Taiwan Sugar Corporation
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Formerly | 臺灣糖業有限公司 |
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Type | Joint-stock company, Government-owned corporation of Ministry of Economic Affairs (Taiwan); formerly: Limited liability company |
(1237.TW) | |
Industry | Agriculture |
Founded | 1946 Shanghai City |
Headquarters | No. 68 Shengchan Rd., East, Tainan, Taiwan |
Area served | Taiwan |
Key people | Chairman: Chen Chao-yi President: 管道一 |
56,367,498,650 NTD | |
Divisions | Marketing Business Division Hypermarket Business Division Animal Industry Business Division Petroleum Business Division Sugar Business Division Biotechnology Business Division Agriculture Business Division Leisure Business Division |
Website | /www.taisugar.com.tw |
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Taiwan Sugar Corporation (TSC; Chinese: 台灣糖業股份有限公司; pinyin: Táiwān Tángyè Gōngsī) or Taisugar (台糖; Táitáng) is a state-run enterprise of Taiwan, with headquarters in Tainan City.
History[]
The corporation was established on 1 May 1946 by the Nationalist government after the handover of Taiwan from Japan to Republican China, by merging all of the sugar companies (Dai-Nihon, Taiwan, Meiji, and Ensuiko Sugar Company) during the Japanese era in Taiwan. In the 1950s and 1960s, sugar was one of the major exports of Taiwan; the corporation remains a major land owner today.[citation needed]
Taiwan's sugar trade, which flourished for almost 400 years, is now a sunset industry. The Taiwan Sugar Corporation has diversified its business into tourism, floriculture, biotechnology, and retailing. It also operates a chain of gas stations and invests in Taiwan High Speed Rail.[citation needed] They also have a number of significant overseas investments. In 2020 Taiwan Sugar Corporation announced plans to close its largest pig farm in Vietnam and instead invest NT$10.7 billion (US$369 million) in remodeling and improving their pig farms in Taiwan.[1]
TSC sugar plants[]
- Shanhua Sugar Factory in Shanhua District, Tainan City[citation needed]
- Huwei Sugar Factory in Huwei Township, Yunlin County[citation needed]
- Siaogang Sugar Refinery in Siaogang District, Kaohsiung City[2]
Developments[]
Taiwan Sugar Corporation has five types of developments — Open Bid Construction, Joint Construction, Community Development, Sugar Factory Fields Development, and Student's Dormitory Development. It also owns the Taiwan Sugar Research Institute.
Land ownership[]
Taisugar owns 550 km2 (210 sq mi) of land in Taiwan — 370 km2 (140 sq mi) are for agricultural purpose and 120 km2 (46 sq mi) are for contract production.[3]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Liao, George. "Taiwan Sugar Corporation to close its largest pig farm in Vietnam". www.taiwannews.com.tw. Taiwan News. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- ^ "Welcome to Taiwan Sugar Corporation.-Brief".
- ^ "President-elect's industry tour takes her to Chiayi".
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