Takara Holdings
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{{Infobox company
| name = Takara Holdings Inc.
| native_name = 宝ホールディングス株式会社
| native_name_lang = ja
| romanized_name = Takara Hōrudingusu kabushiki gaisha
| logo = TaKaRa logo.svg
| logo_size = 230px
| image_caption = TNSC headquarters in Tokyo
| traded_as = {{unbulleted list|{{TYO|2531}}}}
| foundation = {{start date and age|df=yes|09|06|1925}}
| hq_location_city = Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto 600-8688
| hq_location_country = Japan
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = Hisashi Ohmiya
(Chairman)
Toshio Kakimoto
(President)
| industry = Drink industry
| products = {{unbulleted list|Alcoholic beverages|Seasonings|Research reagents|Scientific instruments|Health foods}}
| revenue = {{increase}} JPY 225.3 billion (FY 2015)
(US$ 1.99 billion) (FY 2015)
| net_income = {{increase}} JPY 7 billion (Y 2015)
(US$62.4 million) (FY 2015)
| num_employees = 3,780 (consolidated, as of 31 March 2016)
| homepage = {{Official website|https://www.takara.com}}
| footnotes ={{cite web |url=http://ir.takara.co.jp/en/Corporate_index/Profile.html |title=Corporate Profile |publisher=Takara Holdings |access-date=5 May 2017 |archive-date=25 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125105212/https://ir.takara.co.jp/en/Corporate_index/Profile.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://asia.nikkei.com/Company/05HWWK-E |title=Company Profile |work=Nikkei Asian Review |publisher=Nikkei Inc. |access-date=5 May 2017}}
}}
{{nihongo|Takara Holdings|宝ホールディングス株式会社|Takara Hōrudingusu kabushiki gaisha|stylized as TaKaRa}} is a Japanese company based in Kyoto. The company is mainly involved in the production of beverages, food, printing and medical supplies.
Divisions
=Takara Shuzo=
{{nihongo|Takara Shuzo|宝酒造}} Co. produces sake, other beverages, and seasonings. This division comprises the original business; the holding company including it was formed in 2001.{{cite news |title=Takara Shuzo to set up holding company |publisher=Goliath Business News |url=http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-3836742/Takara-Shuzo-to-set-up.html}} Takara Shuzo also owns the Tomatin distillery of Highland single malt scotch whisky. Takara Shuzo Co. is the largest distiller of traditional shochu liquor in Japan.{{cite news |last1=Takada |first1=Aya |date=4 July 2014 |title=Farms Fatten Pigs With Stale Bread in Japan to Cut Costs |publisher=Bloomberg News |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-07-04/farms-fatten-pigs-with-stale-bread-in-japan-to-cut-costs |access-date=17 September 2015}}
=Takara Bio=
Clontech Laboratories was acquired from BD Biosciences in 2005.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bionity.com/en/news/47437/takara-bio-to-acquire-clontech-unit-of-bd-biosciences.html|title=Takara Bio to Acquire Clontech Unit of BD Biosciences|date=5 July 2005|website=bionity.com|access-date=7 April 2017}} In 2007, Clontech was involved in litigation with Invitrogen over patents for RNase H minus reverse transcriptase.{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSWNAS267120070530|title=Invitrogen, Clontech settle patent litigation|last=Nag|first=Dilipp S.|date=30 May 2007|work=Reuters|access-date=7 April 2017}}
Subsidiaries of Takara Bio Inc. include Takara Bio USA (formerly Clontech Laboratories), a Mountain View, California-based manufacturer of kits, reagents, instruments, and services for biological research, as well as regional subsidiaries in Europe, Korea, China, and India. The main offices of Takara Bio USA moved to San Jose in August 2021.
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Category:Alcoholic drink companies
Category:Drink companies of Japan
Category:Multinational companies headquartered in Japan
Category:Manufacturing companies based in Kyoto
Category:Holding companies established in 1925
Category:Japanese companies established in 1925
Category:Biotechnology companies of Japan
Category:Conglomerate companies established in 1925
Category:Companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Category:Companies in the Nikkei 225
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