Editing Swire (section)

{{Short description|Hong Kong-British multinational conglomerate}}
{{For|people named Swire|Swire (surname)}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Swire Group
| logo = Swire.svg
| logo_size = 220px
| image= Pacific Place Tower 1 2014.jpg
| image_size = 220px
| image_caption = Hong Kong headquarters at [[Pacific Place (Hong Kong)|One Pacific Place]]
| type = {{plainlist|
* [[Private company limited by shares]] (John Swire & Sons Limited)
* [[Public company|Public]] (Swire Pacific Limited)}}
| traded_as = {{plainlist|
* Swire Pacific Limited:
* {{sehk|19}} (A-shares)
* {{sehk|87}} (B-shares)
* [[Hang Seng Index|Hang Seng]] component (19)}}
| foundation = {{start date and age|1816}}
| location = [[Pacific Place (Hong Kong)|One Pacific Place]], [[Hong Kong]] (Operational HQ)<br> [[London]] (Registered HQ) [https://www.swire.com/en/global/privacy.php] <br /> <small>(Hong Kong but with registered office in London for '''John Swire & Sons Limited (UK)''' and some other related entities and subsidiaries)</small>
| key_people = [[Barnaby Swire]], Chairman, John Swire & Sons Limited, Merlin Bingham Swire, (Chairman, Swire Pacific)
| revenue  = {{increase}} [[Sterling pound|£]]12.08 billion (2021)<ref>https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00133143/filing-history. Retrieved 13 November 2022.</ref><br>[[US$]]16.3 billion
| num_employees = 100,000+ <ref name="About us">{{cite web|url=https://www.swire.com/en/about/overview.php|title=Swire About Us|access-date=13 November 2022|publisher=Swire Group|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702165755/https://www.swire.com/en/about/overview.php}}</ref>
| industry = [[Conglomerate (company)|Conglomerate]]
| products = [[Property]], aviation, [[drink|beverages]], [[food chain]], [[freight transport|shipping]], offshore support services, agriculture, manufacturing, wholesale and retail, mining etc.
| subsid = Swire Pacific <br/>
Steamships Trading Company <br/>
Swire Beverages <br/>
[[The China Navigation Company|Swire Shipping]] <br/>
[[Swire Resources]] <br/>
Swire Foods
| homepage = [http://www.swire.com/ Swire.com]
}}
{{Infobox Chinese|order=ts|t=太古集團|s=太古集团|showflag=jy|j=taai3 gu2 zaap6 tyun4|p=Tàigǔ Jítuán}}
'''Swire Group''' ({{lang-zh|t=太古集團}}) is a highly diversified global conglomerate with its parent company being '''John Swire & Sons Limited''' that holds controlling stakes in a range of businesses trading in the UK, USA, Australia, Papua New Guinea, East and West Africa, and across Southeast Asia. The Group's businesses are arranged into groups: property, aviation, beverages and food chain, marine services, and trading and industrial.

Its core businesses are mainly focused on Asia, with its key operations in Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland. Within Asia, Swire's activities come under the group's publicly quoted arm, '''Swire Pacific Limited''', which is the largest shareholder in two Hong Kong listed companies: Swire Properties and Cathay Pacific. '''Taikoo''' ({{lang|zh-HK|太古}}) is the [[Sinitic languages|Chinese]] name of Swire. It serves as the [[brand name]] for businesses such as [[Taikoo Sugar Refinery|Taikoo Sugar]], [[Taikoo Li Chengdu|Taikoo Li]] and [[Taikoo Shing]].