- Business
- Sunsweet Public Company Limited manufactures and distributes processed agricultural products, primarily sweet corn, in Thailand and internationally to over 50 countries including Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, Australia, and the Middle East; its core offerings encompass canned sweet corn in whole kernel and cream styles across various sizes and flavors, retort pouch sweet corn including whole kernel and corn-on-the-cob variants, individually quick frozen sweet corn kernels and cobs, and ready-to-eat products such as grilled Japanese sweet potatoes, boiled tiger peanuts, mixed grains, steamed sticky rice with banana, grilled Japanese pumpkin, dried banana sticks, mixed beans and peanuts, and longan in syrup, all under the KC brand name, alongside made-to-order production for customer brands, fresh and processed fruits and vegetables, canned pineapple, fresh coconut, coconut milk, and trading of additional agricultural items like fresh onions and tapioca starch through its subsidiary Sunsweet International Co., Ltd. The company, founded in 1997 and headquartered in Chiang Mai, Thailand, operates through Agricultural Processed Products and Others segments, serving food importers and exporters, retailers, modern trade stores, food manufacturers, and restaurants with a focus on innovation, quality standards, and sustainability initiatives like the "Go West" strategy for Western market expansion and RTE product development. In recent developments, Sunsweet increased its registered capital to Baht 386.998 million in 2024 to support stock dividends, invested in the Tetra Recart Packaging Production Project and small-size RSC packing line enhancements for production efficiency, launched the SUN VALLEY agro-tourism and learning center in 2023 to secure raw materials and farmer training in collaboration with the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives, transitioned its shares to the Stock Exchange of Thailand's main board in 2022 from the mai, and advanced projects including solar rooftop expansions, biogas production, and Hydrolock sterilization technology upgrades.