Samco

サムコ SAMCO HOLDINGS CO. (or simply Samco, stylized as 'SAMCO ') was a Japanese food-processing company founded in 1944, and was subsequently closed in 1992.

History
The company was founded by Samuel Sumoto and Connor Hëinrich, Connor was from Germany, but moved to Japan in 1943. The company's name is a backronym of the two founders. The company also operated stores and operated factories in Europe, Asia, North America and South America. They also partnered with other companies to make food products like, e.g., Nintendo Cereal, which was the most popular.

Bankruptcy and closure
On October 14th, 1987, Samco was acquired by Cariz. On July 9th, 1992, Samco filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy which caused its other factories to close which left the North and South American, British and Japanese factory. Later on September 9th of the same year, they exited Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Finally, on December 1st of the same year, they filed again for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, but on December 18th, they switched to Chapter 7, which meant all of its remaining assets would be sold off to Cariz. The last product to be made was K!dful, a line of dinners. The deal was finalized and on December 19th, 1992, the whole company liquidated and closed all of its remaining factories.