Home About us Products Branded Ingredients Quality & Sustainability News & Events Contact us Throughout our 60+ year history, our high-quality raw materials created through innovative fermentation and biotechnologies have contributed to the health, beauty and well-being of diverse populations around the globe. In 1956, we pioneered as the world’s first manufacturer using fermentation for the production of the amino acid L-Glutamic Acid. Since then, Kyowa has developed many industry-first technologies that continually improve ingredient performance while guaranteeing quality. 1949 Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd. established 1956 Invention of the L-Glutamic Acid production process by fermentation as the first industrial manufacturing process world-wide 1958 Invention of a process for manufacturing L-Lysine by fermentation 1969 Overseas Sales Office Kyowa Hakko U.S.A., Inc. established 1973 Overseas Sales Office Kyowa Hakko Europe GmbH established 1982 Kyowa Italiana Farmaceutici S.r.l. established 1993 Started manufacturing the nucleic acid related compound Citicoline using fermentation 1997 Started manufacturing L-Hydroxyproline after establishing a new manufacturing method 2000 Developed mass production technology for manufacturing sugar chains using fermentation 2004 Started manufacturing Ornithin health food product line 2005 Started manufacturing L-Alanyl-L-Glutamine using fermentation 2007 Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd. acquired Daiichi Fine Chemical Co., Ltd. 2007 Strategic alliance between Kyowa Hakko Group and Kirin Group 2008 Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. established 2008 Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd. established, taking over the Bio-Chemical business from the Kyowa Hakko Group and Kirin Group alliance. 2010 Kyowa Hakko Bio Italia S.r.l. established as wholly owned subsidiary of Kyowa Hakko Europe GmbH 2015 Daiichi Fine Chemical Co., Ltd. changed its name to Kyowa Pharma Chemical Co., Ltd. Kyowa Hakko European Offices North, Middle and East Europe Kyowa Hakko Europe GmbH Am Wehrhahn 50 40211 Düsseldorf Germany T: +49 211 175 450 F: +49 211 175 454 41 E: bio-chemicals@kyowa.de Contact » South & Southeast Europe, Africa and Middle East Kyowa Hakko Bio Italia S.r.l. Viale Piero e Alberto Pirelli 6 20126 Milano Italy T: +39 02 367 069 01 F: +39 02 367 069 25 E: finechemicals@kyowa.it Contact » Global Network Visit our Network » Copyright © 2021 Kyowa Hakko Europe GmbH Privacy Policy Terms & Conditions Imprint Sitemap We use Cookies to personalize content and to analyze our traffic. Click on "Accept all" to accept all Cookies or click on "Manage Settings" for a detailed description of the types of Cookies we use and to decide which types of Cookies should be set when using our Website. Privacy Policy. Imprint. Manage Cookie Settings Accept All Cookies Block All Cookies ×