John Swire & Sons

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John Swire & Sons is a British-based diversified conglomerate and holding company with major interests in aviation, property, beverages, marine services, and trading, particularly focused on the Asia-Pacific region.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
John Swire & Sons canonical 2
Butterfield and Swire 1
Swire Shipping 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf conglomerate
holding company
privately held company
areaServed Asia-Pacific
China
Hong Kong, China
surface form: Hong Kong
controlledBy Swire family
coreBusiness aviation
marine services
property development
property investment
soft drink bottling
trading and industrial
country United Kingdom
focusRegion Greater China
Southeast Asia
foundedBy John Swire
hasBrand Cathay Pacific
Dragonair
Pacific Place
Swire Coca-Cola
Taikoo Place
hasDivision Aviation division
Beverages division
Marine Services division
Property division
Trading & Industrial Division
surface form: Trading & Industrial division
headquartersLocation London, England
surface form: London
inception 1816
industry aviation
beverages
conglomerate
marine services
property
trading
legalForm private company limited by shares
notableShareholding Cathay Pacific
Swire Pacific
Swire Properties
ownershipStructure family-owned
parentOrganization Swire Pacific
surface form: Swire Group
partOf Swire Pacific
surface form: Swire Group
subsidiary Cathay Pacific
HAECO
Swire Pacific
surface form: Swire Bulk

Swire Coca-Cola
Swire Pacific
Swire Properties
John Swire & Sons self-linksurface differs
surface form: Swire Shipping

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Swire Pacific parentOrganization John Swire & Sons
Swire Pacific foundedBy John Swire & Sons
John Swire & Sons subsidiary John Swire & Sons self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Swire Shipping
China Merchants Steam Navigation Company competedWith John Swire & Sons
this entity surface form: Butterfield and Swire