Introduction of ourselves

Introduction of ourselves

Delivering happiness to people

We have been the unique specialized manufacture of cookies and biscuits since 1952 in Japan. We have always thought of our customers first and put emphasis on deliciousness, safety, and reliable quality while manufacturing products. We never stop thinking of deliciousness in future that is stable and moves people’s hearts. These above are what we think when we develop and manufacture our products every day.

Corporate Philosophy

Respect all people and materials

We respect all the employees and all the materials we use as they all have their own precious lives. We sincerely wish that all employees can thoroughly develop their abilities and live their lives lively. We strongly believe that those employees bring their vigor into the company. In the meanwhile, we have great appreciation to the materials we use, such as wheat flour, hen’s egg, sugar, butter, and so on. We know that all materials are gifts from a wealth of nature. We always make use of them with great care, and delivering the products on which we put a new life is our mission.

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Greeting from CEO

We are the specialized manufacture of cookies and biscuits. We do our best for delivering our products everyday thinking of our mission that we help people smile and make good memories when they are eating our cookies and biscuits.
We have cherished the philosophy since its founding. The philosophy is that we respect all people and materials. By respecting employees, we believe that employees can develop their own strength. Hopefully their strength become No.1 skill in the industry and their skills can add useful and new values on our products. Through their skills, we hope that we can deliver the best cookies and cookies in the market. By respecting all materials, we believe that we can bring out the best quality from the materials. We never stop respecting all materials though all the process from choosing raw materials to packaging the products. As a result of this respecting, we believe that we can deliver our products with the best balance.
We are always encouraged by the messages from our consumers, such as “taste is so good” and “will have them again”. Paying attention to our consumers’ messages, we never stop our challenging to be the No.1 cookie supplier and expand the cookie’s potential market.

CSR
We participate in an activity that protects sound forest by consuming eco friendly materials

FSC certificate

What is FSC certificate

FSC is a system that end consumers can purchase the products that are made of eco friendly materials by choosing FSC labelled products. Once consumers buy FSC labelled products, it contributes to the preserving and supporting of sound forests on the earth.

How ITO BISCUITS contributes

We use FSC certified materials for packages of our products, such as Languly.

ITO BISCUITS fulfills our obligations on environmental conservation. Meanwhile, we supports social activities that contribute to welfare and education of our society.

Ecology

Ecology

We adopt eco trays that are made from the styrofoam of used trays for other products.

Welfare

Disable people from 20s to 50s work at the factory for making eco trays, which supports their independence.

Education

Students in elementary schools in Koto area of Tokyo are supposed to do this factory tour in their school programs. Enlightenment of environmental concerns and development of mutual understanding with disable people are facilitated through this factory tour and communication with them.

Company Profile

Trade name ITO BISCUITS CO., LTD.
Headquarters 8F Tabata Asuka Tower Building, 6-1-1 Tabata, Kita-ku, Tokyo, Japan 1140014
Established August 12th, 1952
Capital One hundred million JPY
Business scope Manufacturing and sales of cookies and biscuits
Employees 192
Accounting period March
Officers Chairman Takeo Ito
CEO Keisuke Yamasaki
Inside director Masaaki Nakamura
Inside director Yuji Miyanaga
Auditor Yukio Sakai
Auditor Kazuhiko Tsukazaki
Main banks MUFG Bank, Ltd.
SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION
Group companies CALCUIT Co., LTD.
CONTRE CO., LTD.

History

1952 Started business in Tokyo
1957 Succeeded in being the first in Japan to realize a mass production of cookies by wire cutter
1958 Awarded by prime minister at National confectionary exposition
1959 Succeeded in being the first in Japan to start the manufacturing of Pretzel
1964 Installed a steel band oven and manufactured cookies more and moresteel band oven
1971 Started Calcuit business for baby biscuits market
1974 Succeeded in being the first in Japan to install the state-of-the-art gas ovenstate-of-the-art gas oven
1979 Technical agreement with Arnot, the no.1 biscuit company in Australia
1989 Languly Chocolate Cream won the Gold medal at Monde Selection
1993 Joined NPS that is a group of companies who want to learn TOYOTA Kanban system
1995 American Soft cookies won the Gold medal at Monde Selection
1996 Headquarters moved to current building
2000 Acquired ISO 9001
2007 Acquired Organic JAS Certificate
2013 Opened the direct shop at No.1 factory for substandard products
2018 Opened the Baumkuchen shop, Atelier Petit Bois
2020 Acquired FSSC22000 for no.2 factory
2021 Acquired FSSC22000 for no.1 factory

Location of offices and factories

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