From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Want Want
Want Want
Want Want Holdings Limited In 1994, it commenced its first production plant in
旺旺集團有限公司 Changsha, Hunan.
In 1996, it was listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange
in the name of Want Want Holdings Pte Ltd Ltd.
In 2007, Want Want Holdings Pte Ltd was delisted
from the Singapore Stock Exchange.[4]
In 2008, its subsidiary, Want Want China Holdings
Limited was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.[5]
Limited,
[6]
List of products
Type Privately-owned company • QQ Jellies (旺旺QQ糖) [2]
• Want Want Children’s milk (旺仔牛奶) [3]
Industry Foods • O-Pao fruit milk (旺旺O泡果奶) [4]
Founded 1962 • Want Want Fortune Rice Crackers
• Want Want Senbei Rice Crackers
Headquarters Taipei, Taiwan
• Want Want Superslim Rice Crackers
Area served Taiwan • Want Want Crunchy Rice Balls (旺旺小小酥) [5]
Note that many Want Want products are well known in
Key people Chairman and CEO: Mr. Tsai Eng-meng
China for their bizarre advertisements.
Products snack foods, beverages
Website Want Want Holdings Limited See others
• Want Want China
Limited, Want,
Want Want Holdings Limited or Want Want is a food
• List of repeated names
manufacturer from Taiwan. It is the largest rice cake and
flavored drinks maker in Taiwan. It engages in the manu-
facturing and trading of snack foods and beverages. It op- References
erates over 100 manufacturing plants in Mainland China,
[1] ^ TAIWAN: China Times Group is sold to Want
2 in Taiwan and employs over 60,000 people.[1]
Want
[2] Tsai Eng Meng
History [3] [1]
[4] Schenker-BAX Merger Completed, Want Want
In 1962, Want Want began operations in the name of I Lan
Plans HK IPO
Foods Industrial Company Limited in Yilan County, Tai-
[5] Want Want Shares Fall in Hong Kong Debut
wan, which manufactured canned agricultural products.
[6] Want Want Holdings Ltd
It was founded by Mr. Tsai Eng Meng’s father.[1][2]
In 1983, it collaborated with Iwatsuka Confectionery
Company Limited, one of the top three Japanese rice
cracker makers, to develop rice cracker market in Tai- External links
wan. It was practically a charity on Iwatsuka’s side, and
• Want Want Holdings Limited
the only payoff to Iwatsuka was a mere 5% of the com-
mon stock of the company but it is now valued at $300M
(three times as large as Iwatsuka (2221.jp)’s market value
as of September 2009).[3]
In 1987, it became the first Taiwanese operator to ap-
ply for the registration of the "Want Want" trademark in
China. In 1992, it started its business in Mainland China.
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