At Hayashibara Co., Ltd. (Headquarters in Shimoishii, Kita-ku, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture; President Osamu Morishita), we are in the final stages of a project to relocate the former Okayama Plant I (Amase Minami-machi, Kita-ku, Okayama City). We have started test operations of the Okayama Functional Saccharide Plant (S Building) (Imabo, Kita-ku, Okayama City), and on March 23, we held a ceremony to mark the completion of the new Okayama Plant I (Fujisaki, Naka-ku, Okayama City).
At the former Okayama Plant I, we have been manufacturing saccharide products that have a variety of functionalities for more than 60 years.
Accordingly, aiming to eliminate concerns about being able to stably supply products and respond to increasing demand for our existing products, and to be ready to manufacture a wide range of new products, we have been constructing plants in two locations: the Imabo district, where our Okayama Functional Saccharide Plant is located, and the Fujisaki district, which is home to our Research and Development Division.
In January 2015, the S Building of the Okayama Functional Saccharide Plant was completed in the Imabo district, adjacent to the existing Okayama Functional Saccharide Plant ‘T Building’, which is dedicated to producing TREHA (trehalose). The S Building of the Okayama Functional Saccharide Plant will mainly produce SUNMALT (general name: maltose, a carbohydrate sweetener for food) and HALLODEX (a special starch syrup). Currently, we are starting to perform test production aiming for full-scale operations, and the full production is scheduled to start this summer. We plan to have this plant, along with the T Building at the Okayama Functional Saccharide Plant, serve as Hayashibara’s base to mass produce functional saccharides and further strengthen our competitiveness.
The plant in the Fujisaki district will become the new Okayama Plant I and it will mainly manufacture starch syrup products like TETRUP and COUPLING SUGAR as well as foods for specified health uses such as LACTOSUCROSE and HAYASHIBARA HESPERIDIN S.
It will be so-called multi-plants that can produce a wide range of saccharide products which are differentiated from those of our rivals with our proprietary technology. In addition, a pilot plant has also been built alongside the plant that makes it possible to rapidly begin manufacturing the new products created in the adjacent research facility establishment.
In the Fujisaki district, we will gather together indirect manufacturing sectors with know-how in production such as expertise in the development of production technologies, in the design and maintenance of equipment, and in the management of utilities.
We held a ceremony to mark the completion of this plant on March 23, and currently we are installing and inspecting production equipment there. We aim to begin full operations in the summer after carrying out a test run.
Thanks to our own engineering and the installation of state-of-the-art energy-saving equipment, we have made these two new plants very energy efficient, and they are also friendly to the environment.
In addition, we will continue production in the former Okayama Plant I until the new plant begins full-scale production. Then, we will continue to use the site only for filling products, and will name it Okayama Plant I, Amase Works.
【Overview of the new plants】
Imabo district | Fujisaki district | |
|---|---|---|
Plant name | Okayama Functional Saccharide Plant, | Okayama Plant I |
Location | 578 Imabo, Kita-ku, Okayama | 675-1 Fujisaki, Naka-ku, Okayama |
Overview of the building | About 2,700ｍ2 | About 2,800ｍ2 |
Overview of the building | 4 floors, steel-frame construction | 4 floors, steel-frame construction |
Overview of the building | About 9,000m2 | About 7,400m2 |
Start of construction | December 3, 2013 | January 9, 2014 |
End of construction | January 22, 2015 | March 23, 2015 |
Manufactured items | SUNMALT | TETRUP, PANORUP |
Other functions | Production headquarters function | |
Construction company | Shimizu Corporation | Ohmoto Gumi Co., Ltd. |
Construction cost | Total of about 8 billion yen | Total of about 8 billion yen |
