Unicharm Enters Pet Care Business in Brazil

Unicharm Corporation (President & CEO: Takahisa Takahara) announces that it will make Nutrire Indústria de Alimentos Ltda. (RODOVIA RSC 453, KM 88.6, S/N - Bairro Rota do Sol, Garibaldi / CEO: Gérson Luiz Simonaggio) (hereinafter, 'Nutrire'), a Brazilian pet food manufacturer, a wholly-owned subsidiary.

■ Background of Making Nutrire a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary

Our company started its pet care business in 1986 and provides total care from meals to excretion by developing specialized products such as food, excretion sheets, system toilets, and disposable diapers. Through these efforts, we aim to realize a 'coexistent society' that includes pets, their owners, and even those who do not own pets.

Furthermore, in our 13th Mid-term Management Plan (2026-2030) 'Project-Renaissance,' which started this year, 2026, we aim for non-continuous growth. Within this plan, we have positioned wellness care and pet care as growth-driving areas and will focus management resources to achieve top-line growth and improved profitability. As a key region to accelerate this strategy, we have focused on the Brazilian market. The Brazilian pet care market is the third largest in the world and is expected to continue growing at a rate exceeding 10% annually, backed by recent economic growth and the trend of 'pets as family members.'

Therefore, we have decided to make Nutrire a wholly-owned subsidiary and welcome it into our group to make a full-scale entry into the Brazilian market and build a medium- to long-term business foundation. By combining Nutrire's strength in high-quality production infrastructure with our company's long-cultivated marketing and product development capabilities, we aim for a dramatic expansion of our pet care business in the rapidly growing Brazilian market and the Central and South American region.

■ Overview of Nutrire

Founded in 2001, Nutrire is a Brazilian pet food manufacturer that handles everything from raw material selection to manufacturing and sales. It also provides high-quality premium food using state-of-the-art technology in its production system and has built an extensive export network, primarily in neighboring countries.

■ Status of Our Pet Care Business

The consolidated sales of our pet care business for fiscal year 2025 were 156.1 billion yen (a 5% increase from the previous year). The pet market continues to expand, with an increasing number of products and services related to 'pet humanization'—the desire to provide pets with value and experiences equivalent to humans—due to the growing awareness of 'pets as family members' worldwide.

In response to these changes in awareness, our company is strengthening the provision of products and services from a consumer's perspective, such as 'food that can be enjoyed with pets' and 'pet diapers that allow for enjoyable outings with pets.'

Going forward, we will aim for further growth by increasing the sales composition ratio of our pet care business from 17% in fiscal 2025 to 20% in fiscal 2030.

(Related Sites)

Nutrire: https://www.nutrire.ind.br/

Unicharm Corporation: https://www.unicharm.co.jp/ja/home.html

■ Contributing to the '17 SDGs Goals' through the Wholly-Owned Subsidiarization of Nutrire

We believe that making Nutrire a wholly-owned subsidiary contributes to the following among the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations in 2015:

9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

We will continue to aim to solve environmental and social issues and contribute to the achievement of the SDGs through our business activities, such as providing products and services.