Uni-President Enterprises Corporation 統一企業公司 | |
Type: | Public |
Founder: | Kao Ching-yuen |
Location City: | Yongkang, Tainan |
Location Country: | Taiwan |
Area Served: | Worldwide |
Key People: | Alex Lo (President) |
Industry: | Food production |
Products: | Dairy products Beverages Snack foods Instant noodles |
Revenue: | NT$456 billion (2013) |
Num Employees: | 188,931 |
Subsid: | President Chain Store (7-Eleven Taiwan) COSMED books.com.tw Dream Mall |
Showflag: | stp |
First: | t |
T: | 統一企業公司 |
Tp: | Tǒngyī Cǐyè Gōngsīh |
S: | 统一企业公司 |
P: | Tǒngyī Qǐyè Gōngsī |
Myr: | Tǔngyī Chǐyè Gūngsz̄ |
W: | T'ung3-i1 Chi4-yeh4 Kung1-szu1 |
Poj: | Thóng-it Khì-gia̍p Kong-si |
Uni-President Enterprises Corporation is an international food conglomerate based in Tainan, Taiwan. It is the largest food production company in Taiwan as well as Asia, and has a significant market share in dairy products, foods and snacks, and beverages. Through its subsidiary company, it is also responsible for running Starbucks, 7-Eleven, Mister Donut, Carrefour and Muji in Taiwan. In addition, Uni-President has subsidiaries in the United States, mainland China, Vietnam, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines.[1]
Furthermore, Uni-President is the owner of Uni-President Lions, a professional baseball team in Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League, which is also the only founding team still in the league.
In 1967, the “Uni-President Enterprise Co.” was opened in Syuejia, Tainan County. It started with the production of flour and feed. The chairman was Wu Xiuqi, and the general manager was Kao Ching-yuen.
In 1969, Uni-President began preparations for the production of instant noodles and cooperated with Nissin Milling Technology to that end, and subsequently invested and set up factories in Thailand and established dealers in Hong Kong.