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Japanese manufacturing company

Zojirushi Corporation象印マホービン株式会社
Zojirushi headquarters in Osaka
Company type Public KK
Traded as TYO: 7965
Founded 1918; 106 years ago (1918)
Headquarters Osaka, Japan
Area served Worldwide
Products Rice Cookers, Vacuum Flasks, Hot Water Dispensers
Revenue JPY 84.6 billion (FY 2018) (US$ 765.9 million) (FY 2018) [1]
Number of employees 1,198 (2013)
Website zojirushi-world.com

Zojirushi 3-liter electric water boiler CD-JSQ30

The Zojirushi Corporation (象印マホービン株式会社, Zōjirushi Mahōbin Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese multinational manufacturer and marketer of vacuum flasks, beverage dispensers, and consumer electronics including bread machines, electric kettles, hot water dispensers, electric water boilers and rice cookers. It has a branch in South Korea and subsidiary companies in Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, and the United States. Zojirushi is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.[2]

The company was founded in 1918 as the Ichikawa Brothers Trading Company in Osaka and in 1948 was changed to Kyowa Manufacturing Co., Ltd. In 1961, its name was changed again from Kyowa Manufacturing Co., Ltd to the Zojirushi Corporation and its corporate logo, including an elephant (Zōjirushi means "elephant mark"), was adopted.[3]

Some Zojirushi rice cooker models include a coating of Sumiflon (スミフロン), a self-cleaning fluoropolymer-aluminium composite developed by Sumitomo Electric.

  1. ^ "Zojirushi Corp". Nikkei Asia.
  2. ^ Jayne E. Chang (2007). Rice Cooker Creations: 40 Simple Recipes by Zojirushi. Silverback Books. pp. 72–. ISBN 978-1-59637-230-6.
  3. ^ "Zojirushi Corporation: Private Company Information". bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-02-02.