Tokyo Kaikan to renew confectionery factory at Sengoku Building
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Tokyo Kaikan plans to renew aging equipment at its confectionery factory in the Sengoku Building in Koto, Tokyo. Construction is scheduled from February to March 2027, funded internally; the disclosure does not state an investment amount or quantitative capacity increase.
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