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Establishment of I-Lan Foods Industrial Co., Ltd.

1962

Mr. Tsai Eng-Meng is appointed CEO.

1977

The famous ‘Hot-Kid’ mascot is created and begins to gain recognition in the Taiwanese market.

1979

The company name “Want-Want” is officially registered. Want-Want starts its cooperation with Iwatsuka Confectionery Co., Ltd.

1983

Want-Want establishes its first office in Hunan, Changsha, and names it “Hunan Want Want Foods Ltd.”

1992

Want-Want Group is listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading. Ltd.

1996

Want-Want Group is ranked as one of the top 20 best-rated international companies among 100 competitors, and is voted number one in China by the Singapore Foreign Corporate Association.

2005

Want-Want Group is named one of the 50 best large companies in Asia by Forbes Asia for five years in a row.

2013

Want-Want Group wins the award for the largest food and beverage company as part of Asia Business Week’s ranking of the Global Top 1000 Chinese Entrepreneurs. The Group’s President Tsai Eng-Meng is ranked as a Top 100 CEO by Harvard Business Review magazine.

2014

Matthew Tsai, Chief Operating Officer of Want-Want Group, is awarded the “Notable Youth Award” at the “Chinese F&B Association of Science and Technology Innovation Awards”

2015

CEO Tsai Eng-Meng is awarded the title of “Meritorious Entrepreneur” on the occasion of China’s 40th anniversary of reform and opening-up.

2018

Want-Want Group comes third in the ranking of Taiwan’s top 25 international corporate brands for the 12th year running.

2020

Want- Want Group celebrates the 60th anniversary of its founding.

2022