Overview

The Haruna Dairy Cooperatives is the collective name for a specialized dairy cooperative organization serving the territory of the cities of Takasaki and Shibukawa and Kitagunma District in central Gunma Prefecture. This territory is an intermediate flat zone at the foot of Mt. Haruna, one of the Three Famous Mountains of Gunma. In 1956, it was designated the Mt. Haruna foothills dairy farming district by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (now the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries).
The Haruna Dairy Cooperatives are involved in all stages of the dairy farming and creamery businesses from management guidance for dairy farmers through the production and sale of milk, dairy products, and dessert products.

Name: Haruna Dairy Cooperatives

Established: October 17, 1956 (registration of establishment completed)

Representative: Satoru Baba, Representative director

Head office: 307-3 Koyagimachi, Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture 370-0071
Tel : 027-362-3800 (main switchboard); fax : 027-364-2755

Officers: 6 directors (1 representative director/executive officer, 1 full-time director, 4 part-time directors)
2 auditors (2 part-time auditors, one of whom is a representative auditor)

Employees: 147 (as of April 1, 2025)

Capital: 299.92 million yen

Invested members: Hagukumi Agricultural Cooperative, Kitagunshibukawa Agricultural Cooperative, Takasaki Agricultural Cooperative

Business: Manufacture of food products

Affiliate company

Name: Haruna Chokuhan K.K.

Established: September 21, 1992

Representative: Yasushi Hamana, Representative Director and President

Head office: 307-3 Koyagimachi, Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture 370-0071
TEL：027-363-5811 FAX：027-362-3864

Officers: 7 directors (2 full-time directors, 5 part-time directors)
2 auditors (part-time)
26 employees (as of April 1, 2025)

Capital: 100,000,000 yen

Businesses: Sale of milk, dairy beverages, fruit beverages, yogults, gelatin dessert, and puddings produced mainly at the Haruna Dairy Cooperatives' Milk factory and Desserts factory. Also sells some products purchased from other suppliers.

History

1956: Established upon investment by 38 members of 37 general agricultural cooperatives and Takasaki Ham.

1974: Direct sales of Haruna Milk from the producer region began.

1975: Milk sales expanded to the greater Tokyo area.

1979: Milk factory constructed at the head office site (Koyagimachi, Takasaki).

1987: Acquired a site in Ashikado Industrial Park in Ashikadomachi, Takasaki (formerly Ashikado, Gunma) (Ashikado Center).

1992: Haruna Chokuhan K.K. established through the spinoff of the Haruna Dairy Cooperatives' sales section to strengthen sales of dairy products.

1994: New head office built at the current site.

1999: Milk factory earns HACCP certification for three products of milk, processed milk, and dairy beverages.

2001: The Desserts factory relocated to Ashikadomachi, Takasaki, and expanded.

2006: The Desserts factory earns HACCP certification for cultured milk products.

2007: ISO 9001 certification earned.

2011: Milk factory filling machinery updated; all lines converted to ESL.

2017: Milk factory and the Desserts factory earn SQF certification.