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Riken Vitamin to build Material Nexus Lab R&D center at Tokyo Plant

Riken Vitamin Co., Ltd.Itabashi, TokyoPublished
Investment¥1.6B
PhasePlanned
Start—
CompletionMar 2028
To completion
Today
20272028

About 17 months to scheduled completion.

Riken Vitamin will build the Material Nexus Lab, a new R&D facility for chemical-product additives at its Tokyo Plant in Itabashi, Tokyo. The facility will consolidate R&D functions from the Osaka Plant and subsidiary Kenseido, with completion planned for March 2028 and operations beginning in April 2028.

Project facts

Owner
Riken Vitamin Co., Ltd.
Listing
4526 Tokyo
Facility
R&D facility
Sector
Food & beverage
Location
Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan
Investment
¥1.6B — total
Scale / capacity
1,860 sqm floor area; up to 30 researchers
Completion
Mar 2028
Announced
Aug 7, 2026

Figures and schedules are as announced by the company or the public body concerned; plans can change. Amounts that were not disclosed are recorded as not disclosed, never estimated.

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