Agribusiness company opens Taipei office

Expanding its business further in the Asia-Pacific region, CHS Inc. (NASDAQ: CHSCP), has opened an office in Taipei, Taiwan. For the farmer-owned cooperative and global agribusiness based in Minnesota, United States, this is another step toward its goal to have direct market access for its member owners and to meet growing customer demand. 

"Taiwan is an important, strategic demand base for corn, wheat, soybeans and dried distillers grains (DDGS)," said Rick Browne, CHS senior vice president, Asia-Pacific region.  "CHS has done business in Taiwan for many years and there is a strong customer acceptance of our farmer-owned business model.  This office will allow us to better serve more Taiwanese customers, which adds value for our member-owners investments."

In Taipei, Bruce Huang will be responsible for building CHS market access, customer relationships, and overall office management. He previously held positions with Cargill in Taiwan and China.   

CHS has international marketing offices in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Korea, Hungary, Jordan, Romania, Russia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland and Ukraine. 

CHS, a Fortune 100 company, supplies energy, crop nutrients, grain marketing services, livestock feed, food and food ingredients, as well as business solutions including insurance, financial and risk management services. The company operates petroleum refineries/pipelines and manufactures, markets and distributes Cenex? brand refined fuels, lubricants, propane and renewable energy products.<Air Foamposite Max