Swire Pacific Limited
The Swire Group's core businesses in Hong Kong are held by Swire Pacific Limited, listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.[8] It also operates Swire Beverages Holdings Ltd and Swire Foods Holdings Ltd for their beverages and food chain group.
Cathay Pacific Airways
In 1948, Swire Pacific acquired Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong's largest airline, and remains the largest shareholder, with 42%.[9]
Swire Properties
Incorporated in 1972, Swire Properties develops and manages commercial, retail and residential properties, with a focus on mixed-use development in prime locations at major mass transportation intersections.[10]
The company's investment portfolio in Hong Kong totals approximately 17.8 million sq ft (approximately 1.66 million square metres[11]) of gross floor area, with Pacific Place[12] and Taikoo Place[13] as its core holdings.
In addition to Hong Kong, the company has a presence in China, the United States and the United Kingdom. In China, Swire Properties has a portfolio amounting to approximately 12.9 million sq ft (approximately 1.20 million square metres[11]), the majority of which is under construction. The five projects consist of mixed-use developments in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu,[14] with Sanlitun Village[15] and The Opposite House hotel[16] in Beijing being the best-known among them.
In 2008, the company formed Swire Hotels[17] to create and manage urban hotels in Hong Kong, China and the United Kingdom.
Cathay Pacific Airways
In 1948, Swire Pacific acquired Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong's largest airline, and remains the largest shareholder, with 42%.[9]
Swire Properties
Incorporated in 1972, Swire Properties develops and manages commercial, retail and residential properties, with a focus on mixed-use development in prime locations at major mass transportation intersections.[10]
The company's investment portfolio in Hong Kong totals approximately 17.8 million sq ft (approximately 1.66 million square metres[11]) of gross floor area, with Pacific Place[12] and Taikoo Place[13] as its core holdings.
In addition to Hong Kong, the company has a presence in China, the United States and the United Kingdom. In China, Swire Properties has a portfolio amounting to approximately 12.9 million sq ft (approximately 1.20 million square metres[11]
Swire Shipping
Swire Shipping is the wholly owned shipping arm of John Swire & Sons Limited, headquartered in Singapore. It operates shipping agencies for its liner shipping trades.
The company has a 67% shareholding in Quadrant Pacific of New Zealand that provides third-party agency services to the forestry and oil industries, as well as husbandry services.
Swire Bulk
Swire Bulk is a Hong Kong company.
Steamships Trading Company
Steamships Trading Company is a diversified leader in shipping, transport, property and commercial operation in Papua New Guinea.
The company has a 70% shareholding in Consort Express Lines, a leading provider of coastal and river shipping services in Papua New Guinea. Its liner trades service 17 ports in Papua New Guinea and the company also provides project charters.
The company has a 100% shareholding in Pacific Towing, which has a harbour towing, offshore support and salvage operation that owns and operates 12 tugs and nine line boats across seven ports in Papua New Guinea.
John Swire and Sons (Green Investments) Ltd
John Swire & Sons (Green Investments) Ltd acquired Scottish biodiesel producer Argent Energy, which pioneered large scale commercial biodiesel production in the UK when it started production at its plant near Motherwell in Scotland in 2005.[18] The firm makes its road fuel by recycling wastes and residues from other industries, such as used cooking oil which is a waste from the food industry, tallow from the meat industry, and sewer grease.
Swire Coca-Cola
Swire is an anchor bottler in the Coca-Cola System. It is the bottler of Coca-Cola and its related products in 11 provinces and the Shanghai Municipality in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Cambodia, Vietnam, and 13 states in the western United States.[19] This territory represents a population of 780 million people.[20]
