About Swire Pacific
Swire Pacific Limited, through its subsidiaries, operates in property, aviation, beverages, marine services, and trading and industrial businesses.
Divisions
Property Division
The company's property investment portfolio in Hong Kong comprises office and retail premises in prime locations, as well as hotel interests, serviced apartments, and other luxury residential accommodation. The completed portfolio in Hong Kong totals 14.7 million square feet of gross floor area. In Mainland China, it has interests in major commercial mixed-use developments in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, which would total 7.9 million square feet on completion. In the United States, it owns a 75% interest in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Miami, Florida. In the United Kingdom, it owns four boutique hotels.
The company's trading portfolio comprises land and apartments under development in Hong Kong and Florida, as well as the remaining units for sale at the Island Lodge and Asia residential developments in Hong Kong and Miami respectively.
Aviation Division
The Aviation Division principally comprises significant investments in the Cathay Pacific group, the Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering group, and Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals. The Cathay Pacific group includes Cathay Pacific Airways, its wholly-owned subsidiary Hong Kong Dragon Airlines (Dragonair), its 60% owned subsidiary AHK Air Hong Kong, and an associate interest in Air China. In addition, Cathay Pacific Airways has interests in various companies providing aviation- related services, including flight catering, ramp and cargo handling, and laundry services.
Beverages Division
The Beverages Division has the right to manufacture, market, and distribute the products of The Coca-Cola Company in Hong Kong, Taiwan, seven provinces in Mainland China and an area of the western U.S.A.
Marine Services Division
The Marine Services Division, through the Swire Pacific Offshore group (SPO), operates a fleet of specialist vessels supporting the offshore oil industry in every major of shore production and exploration region outside North America. The division also has jointly controled interests, through the HUD group, in ship repair and harbour towage services in Hong Kong.
Trading & Industrial Division
The Trading & Industrial Division has interests in a number of wholly-owned and jointly controlled companies, comprising Taikoo Motors group, which engages in the distribution and retailing of motor vehicles in Taiwan; Swire Resources group, which engages in the distribution and retailing of sports and casual footwear and apparel in Hong Kong and Mainland China; CROWN Beverage Cans group, which is an aluminium can manufacture in Mainland China and Vietnam; Akzo Nobel Swire Paints, which engages in the manufacture and distribution of paint in Hong Kong and Mainland China; and Taikoo Sugar, which engages in the packaging and sale of sugar products in Hong Kong and Mainland China.