Uni-President Enterprises Corporation

Taiwanese food company

Uni-President Enterprises Corporation
統一企業公司

Company type	Public
Traded as	TWSE: 1216
Industry	Food production
Founded	1967; 57 years ago (1967)
Founder	Kao Ching-yuen
Headquarters	Yongkang, Tainan , Taiwan
Products	Dairy products Beverages Snack foods Instant noodles
Revenue	NT$456 billion (2013)
Number of employees	188,931 (Worldwide)
Subsidiaries	President Chain Store (7-Eleven Taiwan) COSMED books.com.tw Dream Mall
Website	www.uni-president.com.tw

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,^{[citation needed]} and has a significant market share in dairy products, foods and snacks, and beverages. Through its subsidiary company President Chain Store Corporation [zh], it is also responsible for running Starbucks, 7-Eleven, Mister Donut, Carrefour and Muji in Taiwan. In addition, Uni-President has subsidiaries in Mainland China, Vietnam, South Korea, United States, 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.

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}