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Japanese design, global production.
Zojirushi began with a glass-lined vacuum bottle in 1918. It now applies thermal-control and vessel engineering to rice cookers, beverage appliances and insulated containers.
- 1918
Vacuum bottles begin
Ichikawa Brothers Trading Company starts in Osaka.
- 1961
The Zojirushi name
The elephant brand becomes the corporate identity.
- Today
Thermal control across the kitchen
Rice cookers, boilers and bottles build on vessel engineering.
