Yeo Hiap Seng
Company type | Public company (SGX: Y03
) Subsidiary of Far East Organization | |
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Industry | Parent Far East Organization | |
Website | www |
Yeo Hiap Seng Limited (
YHS majority shareholder is
History
Establishment
The company's history dates back to 1900. Founded by Yeo Keng Lian (Chinese: 杨景连), a native of Fujian, China, who began his business career by making soy sauce in Zhangzhou with the Yeo Hiap Seng Sauce Factory (Chinese: 杨协成) in 1901. Then he immigrated to Singapore in the 1930s, where he re-established the Yeo Hiap Seng Sauce Factory in 1938.[4][5] Yeo died in Singapore in 1960.[4]
The name Yeo Hiap Seng is of Christian origin, with Hiap Seng meaning unity of Christ as Yeo was
Corporate
Although founded in 1938, the company was incorporated in Singapore on 20 December 1955 as Yeo Hiap Seng Canning and Sauce Factory Private Limited and was listed on 7 November 1968 and renamed to its present shorter name.
The 1950s saw the company can
1990s and beyond
In June 1995,
See also
- List of food companies
- Vitasoy -Hong Kong-based soy beverage giant
References
- ^ a b c d e "Yeo Hiap Seng Limited 2020 Annual Report" (PDF). yeos.com.sg. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- ^ Ho, Frankie (20 June 2012). "The Far East Re-organization". The Edge Singapore. pp. 18–20.
- ISBN 978-1-118-33940-4.
- ^ a b c "The Yeo Hiap Seng Story - Testimony of God's Grace". dannysao.blogspot.ca.
- ^ "History & Heritage". www.yeos.com.sg.
- ^ "Tea for Two: Battle for a Great Name and Address", CNN Asianow, 28 July 1995, archived from the original on 6 February 2009, retrieved 5 June 2009
- ^ Backman 2001, p. 96
- ^ Porter, Barry (1 June 1997), "Transforming a soft-drink sluggard", The Standard, archived from the original on 7 January 2013, retrieved 15 July 2009
Bibliography
- Backman, Michael (2001), Asian eclipse: exposing the dark side of business in Asia, J. Wiley, ISBN 978-0-471-47912-3