- Business
- Malee Group Public Company Limited manufactures and distributes beverages and canned fruits in Thailand and internationally; its core operations encompass branded products including UHT and pasteurized fruit juices, veggie juices, coconut water, canned fruits, milk, tea, coffee, and drinking water under the Malee brand and sub-brands such as Malee Tropical, Malee Coco, Malee Fruit Fresh, Malee Homestyle, Malee i-Corn, First Choice, Farmer, Farm Chokchai, Good Water, Bidrico, A’nuta, Restore, Bi-nest, Yobi, and Bi-coffee; these products are packaged in cans, UHT boxes, pasteurized boxes, pouches, PET bottles, and carbonated PET bottles. The company also provides contract manufacturing services for domestic and international clients across fruit juices, tea, coffee, dairy products, and drinking water from production bases in Sam Phran (Nakhon Pathom Province), Pak Chong (Nakhon Ratchasima Province), and Vietnam; additionally, it operates a dairy farm in Bueng Kan Province producing raw milk and offers real estate rental for office space. Founded in 1978 and headquartered in Lam Luk Ka, Thailand, Malee Group serves consumer markets through retail, food service, and export channels primarily in Asia including South Korea, China, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Recent developments include the 2022 merger with Abico Holdings Public Company Limited, which integrated dairy manufacturing capabilities, expanded production for one-stop OEM services, reduced workforce by 1,400 employees, and lowered SG&A-to-sales ratio to 14.2% in 2024 while driving net profit growth to THB308 million; in 2025, the company launched Malee Power Plants with InnoGut technology combining prebiotics and postbiotics for gut health, introduced Malee COCO LIPOSOS in partnership with 7-Eleven featuring Chromium, L-Carnitine, and Potassium, and appointed Chinese actor Zhang Ling He as Asia Pacific Brand Ambassador for Malee COCO to boost premium coconut water sales in China.