Pou Chen Corporation

Pou Chen Corporation
寶成工業股份有限公司
Listed company
Industry Footwear and electronics
Founded 1969
Founder Mr. C. J. Tsai
Headquarters Taichung City, Taiwan
Area served
 Worldwide
Key people
 Chairmen: C. C. Tsai, Chi Neng Tsai, Chi Hu Tsai
Subsidiaries Yue Yuen Industrial
Website Pou Chen Corporation
Headquarter of Pou Chen Corporation in Taichung City, Taiwan

Pou Chen Corporation (Chinese: 寶成工業股份有限公司) (Taiwan Stock Exchange Stock Code: 9904), or Pou Chen, is a leading footwear manufacturer in Taiwan, and the largest branded athletic and casual footwear manufacturer in the world.[1][2] It is headquartered in Taichung City, Taiwan.

The Group was founded in Fuxing, Changhwa in 1969 by Tsai's family. It focuses on the manufacturing of athletic and casual footwear on an OEM/ODM basis for major global brands such as Nike, Adidas, Asics, Clarks, Reebok, Puma, New Balance, Crocs, Merrell. Timberland, Converse and Salomon. It owned production lines in China, Indonesia, Mexico and Vietnam. Its subsidiary, Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings (SEHK: 551), is the world's largest athletic shoe manufacturer which focuses on footwear material manufacturing.[3][4]

Besides footwear business, Pou Chen used to engage in electronics business by investing Global Brands Manufacture Limited (GBM), which is engaged in manufacturing printed circuit boards and assembling.[5]However, the erupted global financial crisis in 2008 caused the group to readjust its business strategy and to dispose its 40% stake in GBM by auction in March 2010.[6]

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References

  1. ↑ http://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Equities/Tencent-HSBC-push-Hong-Kong-shares-to-fresh-21-month-highs?page=1. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ "POU CHEN GROUP - Footwear Business". www.pouchen.com.
  3. ↑ Company Overview of Pou Chen Corporation
  4. ↑ Pou Chen Corporation
  5. ↑ Pou Chen Corporation
  6. ↑ "POU CHEN GROUP - About PCG". www.pouchen.com. Retrieved 2018-05-09.
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