| Orion Corporation | |
| Native Name: | 주식회사 오리온 |
| Native Name Lang: | ko |
| Type: | Public |
| Industry: | Confectionery |
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| Hq Location City: | Seoul |
| Hq Location Country: | South Korea |
| Area Served: | Worldwide |
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| Key People: | Lee Seung-jeon (chairman) Hur Inn-chul (vice chairman and CEO) |
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Orion Corporation is a South Korean confectionery company, headquartered in Munbae-dong, Yongsan District, Seoul.[1] The company is one of the three largest food companies in South Korea, and was established in 1956 as Tongyang Confectionery Corp.[2] Orion has manufacturing facilities in Seoul, Cheonan Chungcheongnam-do and cities in China, Russia, Vietnam, India[3] and the United States. Products produced by Orion include biscuits, cookies, crackers, pies, gum, snacks, chocolate, and candy; and its most famous product is Choco Pie. Its competitors include Crown Confectionery and Lotte Confectionery. Orion was the parent company of the entertainment company On-Media, until its acquisition by the CJ Group in 2010.
The company began offering the Choco Pie in 1974. By 2006 it had two thirds of the Chinese cookie market.[4]
Orion maintains a "Choco Pie Index" created as a parody of The Economists Big Mac Index.[5]