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In Japan we say that "10 years make an epoch", but 30 years have already passed since I started Sun Noodle in Hawaii.
I think I've been able to reach this point because, while totally absorbed in my work each day, I've been guided by the desire to provide everyone in Hawaii with the authentic taste of Japanese noodles. My belief that "noodles will be accepted anywhere in the world as long as they're delicious" has not been mistaken.
We provide the authentic taste of Japanese noodles in Hawaii. That is easy to say. But in Hawaii, the climate, the wheat and the water are all different than in Japan. So if you make noodles in the same way as in Japan, you can't reproduce the same taste as in Japan. Also, even if you manage to reproduce the same taste, it's meaningless if you can't also manufacture noodles at the kind of affordable price desired. These last 30 years have truly been days of research and improvement.
Today, at Sun Noodle, our products range from ramen for ramen shops opened by professionals from Japan to saimin for local restaurants; from cold Chinese noodles for in-flight meals to yakisoba that you can prepare at home. In short, we have become able to manufacture noodles and dumpling skins that meet the various needs and expectations of our Hawaiian customers. From approximately 100 types of products, we produce daily about 30,000 servings that are used with confidence in their quality and taste.
The past 30 years. The next 30 years. The days of research and improvement have not ended. We provide the authentic taste of Japan, but we also aim to improve on it. Please continue to look for the best from Sun Noodle.
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H & U, Inc. (Trade Name: Sun Noodle)
Hidehito Uki
President |
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Head office and Honolulu factory: H & U, Inc.
1933 Colburn St., Honolulu, HI 96819
Tel: (808) 841-5808, Fax: (808) 842-7622
Los Angeles factory: Sun Noodle California LLC
1505 West Mahalo Pl., Rancho Domingues, CA 90220
Tel: (310) 764-0100, Fax: (310) 764-0150
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| President |
Hidehito Uki |
| Trade Name |
Sun Noodle |
| Founding |
July 10, 1981 |
| Capital |
US$131,000.00 |
| Employees |
45 |
| Activities |
Manufacture of raw ramen, yakisoba, udon, Okinawa soba, saimin, Japanese soba, Wakana Soba, gyoza and wonton wrappers, and noodles for in-flight meals. Importing and wholesaling of various kinds of noodles and soups. |
| Main Suppliers |
HFM Foods, Rogers Foods Ltd., Prima Ltd., Matsuya Flour Mills, Shoda Shoyu, Unoki, Fuji Foods |
| Main Customers |
Ramen shops, general restaurants, in-flight meal catering companies, hotels, supermarkets, hospitals, school lunch programs, military commissaries, food wholesalers, and other establishments on the Hawaiian Islands and in California, Washington, Nevada, and Vancouver, Canada. |
| Factory Size |
Honolulu factory: lot, 10,000 sq. ft.; building, 9,000 sq. ft.
Los Angeles factory: building, 3,000 sq. ft.
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Production Capacity
(per 8-hour day) |
Honolulu factory: 30,000 servings of raw noodles, 16,000 servings of yakisoba, 14,000 servings of boiled noodles
Los Angeles factory: 12,000 servings of raw noodles, yakisoba |
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| 1981 |
Company founded. |
| 1982 |
Began producing raw noodles on Hoe Street, Honolulu. |
| 1983 |
Introduced boiling kettles and began doing business with supermarkets. |
| 1986 |
Began shipping products to California. |
| 1989 |
Acquired 5,000 sq. ft. of land on Colburn St. |
| 1992 |
Completed new company building, introduced automatic production line for raw noodles, introduced automatic production line for boiled noodles, moved to new company building, began shipping to Vancouver, Canada. |
| 1994 |
Acquired an adjoining lot of 5,000 sq ft. |
| 1996 |
Began consignment manufacturing of in-flight meals, introduced second automatic production line for raw noodles, introduced automatic production line for gyoza wrappers. |
| 1998 |
Completed warehouse on adjoining lot, introduced automatic production line for yakisoba. |
| 1999 |
1999 Began shipping to Seattle, Washington. |
| 2002 |
2002 Expanded the factory for boiled noodles, introduced automatic production line for yakisoba, introduced automatic production line for boiled noodles. |
| 2004 |
Acquired 28,000 sq. ft. of land for a factory in Milltown, in the Waipahu district. Started operation of Los Angeles factory in California. |
| 2005 |
Began shipping to New York. |
| 2006 |
Taking over S&S Saimin, acquired 5,000 sq. ft. of land for use for a warehouse. |
| 2007 |
Developed frozen boiled ramen, began manufacturing S&S Saimin products. |
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ALL COPYRIGHTS RESERVED. ©2007 SUN NOODLE.
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