Message from the PresidentGuidance

Nantsune’s founder, Tsunejiro Minami, established Nanjo Cutlery Works in 1925 and changed its name to Nantsune Works in 1929, manufacturing and selling the world’s first thinly sliced raw meat slicer. Since 1925, we have been consistently focusing and creating value together with food processing manufacturers in the food processing industry.
Currently, we have renewed our management philosophy with “To eliminate the value of food ingredients border.” as our vision, and “To contribute to food production processes.” as our mission. Not limited to manufacturing and selling food processing equipment, we also provide a wide range of solutions for our customers, from planning and proposing meal products to designing food factory layouts based on customer’s needs.
Furthermore, we have opened MEAT DELI Nicklaus’, a next-generation butcher shop model in Osaka Fukushima, featuring charcuterie-centered processed meat products sales with an eat-in space and EC store, and we continue our activities as a support team for local butcher shops.
In the spirit of repaying one’s gratitude, we will continue to meet the challenge as a company in food processing that makes the impossible possible, for our customers and for society.
President & CEO Tsuneyuki Minami
President’s Profile

President & CEOTsuneyuki Minami
Born in 1975
From Osaka Prefecture
Career
| 1998 | Graduated from Kansai University, Faculty of Literature, Department of Educational Psychology Joined Nantsune Tekko (now Nantsune) in the same year |
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| 2002 | Graduated from California State University Graduate School of Business Obtained Master of Business Administration (MBA) Appointed as Director |
| 2005 | Appointed as Executive Vice President |
| 2010 | Appointed as President & CEO |
| 2011 | Completed Kobe University Graduate School Professional Course Obtained Master of Business Administration (MBA) |
| 2025 | Completed Konan University Graduate School of Social Sciences Doctoral Program Obtained Doctor of Business Administration |
External Positions
Japan Food Machinery Manufacturers’ Association
- Vice President
- Chairman, International Committee
- Director, Youth Division
- Chairman, FOOMA2028 Vision Creation Committee
- Chairman, FOOMA JAPAN2022, 2023, 2024 Exhibition Executive Committee
- Chairman, FOOMA JAPAN2021, 2022, 2023 Exhibition Management Planning Committee
EO Osaka
- 13th Term Forum Director
- 14th Term Governance Director
- 15th Term Finance Director & Strategic Alliance Director
EO Japan
- Governance Expert
Hobbies
Business administration research (organizational behavior), golf, sports (American football) watching
Drinking with friends
Life Work
Surpassing yesterday’s self