Taiwan Sugar Corporation
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| Formerly | 臺灣糖業有限公司 |
|---|---|
| Company type | Joint-stock company, Government-owned corporation of Ministry of Economic Affairs (Taiwan) |
| (1237.TW) | |
| Industry | Agriculture |
| Founded | 1946 Shanghai City |
| Headquarters | No. 68 Shengchan Rd., East District, Tainan, Taiwan |
Area served | Taiwan |
Key people | Chairman: 陳昭義 General manager: 楊錦榮 |
| 78,288,192,570 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 | taisugar.com.tw/english/ |
Taiwan Sugar Corporation (TSC; Chinese: 台灣糖業股份有限公司; pinyin: Táiwān Tángyè Gōngsī) or Taisugar (Chinese: 台糖; pinyin: Táitáng) is a state-run enterprise of Taiwan, with headquarters located in Tainan City, Taiwan.
History
The corporation was established on May 1, 1946, by the Nationalist government after the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China, through merging all of the sugar companies (Dai-Nihon, Taiwan, Meiji, and Ensuiko Sugar Company) in 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 nowadays.
Taiwan's sugar trade, which flourished for almost 400 years, is now a sunset industry, and 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.
TSC sugar plants
- Shanhua Sugar Factory in Shanhua District, Tainan City
- Huwei Sugar Factory in Huwei Township, Yunlin County
- Siaogang Sugar Refinery in Siaogang District, Kaohsiung City[1]
Developments
Taiwan Sugar Corporation has five types of developments which are 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 of land in Taiwan, in which 370 km2 are for agricultural purpose and 120 km2 are for contract production.[2]
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