- Business
- Qian Hu Corporation Limited is an integrated ornamental fish service provider, aquaculture technologist, and pet accessories manufacturer and distributor. Founded in 1989, incorporated in 1998, and headquartered in Singapore, the company operates across key regional hubs in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and China, distributing live fish and pet care products to more than 80 countries worldwide. The company operates through four core business segments: Ornamental Fish, Aquarium and Pet Accessories, Plastics, and Aquaculture. In the Ornamental Fish segment, Qian Hu engages in the breeding, farming, quarantine, import, export, and wholesale distribution of more than 1,000 species and varieties of ornamental fish, specializing in high-value Asian Arowana (Dragon Fish), freshwater tropicals, and marine specimens for international distributors, public aquariums, and retail pet merchants. In the Aquarium and Pet Accessories segment, operated primarily through its subsidiary Yi Hu Fish Farm Trading, the company manufactures, wholesales, and retails over 5,000 product lines; its portfolio includes proprietary Hydro-Pure technology water depurators, internal and canister filtration units, specialized aquarium lighting systems, submersible heaters, water conditioners, aquatic medications, formulated fish feeds, reptile terrariums, cat litter, and companion animal accessories marketed under proprietary brand names such as Ocean Free (OF), Hydra, Classica, RevoReef, Aqua Zonic, Ponddpro, ReptilePro, Sumo Cat, Delikate, and Bark, alongside third-party agency distributed brands. In the Plastics segment, the company manufactures and supplies high-density and low-density polyethylene plastic bags, biodegradable film products, and customized packaging solutions for commercial, industrial, food, and healthcare packaging applications. In the Aquaculture segment, Qian Hu develops intensive, antibiotic-free recirculating aquaculture systems and farms edible species including freshwater shrimp, grouper, and lobster. In recent corporate developments, Qian Hu has accelerated its technology-driven aquaculture expansion through the acquisition of AquaEasy, an artificial intelligence and Internet of Things aquaculture solutions provider, integrating proprietary intelligent automation systems such as the iFeeder 2.0 to enhance feeding efficiency, water quality analytics, and disease prevention. The company expanded its regional production footprint by establishing Timor Aquahub International, Lda., a 55-percent-owned joint venture in Timor-Leste focused on commercial lobster farming, hatchery management, and seafood processing. Additionally, Qian Hu has entered strategic supply chain and biotechnology collaborations with the Singapore Agro-Food Enterprises Federation and Liyang Aquatic to expand sustainable aquaculture aggregation and diagnostic probiotic solutions, while diversifying its pet care operations into high-margin pet nutrition and pivoting its plastics manufacturing division toward certified medical-grade and food-grade antimicrobial packaging materials.