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MC and Maruha Nichiro Agree to Establish New Joint Venture in Salmon (land-based)

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Thursday, June 30, 2022

TOKYO, June 30, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) and Maruha Nichiro Corporation (Maruha Nichiro) are pleased to announce our agreement to establish a new joint venture company, ATLAND Corporation (ATLAND), that will specialize in the land-based production of salmon.

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  • TOKYO, June 30, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) and Maruha Nichiro Corporation (Maruha Nichiro) are pleased to announce our agreement to establish a new joint venture company, ATLAND Corporation (ATLAND), that will specialize in the land-based production of salmon.
  • ATLAND will be established in Nyuzen town of Toyama prefecture in around October 2022.1
    The investment ratio of ATLAND will be MC 51% and Maruha Nichiro 49%.
  • MC and Maruha Nichiro have been discussing the joint promotion of this project since March 2021.
  • The aim of our joint project is to create a local-production-for-local-consumption business model in Japan's salmon industry.