Sinon Group

Sinon Group (興農集團) is a Taiwanese corporate group. Its origins trace to 1955, when founder Yang Tian-fa (楊天發) established the 'Sinon Chemical Factory' (興農化學工廠) to engage in pesticide production and sales. In 1963 it was reorganized and formally established as Sinon Co., Ltd. (興農股份有限公司), and its shares were listed in 1989. The group has pursued diversified operations, with activities covering fertilizers, fine chemicals, plastics, trading, cement products, food and supermarkets, extending across multiple industries and countries.

Sinon's corporate history began in 1955, when founder Yang Tian-fa (楊天發) established the 'Sinon Chemical Factory' (興農化學工廠) to engage in pesticide production and sales. In 1959 the Sinon Chemical Factory was expanded into Sinon Chemical Co., Ltd. (興農化工有限公司), and in 1960 Sinon Trading Co., Ltd. (興農貿易行有限公司) was set up to handle pesticide import and export. In 1963 Sinon Chemical Co., Ltd. was reorganized into Sinon Chemical Co., Ltd. (興農化工股份有限公司) with a new plant built by the Dadu River. In 1979 Sinon Chemical Co., Ltd. merged and was renamed Sinon Co., Ltd. (興農股份有限公司). The company's shares were listed in 1989, the same year Yang Wen-bin (楊文彬) took over as chairman and a household goods division was established. Over the following decades the group diversified into cement products, plastics, food, supermarkets, information technology, insurance, a professional baseball team, and international plant-protection operations, with subsidiaries established in Thailand, the United States, Germany, Australia, Brazil and China. In 2008 the fresh supermarket business was spun off from the parent company and renamed Taiwan Fengkang Supermarket Co., Ltd. (台灣楓康超市股份有限公司); in 2012 the Yumei business (玉美事業) was established; in 2015 the consumer goods business was spun off and transferred to subsidiary Yumei Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (玉美生技股份有限公司). Chairmanships passed to Hung Po-yen (洪博彥) in 2016, Yen Tzu-fang (顏子芳) in 2023, and Liu Yun-sung (劉雲松) in 2026.

• Plant protection (crop science)

• Refined agriculture

• Safe food

• Household goods

• Distribution business

• Plastics business

• Information technology

• Cement products

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