Orion Corporation (South Korean company)

Orion Corporation
Native name	株式會社 오리온
Company type	Public
Traded as	KRX : 271560
Industry	Confectionery
Headquarters	Seoul , South Korea
Website	www .orionworld .com /en /

Orion Corporation ( Korean : 株式會社 오리온 ; RR : Jusikhoesa Orion ) is a South Korean confectionery company, headquartered in Munbae-dong , Yongsan District , Seoul . ^[1] The company is one of the three largest food companies in South Korea , and was established in 1956 as Tongyang Confectionery Corp. ^[2] Orion has manufacturing facilities in Seoul, Cheonan Chungcheongnam-do and cities in China , Russia , Vietnam , India ^[3] and the United States . Products produced by Orion include biscuits, cookies, crackers, pies, gum, snacks, chocolate, and candy; and its most famous product is Choco Pie . Its competitors include Crown Confectionery and Lotte Confectionery . Orion was the parent company of the entertainment company On-Media , until its acquisition by the CJ Group in 2010.

The company began offering the Choco Pie in 1974. By 2006 it had two thirds of the Chinese cookie market. ^[4]

Orion maintains a "Choco Pie Index" created as a parody of The Economist ' s Big Mac Index . ^[5]

References [ edit ]

^ " Location ." Orion Confectionery. Retrieved on March 28, 2014. "ORION, OSI 30-10 Munbai-dong Yongsan-gu, Seoul, Korea"
^ " "Choco Pie" is a "Common Noun" " . The Chosun Ilbo . 1999-08-05 . Retrieved 2012-09-04 .
^ Singh, Devika (17 August 2021). "South Korea's Orion Eyes Larger Pie Of Confectionery Market In India" . Moneycontrol . Retrieved 2021-08-17 .
^ " Cookie Monster ." Forbes . February 27, 2006. Retrieved on March 31, 2014. "[...]Orion’s snack quickly overwhelmed rival products in China to take a two-thirds share of the cookie market, not a bad position to hold in an economy that’s expanding by 10% a year."
^ "Choco Pie" . Ghost of a Flea . June 13, 2005 . Retrieved April 2, 2013 .

External links [ edit ]

Official website
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[1] " Location ." Orion Confectionery. Retrieved on March 28, 2014. "ORION, OSI 30-10 Munbai-dong Yongsan-gu, Seoul, Korea"

[ChosunIlbo-2] " "Choco Pie" is a "Common Noun" " . The Chosun Ilbo . 1999-08-05 . Retrieved 2012-09-04 .

[3] Singh, Devika (17 August 2021). "South Korea's Orion Eyes Larger Pie Of Confectionery Market In India" . Moneycontrol . Retrieved 2021-08-17 .

[4] " Cookie Monster ." Forbes . February 27, 2006. Retrieved on March 31, 2014. "[...]Orion’s snack quickly overwhelmed rival products in China to take a two-thirds share of the cookie market, not a bad position to hold in an economy that’s expanding by 10% a year."

[5] "Choco Pie" . Ghost of a Flea . June 13, 2005 . Retrieved April 2, 2013 .

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