Yeo Hiap Seng
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Yeo Hiap Seng Limited SGX: Y03 is an investment holding company as well as a drink manufacturer in Singapore and Malaysia. It produces its own Asian drinks and has the license from Pepsico to produce Pepsi, 7 Up, Mountain Dew, Mirinda and Mug Root Beer. It also produces a popular favourite in Singapore, called Justea. YHS majority shareholder is Ng Teng Fong's Far East Organization, and it also develops houses and condominiums. The company also has operations in over 60 countries which includes Singapore, Malaysia, People's Republic of China, United States and franchises in Indonesia and Mauritius.
The company has its history dated back to 1901. Founded by Yeo Keng Lian in Fujian, China, it was established in Singapore in 1935 as the Yeo Hiap Seng Sauce Factory. The company was incorporated in Singapore on 20 December 1955 and was listed on 7 November 1968 and renamed to its present name. The 1950s saw the company to can curry chicken and pioneered the bottling of soya bean milk, and package Asian drinks in Tetra Brik aeptic containers using the Ultra-high temperature processing system.