Wahaha
| Wahaha | |
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| Corporate form | |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Company headquarters | Hangzhou , People's Republic of China |
| Key people |
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| Employee | 30000 |
| sales | 67.8 billion renminbi (2011) |
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| website | http://en.wahaha.com.cn/index.shtml |
Wáhāhā ( Chin.娃哈哈, also Hangzhou Wahaha Group Co, Ltd) is a Chinese beverage producer . The company has become the largest Chinese manufacturer of soft drinks . From 1996 to 2007 there was a joint venture with the Danone group, in which Danone held 51%. After Wahaha was increasingly doing business outside of the JV, this was dissolved in 2009 after years of litigation.
The name Wahaha is supposed to describe a child's smile phonetically.
Products
The product range mainly includes non-alcoholic beverages, including juices and lemonades, teas, mixed milk drinks, mineral water , but also beer. For some time now, Wahaha has also been manufacturing other goods, such as children's clothing. One of the most important branches is in Hangzhou .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Erich Follath ; Wieland Wagner: China: The terribly successful ; in: SPIEGEL of June 27, 2011, pp. 78–85, here p. 84
- ↑ Wahaha founder's daughter may have the last laugh, wantchinatimes.com from April 16, 2012 ( Memento of the original from January 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Danone to quit joint venture with Wahaha, FT.com of September 30, 2009
