Orion Corporation () is a South Korean confectionery company, headquartered in Munbae-dong, Yongsan District, Seoul. The company is one of the three largest food companies in South Korea, and was established in 1956 as Tongyang Confectionery Corp. Orion has manufacturing facilities in Seoul, Cheonan Chungcheongnam-do and cities in China, Russia, Vietnam, India and the United States. Products produced by Orion include biscuits, cookies, crackers, pies, gum, snacks, chocolate, and candy; and its most famous product is Choco Pie. Its competitors include Crown Confectionery and Lotte Confectionery. Orion was the parent company of the entertainment company On-Media, until its acquisition by the CJ Group in 2010.

The company began offering the Choco Pie in 1974. By 2006 it had two thirds of the Chinese cookie market.

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Orion maintains a "Choco Pie Index" created as a parody of The Economist's Big Mac Index.

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See also

Tongyang Group

List of food companies

List of confectionery brands

References

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Confectionery companies of South Korea

Food and drink companies established in 1956

Manufacturing companies based in Seoul

Companies listed on the Korea Exchange

South Korean brands

South Korean companies established in 1956

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