The story
1908 – Founder Ichiro Tamura constructed Daiichi-Maru (199 gross tons), the first steel-frame trawler in Japan
1911 – Ichiro Tamura established the Tamura Steamship Fishery Division in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and started trawling in cooperation with Kosuke Kunishi and other people (foundation of Nippon Suisan)
1920 – Hayatomo Fishery Research Group, the first private fishery research organization in Japan, was established
1929 – The base of fishery moved from Shimonoseki to Tobata, Fukuoka Prefecture
1934 – First whaling expedition conducted in the Antarctic Ocean
1937 – Company name changed to Nippon Suisan
1946 – First postwar whaling expedition conducted in the Antarctic Ocean with permission of the General Headquarters (GHQ)
1949 – Nippon Suisan listed its shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
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1952 – North Sea fisheries reopened and NISSUI's mother ship-type salmon and trout fleet began fishing.
1966 – Head office moved to the present address (Nippon Building in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
1974 – Unisea founded in the U.S
1978 – EMDEPES founded in Santiago, Chile, as a fishery base
1988 – NISSUI acquired Salmones Antartica, a salmon and trout aquaculture company in Chile
1990 – NISSUI obtained approval to make "EPA-E NISSUI," a drug substance
1995 – involved in financing a management-buyout of ANZCO Foods (just over 25% shareholding; minor partner to Itoham Foods), a meat producer in New Zealand
2001 – Acquired 50% of shares of Sealord, a fishery company in New Zealand
Acquired from Unilever Gorton's and Blue Water, pre-cooked frozen seafood brands for household use in North America
2002 – Acquired 25% of shares of Alaska Ocean Seafood
2004 – Founded NAL Peru, a procurement company specializing in fish meat and fish oil, in Lima, Peru
Founded Europacifico, a marketer of marine products, in Vigo, Spain
2005 – Acquired King & Prince Seafood, a U.S. company of pre-cooked frozen seafood for business use
2006 – Acquired three marketers of marine products: Nordic Seafood in Denmark, F.W. Bryce in the U.S. and Nordsee in Brazil
2007 – Acquired shares of Cité Marine S.A.S., a processed seafood company in France
DOSA was established in Chile in order to administrating, marketing, and distributing for group fishery companies in Chile
2008 – Qingdao Nissui Food Research and Development founded
Acquired 25% of shares of Glacier Fish Company
Hokkaido Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd. founded
2009 – TN Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd. founded
Acquired Hokkaido Fine Chemicals Co from Nikkashi
2010 – Acquired shares of Delmar
Nordic Seafood A/S becomes consolidated subsidiary
2011 – Opening The Nissui Pioneer Exhibition Center
2012 – The Medium-Term Management Plan 2014(MVIP) was initiated.
2013 – "Yumigahama Suisan Co., Ltd" was established for domestic Coho Salmon farming.
2014 – Head office moved to Nishi-Shimbashi Square in Minato-ku, Tokyo.
2015 – Nissui sells part of its shareholding in ANZCO Foods to Itoham Foods
2018 – Nissui sells remaining part of its shareholding in ANZCO Foods to Itoham Foods
2019 – Acquired 75% of shares of Flatfish Ltd
2023 – Invested in first startup, Australian Asparagopsis producer, Immersion Group.
From Wikipedia’s article on Nissui, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5