TU — THAI UNION GROUP PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED (Consumer Defensive >> Packaged Foods)

Description: Thai Union Group Public Company Limited, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells frozen, chilled, and canned seafood in Thailand and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Ambient Seafood; Frozen and Chilled Seafood and Related Businesses; Pet food; and Value-Added and Other Businesses. It provides ambient seafood products, including tuna, sardines, mackerel, herring, and salmon for retail and wholesale customers; frozen and chilled seafood products, such as shrimp, lobster, and crab that are sold directly to restaurants, hotels, caterers, and retail customers; ready-to-cook or ready-to-serve products, and bakery treats; marine ingredients for use in consumer goods, such as infant formula, cosmetics, dietary supplements, and clinical nutrition; and pet care products comprising wet-based food and treats. The company offers its products under the Chicken of the Sea, Genova, John West, Petit Navire, Parmentier, King Oscar, Mareblu, Rügen Fisch, Sealect, Fisho, QFresh, MONORI, Bellotta, Marvo, ChangeTer, Calico Bay, Paramount, and Zeavita brand names. It also manufactures and distributes animal feeds, frozen food, aquatic animals, ingredient products, canned tuna, seafood, and smoked salmon products, as well as distributes shrimp feeds. In addition, the company offers packaging, printing, training and management, e-commerce, consultancy, and property rental services. Further, it is involved in the tuna oil refinery, shrimp farming, and shrimp breeding and hatchery businesses; import and distribution of pet food and pet related products; import of seafood; and operation of seafood restaurant outlets. The company was formerly known as Thai Union Frozen Products Public Company Limited and changed its name to Thai Union Group Public Company Limited in September 2015. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Mueang Samut Sakhon, Thailand.