The is a Japanese multinational

Multinational corporation

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 manufacturer

Manufacturing

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 and marketer

Marketing

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 of high-quality vacuum flask

Vacuum flask

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s, bread machine

Bread machine

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s and consumer electronics including electric water boiler

Electric water boiler

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s, refrigerators and rice cooker

Rice cooker

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s. It has a branch in South Korea

South Korea

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 and subsidiary

Subsidiary

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 companies in Taiwan

Taiwan

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, China

China

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, Hong Kong

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, and the United States

United States

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. Zojirushi is listed on Osaka Securities Exchange

Osaka Securities Exchange

is the second largest securities exchange in Japan, in terms of amount of business handled. As of 31 December 2007, the Osaka Securities Exchange had 477 listed companies with a combined market capitalization of $212 billion. The Nikkei 225 Futures, introduced at the Osaka Securities Exchange in...

 but not on the Tokyo Stock Exchange

Tokyo Stock Exchange

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History

The company was founded in 1918 as the Ichikawa Brothers Trading Company in Osaka

Osaka

is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...

 and in 1948 was changed to Kyowa Manufacturing Co., Ltd. In 1961, its name was changed again to the Zojirushi Corporation and its corporate logo, including an elephant (Zōjirushi means "elephant mark") was adopted.

Products

, Zojirushi produces and markets rice cooker

Rice cooker

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s, bread makers, coffeemaker

Coffeemaker

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s, electric water boiler

Electric water boiler

An electric water boiler, also called an electric dispensing pot, electric water heater, electric water urn, is a consumer electronics small appliance used for boiling water and maintaining it at a constant temperature...

s, vacuum flasks (thermoses), electric grills, electric skillet

Frying pan

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s, insulated

Thermal insulation

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 jugs

Jug (container)

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, insulated lunch box

Lunch box

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es, and air purifier

Air purifier

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External links

• Zojirushi Worldwide corporate website
• Zojirushi Part Numbers
• Zojirushi Rice Cookers