2026-11-11
Hon Chuan and Nihon Yamamura Glass Co., Ltd. Reach Agreement to Establish a Joint Venture Sales Company in Japan
Release Date: November 11, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. Taiwan Time (UTC+8)
Taiwan Hon Chuan Group and Nihon Yamamura Glass Co., Ltd. jointly announced that the two companies, represented by Hung-Yu Tsao, President of Taiwan Hon Chuan, and Noboru Yamamura, Representative Director & President and Chief Executive Officer of Nihon Yamamura Glass, reached an agreement on November 11, 2026, to establish a joint venture sales company in Japan. The joint venture aims to deepen their partnership, expand sales channels for Taiwan Hon Chuan’s products in the Japanese market, and support Japanese beverage manufacturers in expanding their overseas operations.
Founded in 1914, Nihon Yamamura Glass Co., Ltd. is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and headquartered in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. It has 10 business sites and 12 group companies. Its operations encompass glass bottles, plastic container-related businesses, logistics, and new glass materials. It is Japan’s largest manufacturer of glass bottles for major food and beverage companies, with world-leading product quality and production technology. For the fiscal year ended March 2026, the company reported full-year consolidated revenue of JPY 72.19 billion and a total workforce of 1,884 employees. In the beverage plastic closure segment, Nihon Yamamura Glass offers its proprietary TEN Caps (Tamper Evidence with New concept), which feature tamper-evident functionality, along with other plastic closure products, providing high-quality products and services to customers and consumers. The company produces and sells approximately five billion plastic closures for PET bottles annually in Japan and overseas, while continuing to promote closure recycling and reuse. It also expands its overseas operations through a packaging materials trading company in Thailand and its packaging business in partnership with San Miguel.
Taiwan Hon Chuan Group is committed to expanding its international presence. With 52 production sites across Taiwan, China, Southeast Asia, Africa, and other locations worldwide, the Group provides comprehensive, vertically integrated, one-stop solutions for food and beverage packaging materials and contract beverage filling. Its strengths include advanced beverage contract manufacturing technology and a worldwide sales network.
The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding on business cooperation on October 6, 2023, and publicly announced it on October 12 of the same year. Their cooperation has focused on four areas: (1) expanding sales channels for Taiwan Hon Chuan’s products in the Japanese market; (2) flexible contract manufacturing arrangements between the two companies; (3) jointly developing new products; and (4) expanding global sales channels through mutual cooperation. They have also established close working relationships in both domestic and overseas markets.
The joint venture sales company will combine Nihon Yamamura Glass’s extensive industry experience in Japan’s packaging container market, product development and manufacturing technologies, and quality and logistics services with Taiwan Hon Chuan’s packaging product portfolio, product development and manufacturing capabilities, and multinational production network. Through this cooperation, the two companies seek to further strengthen customer trust and support Japanese beverage manufacturers in expanding their overseas operations.
Further details of the joint venture will be announced as they are finalized.
