Japan · since 1918
Zojirushi
Zojirushi started in Osaka in 1918 as the Ichikawa Brothers Trading Company making glass-lined vacuum bottles and is now a Tokyo-listed housewares maker best known for rice cookers and thermal carafes. Its coffee makers, such as the compact Zutto and thermal-carafe Fresh Brew Plus, are a small part of a range that also includes water boilers and insulated mugs. Zojirushi America was set up in California in 1987.
- Founded
- 1918Sourced
- Founder
- Ichikawa brothers (Ichikawa Brothers Trading Company)Sourced
- Headquarters
- Osaka, JapanSourced
- Ownership
- Independent, listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Zojirushi Corporation)Sourced
- Factories
- Japan
- In the database
- 0 models
Chronicle
- 1918 Founded Ichikawa brothers (Ichikawa Brothers Trading Company), Osaka
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Product lines
- Zutto / Dome / Fresh Brew Plus drip coffee makersBrewers
- Vacuum-insulated carafes and mugsBrewers
No Zojirushi equipment is in the database yet; models are added as the maker's own specification pages are read.
What the sources say
- Founded / origin year 1918. store.zojirushi.com
- Founder: Ichikawa brothers (Ichikawa Brothers Trading Company). store.zojirushi.com
- Headquarters: Osaka. store.zojirushi.com
- Ownership: Independent, listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Zojirushi Corporation). store.zojirushi.com