumioka Foods Group, Sumioka Foods Corporation, and ES Foods Corporation.

Company profile

Company name
Sumioka Foods Corporation
Headquarters Factory
85-1 Wago-cho, Chuo-ku, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka 433-8125 Phone: 053-471-5443 Fax: 053-471-4140
Hamakita Factory
5201-1 Hirakuchi, Hamana-ku, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka 434-0041 Phone: 053-401-0070 Fax: 053-401-0074
Foundation
May 1910
Establishment
June 1965
Capital
28.6 million yen
Representatives
Chief Executive Officer: Toyohiko Sumioka
Chief Financial Officer: Nobuhiro Sumioka
Employees
280 workers
Our services
Manufacture and sale of health foods, instant noodles, and dried noodles
Main banks
Sumiyoshi Branch of Shizuoka Bank, Wago Branch of Hamamatsu Iwata Shinkin Bank, Hamamatsu Branch of Mizuho Bank
Affiliated companies
ES Foods Corporation (food packaging, etc.)
Kanedai Corporation (real estate leasing/management)
Hoshin Corporation (real estate sale/brokerage/leasing/management)
Products
Health foods/Instant noodles (oil treatment, non-oil treatment)/Dried noodles (machine-made noodles)

History

Kouka1846
Moved from the present-day Okaba-cho, Higashi Ward, Hamamatsu City to the current location (Wago-cho, Naka Ward, Hamamatsu City) to run a vegetable oil manufacturing business using power from a water turbine.
MeijiMay 1910
Switched to a noodle-making business on the premises of the current Headquarters Factory by Teiichiro Sumioka, the CEO from two generations ago, and started producing and selling dried noodles.
ShowaApril 1951
Started rice sales business
February 1956
Took over the family business by Sohei Sumioka, the previous CEO
November 1962
Started selling instant noodles
January 1963
Started producing instant noodles (non-oil treatment)
February 1964
Started producing instant noodles (oil treatment)
June 1965
Established Sumioka Foods Corporation (capital: one million yen), and separated the Sales Department.
August 1966
Built an additional factory and expanded instant noodle-producing equipment
March 1967
Took over the Manufacturing Department by Sumioka Foods Corporation after abolishing the business to consumer
February 1972
Modernized dried noodle-producing equipment, and doubled the manufacturing capacity
September 1972
Increased the capital to four million yen
November 1977
Established Enshutenobe Corporation, an affiliated company
August 1983
Renewed instant noodle (oil treatment) producing equipment to the state-of-the-art equipment
February 1987
Started manufacturing health foods, etc.
HeiseiMay 1993
Started the operation of the Takaoka Factory
December 1994
Increased the capital to 28.6 million yen
August 1996
Started the operation of the new Headquarters Factory
March 1997
Expanded the Takaoka Factory, and doubled the manufacturing capacity
November 2000
Remodeled the Takaoka Factory to enhance the manufacturing capacity
November 2002
Established ES Foods Corporation, an affiliated company
June 2003
Toyohiko Sumioka assumed the position of the Chief Executive Officer
October 2003
Health Food Production Division acquired the certification of a certified organic production process manager
February 2004
Noodle Production Division acquired ISO9001
March 2005
Closed the Enshutenobe Corporation, the affiliated company (because the factory site was subject to buying out as a road site)
August 2006
Started operation of the Hamakita Factory
January 2009
Hamakita Factory acquired a Health Food GMP certification from Japan Health and Nutrition Food Association
November 2015
Launched operation of Hamamatsu Factory of the affiliated company, ES Foods Corporation
December 2016
Hamamatsu Factory of ES Foods Corporation, the affiliated company, acquired a Health Food GMP certification from Japan Health and Nutrition Food Association
May 2017
Headquarters Factory of ES Foods Corporation, the affiliated company, acquired FSSC22000 certification
March 2019
Hamamatsu Factory of ES Foods Corporation, the affiliated company, acquired FSSC22000 certification
ReiwaOctober 2019
Hamakita Factory obtained Hamamatsu city HACCP type health management authentication

Certification

Headquarters Factory of Sumioka Foods Corporation

  • Noodle manufacturing industry
  • JAS (type: dried noodles)
  • JAS (type: instant noodles)
  • ISO9001

Hamakita Factory of Sumioka Foods Corporation

  • Confectionery production industry
  • Hamamatsu City HACCP
  • Health Food GMP of Japan Health and Nutrition Food Association
  • Certified organic production process manager

Headquarters Factory of ES Foods Corporation

  • FSSC22000

Hamamatsu Factory of ES Foods Corporation

  • Confectionery production industry
  • FSSC22000
  • Health Food GMP of Japan Health and Nutrition Food Association

Introduction of factories