Menicon Co., Ltd. Announces Acquisition of Fukui New Site in Hokuriku Area to Manufacture and Production of Contact Lenses and Lens Care Products
March 10, 2024 at 10:30 pm EDT
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Menicon Co., Ltd. announced that it has acquired a site in "Technoport Fukui," Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture, in the Hokuriku Area. This will be a new site for the manufacturing and production of contact lenses and lens care products. A tripartite agreement was established regarding the site acquisition between Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture, and Menicon Co., Ltd. on March 11, 2024. The company plans to manufacture main products--contact lenses and lens care products- at the new site in Fukui. The company also considering the establishment of research and development functions related to production at the new Fukui site for the purpose of bridging between development and production. The area of the new Fukui base is about 93,000 square meters, which will be the domestic production site of company. By including Fukui Prefecture, it aims to establish a strong production economy zone that includes both areas. The Hokuriku Shinkansen will be extended to Fukui on March 16, 2024, and the Chubu-Jukan
Expressway will be also open soon. Thus, access to Menicon's existing sites in the Chukyo area and the new Fukui site will be improved, and human resource supplementation will be further reinforced at both sites. Outline of the acquired site: Location: Technoport Fukui - (Address) - 65-2 Aza-Minamiwari, 28 Ishishinbo-cho, Fukui-shi, Fukui Prefecture; 6-2 Aza-Ishizukawari, 37 Shirakata-cho, Fukui-shi, Fukui Prefecture and 23-2 Aza-Nagatsukawari, 38 Shirakata-cho, Fukui-shi, Fukui Prefecture. Business content: Manufacturing contact lenses and lens care products and production development site (planned).
Menicon Co., Ltd. is a Japan-based company mainly engaged in operation of contact lens related business and other business. The Company has two business segments. With its subsidiaries, the Contact Lens segment is engaged in manufacture and sales of contact lens, care supplies and other goods. The Others segment is engaged in development and sales of veterinary medical products, decomposition accelerator of rice straw, composting accelerator of livestock excrement, assisted reproductive medicine and products of advanced medical fields, as well as management of contact lens retailer staff training school and provision of temporary staffing service, among others.