Euglena Group receives the grant of the Okinawa International Logistics Base Utilization Promotion Project Subsidy
"Branding of Okinawan prawns-de-" irregular prawns "-" project will start
-Deliver uniform-sized and high-quality prawns-

Euglena Co., Ltd.
Euglena Taketomi Shrimp Culture Co., Ltd.

Euglena Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President: Mitsuru Izumo, hereinafter Euglena Co., Ltd.) and Euglena Group's Euglena Taketomi Shrimp Culture Co., Ltd. (Cultivation) was adopted by Taketomi Shrimp Culture on June 14, 2019 by the Okinawa General Secretariat of the Cabinet Office, "FY2019 Okinawa International Logistics Center Utilization Promotion Project Subsidy" (hereinafter referred to as "this subsidy"), and Okinawa We are pleased to inform you that we have started a project to promote the branding of car shrimp produced by Taketomi shrimp farming in Okinawa.

This subsidy adopted this time will be delivered to a business that contributes to the promotion of Okinawa's industry by comprehensively supporting the advanced manufacturing business that makes the best use of Okinawa's characteristics or the logistics business that adds value in Okinawa. increase. Taketomi shrimp farming will introduce a custom-made automatic prawn sorting machine * with this subsidy, and will work on efficient production of prawns of uniform size by significantly shortening the work time required for sorting prawns. .. We will further focus on aquaculture work, further improve the quality and production of prawns, and expand sales channels with a view to all over Japan and overseas to promote the branding of prawns produced in Okinawa Prefecture. * Manufactured by Fujita Iron Works Co., Ltd.
Euglena Co., Ltd. and Taketomi Shrimp Culture will continue to establish a system to deliver high-quality prawns that take advantage of the rich nature of Okinawa to as many people as possible.
　The details are as follows.

Regarding the adoption of subsidies and the branding of Okinawan prawns

■ Subsidies adopted by the grant: 2019 Okinawa International Logistics Base Utilization Promotion Project Subsidy
■ Implementation project name: "Branding of Okinawan prawns-" Unmatched prawns "-"
■ Subsidy project period: June 2019-March 2020
■ Amount of investment in the project: Approximately 20 million yen (of which subsidy: 13 million yen)

<About Euglena Co., Ltd.>
　In 2005, we succeeded in establishing the world's first outdoor mass culture technology for the Euglena We will develop and sell functional foods and cosmetics that utilize the microalgae Euglena Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers in December 2012, and changed to the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in December 2014. The management philosophy is "to make people and the earth healthy". https://euglena.jp/

<About Euglena Taketomi Shrimp Culture Co., Ltd.>
　Founded in 1986 in Taketomi Island, Okinawa Prefecture. There are no farmlands or rivers on the island, and pesticides, red soil, and domestic wastewater do not flow into the sea, so it is possible to use clean seawater, which is unprecedented in Japan, for the aquaculture pool and eat even the shells of prawns. To cultivate. Joined the Euglena Group in 2015. https://www.euglena-taketomiebi.com/

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