Thai President Foods

Thai President Foods PCL (Thai บริษัท ไทย เพรซิเดนท์ ฟูดส์ จำกัด) is a Bang Kapi based Thai company established April 18 1972. It is internationally quite well-known for it's instant noodles under the brand "MAMA"®.

Company

As of 2008, Thai President Foods is the premiere instant noodle manufacturer in Thailand. In the world market, it ranks top ten with that product. [ [http://www.mama.co.th/Invester_Relation/Invester_Corporate_Profile.asp www.mama.co.th] Investor Relation > Corporate profile, retrieved 2008-09-19] Since 1978, the company's shares are traded at the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET). [ [http://www.mama.co.th/Company_EN/History.asp www.mama.co.th] Company > History, retrieved 2009-09-19] Chairman of the Board of directors is Boonsithi Chokwatana; President is Pipat Paniangvait; Vice President is Suchai Ratanajiajaroen [ [http://www.mama.co.th/Company_EN/Management_Team.asp www.mama.co.th] Company > Management team, retrieved 2009-09-19] As of 2008, 3,824 people are employed by Thai President Foods [ [http://wrightreports.ecnext.com/coms2/reportdesc_COMPANY_C76441810 Wright Reports] Thai President Foods Public Company Limited - Company Profile Snapshot, retrieved 2008-09-19] The factory sites are all located in Thailand (Lamphun Province and Sriracha Cholburi). [ [http://www.mama.co.th/Company_EN/TF_Group_map.asp www.mama.co.th] TF Groups Map & Address, retrieved 2009-09-19] As of 2008, Thai President Foods has a registered capital of 180m Thai baht. [ [http://www.mama.co.th/Company_EN/Corporate_profile.asp www.mama.co.th] Company profile, retrieved 2009-09-19] (c. $5,31m). Exports are excuted by the company's subsidiary "President Interfood Co., Ltd."

Products

The food company's main products are flavoured instant noodles mainly sold under the "MAMA"® brand [ [http://www.mama.co.th/All_Product/index.asp?lp=_EN&ID=1&BrandID=1 www.mama.co.th] What we do, retrieved 2009-09-19] and other brands such as "Mamy", "Pama", "Papa", "Sai Keo" and "Honghow" which are distributed worldwide. In Thailand, instant noodles made by Thai President Foods have a 50% + market share which gives the company a market dominance in that segment. Currently, the export quantity of MAMA® Instant noodles soups is five million packages per day. [ [http://www.mama.co.th/Invester_Relation/Invester_Corporate_Profile.asp www.mama.co.th] Corporate profile > sec. Main Business, retrieved 2008-09-19]

The product range [ [http://www.mama.co.th/Invester_Relation/Invester_Corporate_Profile.asp www.mama.co.th] Investor Relation, sec. "Business Scope of Companies in TF Group", retrieved 2009-09-19] is
* (Food manufacture)
**instant soups including "oriental style instant noodles"
**parboiled rice
**bakery products (waffles, cookies, snack food, etc.)
**confectionary
**wheat flour, dry vegetables, rice noodles and seasonings. [ [http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=7641569 businessweek.com] — BusinessWeek published 2009-09-19, retrieved 2008-09-20]
*(non-alcoholic drinks)
** fruit juice
** herb juice
** dairy products
*(other)
** packaging materials [ [http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=7641569 investing.businessweek.com] — BusinessWeek > companies, published 2009-09-19, retrieved 2008-09-20] Thai President Foods takes part in the government marketing campaign "Diversity and Refinement" (registration no. FB 0128/05) by the Department of Export Promotion.

References

* This text is mainly based upon the content of the company's website [http://www.mama.co.th/ www.mama.co.th] .

External links

* [http://www.mama.co.th/index.htm www.mama.co.th] — Official site (english)
* [http://finance.google.com/finance?q=BAK:TF finance.google.com] — Information about Thai President Foods by Google Finance