Uni-President Enterprises Corporation

Uni-President Enterprises Corporation
統一企業公司

Company type	Public
Traded as	TWSE: 1216
Industry	Food production
Founded	1967 (1967)
Founder	Kao Ching-yuen
Headquarters	Yongkang, Tainan , Taiwan
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Alex Lo (President)
Products	Dairy products Beverages Snack foods Instant noodles
Revenue	NT$456 billion (2013)
Number of employees	188,931
Subsidiaries	President Chain Store (7-Eleven Taiwan) COSMED books.com.tw Dream Mall
Website	www.uni-president.com.tw

Uni-President Enterprises Corporation
Traditional Chinese	統一企業公司
Simplified Chinese	统一企业公司
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Tǒngyī Qǐyè Gōngsī Wade–Giles T'ung3-i1 Chi4-yeh4 Kung1-szu1 Tongyong Pinyin Tǒngyī Cǐyè Gōngsīh Yale Romanization Tǔngyī Chǐyè Gūngsz̄ IPA [tʰʊ̀ŋí tɕʰîjê kʊ́ŋsɹ̩́] Southern Min Hokkien POJ Thóng-it Khì-gia̍p Kong-si

Uni-President Enterprises Corporation (Chinese: 統一企業公司; pinyin: Tǒngyī Qǐyè Gōngsī; Wade–Giles: T'ung-i Chi-yeh) 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 President Chain Store Corporation, 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.

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.

History

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.

See also

• List of companies of Taiwan
• Uni-President China
• Dream Mall
• Science Noodles
• T & T Supermarket - Canadian former joint venture between Uni-President and 99 Ranch Market of the United States, now owned by Loblaw Companies.
• Books.com.tw