Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Co. Ltd. (Public, BAK: ACB) is a Thailand-based manufacturing company. The Company is engaged in the production and sales of food products.
Its operations cover the entire cycle of the agro-industrial sector, ranging from sourcing raw materials for animal feed production, manufacturing animal feeds, breeding animals, farming animals for commercial purposes, processing meat and manufacturing processed food products, to distributing products to domestic and international consumers.
Its operation is divided into two main business lines, the livestock business and the aquaculture business. The Company's products are comprised of three main categories, animal feeds, animal breeders and meat and food products.
Charoen Pokphand Foods has a global network with 58 subsidiaries.
As of March 20, 2007, the Company set up CPF Philippines Corporation, its wholly owned subsidiary engaged in the operations of shrimp hatchery in Philippines.
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