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32-486: CGV started as Theater Business Team inside CJ CheilJedang in 1995. CJ Golden Village was jointly established in 1996 by CJ Cheil Jedang of South Korea, Orange Sky Golden Harvest of Hong Kong and Village Roadshow of Australia. However, now it is operated by CJ only as Golden Harvest and Village Roadshow have pulled out of the group. CGV opened the first multiplex in Gangbyeon in 1998. It merged CJ Golden Village and renamed

64-834: A Tous les Jours store, a bakery chain, in Los Angeles in 2004, CJ has launched the chain also in China and Vietnam, where double-digit sales growth is maintained. The first Tous Les Jours in Hanoi, Vietnam, opened in June 2012, and in December 2012, the 20th and 21st Tous les Jours opened in New Jersey and New York. Also brands of Foodville, VIPS (steakhouse) and A Twosome Place (coffee shope) have opened stores in China and Vietnam as well as other countries in Asia. Bibigo

96-495: A business holding company renaming to 'CJ CheilJedang Co., Ltd' and CJ Group became a holding company for a number of food and entertainment-related subsidiaries based in South Korea. It consists of four main core businesses: Food & Food Service, Bio Pharmaceutics, Entertainment Media, and Home Shopping & Logistics. Korean billionaire Lee Jay-Hyun has been chairman of CJ Group since March 2002. His older sister Lee Mi-kyoung

128-611: A life and culture group by entering into the food service and entertainment industries. In 1996 it became 'Cheil Jedang Group' and completed its official separation from Samsung Group in February 1997. Since then, CJ has entered into the fields of media, entertainment, finance and information & communication businesses mainly through M&As of companies such as m.net, a music cable channel, and Cheil Investment & Securities in 1997, and establishments of new subsidiaries such as Cheil Golden Village (currently CGV) in 1996, Dreamline (which

160-422: A local subsidiary, in New Jersey, U.S. as a joint venture project In 1986 CJ's Biotechnology & Pharmaceutics division succeeded in becoming the third in the world to develop Alpha-interferon , an anticancer medicine, as well as launching 'Hepaccine-B', a hepatitis vaccine. It established Cheil Frozen Food and launched its beverage business in 1987. With the establishment of Cheil Jedang Indonesia in 1988 and

192-578: A more rich cultural experience to consumers, CGV Cheongdam Cine City, which opened in 2011 being an example. In July 2018, CJ E&M and CJ O Shopping merged into new company CJ ENM (CJ Entertainment and Merchandising). In August 2018, CJ CheilJedang acquired Kahiki Foods, an American food manufacturing company based in Columbus, Ohio. CEO Lee Jay-Hyun has announced 2013 to be the start of CJ's full-fledged global expansion efforts, setting 2020 as their goal of achieving its vision of "Great CJ". By 2020,

224-408: A remedy, they asked for shares of Samsung Life Insurance, which controls Samsung Electronics. Since then, the feud was highly publicized as the brothers were quoted in attacking each other through the media, and intensified after it was found out that a Samsung employee had tailed Lee Jay-hyun, the chairman of CJ group. In January 2013, the court ruled against Lee Maeng-hee on the basis that there

256-608: Is a Bibimbap (a traditional Korean food) restaurant which CJ planned as a global brand from the beginning, opening in Los Angeles, Beijing and Singapore since 2010. It also opened its first store in London in 2012 during the London Olympics. In 2018, CJ CheilJedang acquired Kahiki Foods, an American food manufacturing company based in Columbus, Ohio. In 2012, the construction of the $ 400 million nucleic acid factory in Shenyang, China

288-489: Is chaired by Lee Jay-hyun , eldest grandson of Samsung's founder. CJ was founded as 'Cheil Jedang' in August 1955 as a sugar and flour manufacturer and was originally part of Samsung Group , as its first manufacturing business. In 1955, it opened the first flour mill in South Korea and in 1962, started exporting sugar to Okinawa , Japan. In 1965, Cheil Jedang's sugar business was branded as 'Beksul'. The company entered into

320-719: Is one of the largest chaebol headquartered in Seoul , South Korea . It comprises numerous businesses in various industries of food and food service, logistics, pharmaceutics and biotechnology, entertainment and media, Pager and Telephone . CJ Group was originally a branch of Samsung . CJ comes from 'Cheil Jedang' ( 제일 제당 ), which literally translates to "first sugar manufacture", the industry where it originally started. Notable CJ subsidiaries include CJ CheilJedang (Food and Beverage), CJ Logistics (Logistics), CJ Olive Networks (Health & Beauty Stores & IT), CJ ENM (Entertainment and Retail), and CJ CGV (Cinema Chain). The group

352-420: Is still related to Samsung through family ties. The CEO of Samsung, Lee Kun-hee , is the younger brother of Lee Maeng-hee, the former president of CJ. The family came to the center of the media spotlight when Lee Maeng-hee and sister Lee Sook-hee filed civil suits against Lee Kun-hee, claiming that Lee Kun-hee had illegally acquired his inheritance by concealing parts of their father's, Lee Byeong-chul, assets. As

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384-790: Is the fifth cinema company achieving this mark, joining Regal , AMC , Cinemark and Cinepolis . 2017 saw the second U.S. location open, in Buena Park, in Orange County. As of 2019, CGV held a market share of 49.5%, significantly surpassing Lotte Cinema's 29.1% and Megabox's 18.6%. Culture Day 2D regular movie screenings between 17:00 and 21:00 available for 7,000 won reservation. 4DX DAY: All-day 4DX movie viewing available for 11,000 won (excluding ULTRA 4DX format). SCREENX DAY: All-day SCREENX movie viewing available for 10,000 won. Discounts CGV opened South Korea's first luxury theater, Gold Class, with sofa and service; along with Cine de Chef,

416-502: Is the second-largest operator of joint venture IMAX screens in China, behind Wanda Cinemas, China's largest theater chain. CJ CheilJedang CJ CheilJedang Corporation ( Korean :  씨제이제일제당 주식회사 ; Hanja :  CJ第一製糖 株式會社 ) is a South Korean international food company based in Seoul that manufactures food ingredients, ambient, frozen and chilled packaged food products, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. Its brands include Beksul, Bibigo, Gourmet and Hatbahn. Bibigo

448-698: Is the vice chairman of the company. Starting from May 2007, CJ Group announced that it will be hiring more women in the company. It also announced that it will be doubling their allowance time for women who need to go on leave due to pregnancy. ( Maternity Leave ). Korean law requires women be allowed up to 90 days of maternity leave . However, CJ has extended this time to one year. In 2010, CJ Media, CJ Entertainment , Mnet media , On-Media and CJ Internet merged to form O Media Holdings, which became CJ E&M in March 2011. Since then, CJ E&M has been highly influential in its contribution to Korean pop culture and

480-444: Is well-known for Mandu (Korean dumplings) in the global market. CJ Cheil Jedang was founded as 'Cheil Jedang' in August 1953 as a sugar and flour manufacturer and was originally part of Samsung Group , as their first manufacturing business. In July 1993 it spun off from Samsung and gained independent management, changing into a life and culture group with the entrance into the food service and entertainment industries. In 1996 it became

512-443: The "Korean Wave" ( Korean : Hallyu ), a phenomenon of the spread of Korean culture, through the creation of successful TV programs such as "Superstar K", "Respond 1997", and films such as "Masquerade". Since introducing the first multiplex theaters, CGV, in 1998 to South Korea, the company has been developing what it calls "cultureplex", a space where eateries, performance halls, shops and multiplex theaters come together to provide

544-630: The 'Cheil Jedang Group' with the official separation from Samsung Group completed in February 1997. In October 2002 the CJ Group was launched and the official name changed to 'CJ Co., Ltd'. In September 2007 CJ Co., Ltd. again spun off as a business holding company and renamed 'CJ CheilJedang Co., Ltd' and CJ Group became a holding company for a group of food and entertainment-related subsidiaries based in South Korea. It has four main core businesses: Food & Food Service, Bio Pharma, Entertainment and Media, and Home Shopping & Logistics; and CJ Cheil Jedang

576-455: The Philippines (together with ABS-CBN Corporation ) in 2013 and Mexico (together with Televisa ) in 2015. CJ GLS and CJ Korea Express are the logistics part of the company that handles its international affiliates. CJ has exported its logistics system to India in 2011, Vietnam in 2011, soon after the launch of CJ O Shopping, and Thailand in 2009, in which CJ GLS hopes to expand throughout

608-466: The U.S., China, Vietnam, Japan, and Germany. CJ packaged food products are currently exported to more than 100 countries. CJ was recently reported to be in talks with the US Corporation Dendreon which is in trials with a cancer vaccine called Provenge. CJ Group CJ Group ( Korean :  씨제이 ) is a South Korean conglomerate holding company, operating internationally. It

640-406: The artificial seasoning market in 1963 with Mipoong, competing against Miwon, the then-best-seller by Daesang. In the 1970s, CJ continued its growth as a composite food company. In 1973 CJ entered into the feed business, launching 'Pungnyeon Feed'. In 1975, CJ developed mass-production techniques for "Dashida", a seasoning product, as well as technology for the mass-production of nucleic acids for

672-612: The company to CJ CGV. In December 2004, it became the first theater chain listed on the Korea Stock Exchange. CGV exceeded an aggregated total of 100 million viewers in 2004. It opened its first digital movies in 2006, SMART PLEX in 2008, 4D PLEX in 2009 and Cine City in 2011. In 2006, it opened eight sites in China and one in Los Angeles , and took over major cinema chain in Vietnam. 2013, CGV had 101 million visitors within one year. It

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704-437: The conglomerate hopes to reach 100 trillion won in sales, 70 percent of which they expect will come from abroad, and to grow into the world's No.1 at least two of its core businesses. As of 2013, CJ has penetrated into the global market throughout Japan, China, Europe, the U.S. and South America (especially Brazil). Taking Korean food abroad, CJ Foodville has launched bakeries and restaurants globally. Starting with opening

736-641: The construction of a lysine and synthetic seasoning plant in Indonesia in 1990, CJ started reaching markets outside South Korea. In the 1990s, CJ went through periods of conversion and growth as it transitioned into the area of life and culture from focusing on the food and pharmaceutical industry. However, it continued to develop new food products such as 'Condition', a supplemental drink that alleviates hangover symptoms, in 1992 and 'Hetbahn', an aseptic packaged rice, in 1996. In July 1993, Cheil Jedang spun off from Samsung and gained independent management, changing into

768-600: The entire country by 2016. CJ E&M leads the Korean Wave with its K-pop content business. " Mnet Asian Music Awards " was held in Macau in 2010, Singapore in 2011 and in Hong Kong in 2012 and 2013, attracting more than 1 billion viewers worldwide. CJ CGV, CJ's movie business, is expected to open 15 IMAX theaters in China by the end of 2015. through new joint projects across China. Although spun off from Samsung in 1993, CJ

800-426: The first IMAX theater in Vietnam with 311 seats, one premium studio with wide spaces and armchairs, and one studio for showing 4DX movies (augmented with environmental effects such as seat motion, wind, rain, fog, lighting, and aroma along with the standard video and audio thanks to a motion picture technology owned and developed CJ 4DPLEX). The remaining studios have Sweetbox seats as private spaces for couples. CJ CGV

832-400: The first time in South Korea in 1977, launching first market its first nucleic acid seasoning, "Imi". In 1979, the company was renamed 'Cheil Jedang Corp.' and started producing cooking oil under Beksul. In the 1980s, CJ expanded to processed food items such as beverages and frozen foods, and entered the pharmaceutical business based on new advanced technologies. In 1984, CJ established ETI,

864-519: The name for a separate distribution company focused on these kinds of films). From 2011, CGV extended their chain to Vietnam by taking over the multiplex cinema Megastar and opening more theaters like CGV Liberty Citypoint and CGV Crescent Mall . CGV opened their first luxury theater in Vietnam with sofas and went on to offer the Sweetbox (a red sofa that seats two) in multiple theaters. In 2015, CGV opened its 10th cinema complex (CGV Vivocity) and introduced

896-517: The premium theater with fine dining in Apgujeong-dong , Seoul. This was followed by CGV Art Hall, a concert hall with 500 seats, in Yeongdeungpo-gu for concert, musical and broadcasting program in addition to movies. Since 2009, with the construction of digital cinema, it started showing a variety contents such as baseball game, Japanese K-1, concert and opera shows. In 2010 FIFA World Cup , it

928-585: Was completed and will start producing animal feeds such as lysine and threonine and nucleotides in 2013. CJ is also constructing a lysine plant in Fort Dodge , Iowa, which is scheduled to start production within 2013 and CJ expects this will help reach 30 percent of the global market share within the year, topping GBT of China, Ajinomoto of Japan, and ADM of the U.S. CJ O Shopping, CJ's cable home shopping channel, entered into China in 2004, India in 2009, Japan and Vietnam in 2011, Thailand and Turkey in 2012,

960-438: Was marketed as a location for cheering games with the most number of 2D/3D screens. In 2011, CGV Chungdam Cine City, with luxury life culture concept, was opened. It markets CJ's own brands such as The First Look Market operated by Oshopping and Vips, Bibigo, Twosome operated by Foodville. CGV Arthouse (formerly Movie Collage) is the first indie theater in South Korea operated by CGV for independent films (which later on became

992-673: Was put under Food & Food Service. In 2018, CJ CheilJedang acquired Kahiki Foods, an American food manufacturing company based in Columbus , Ohio . In 2019, CJ CheilJedang acquired Schwan’s Company , a food manufacturing company based in Minnesota, United States. Its four main business areas are food ingredients (including sugar , wheat , and oil ), food (ambient, chilled and frozen food including HMR products), logistics, and biotechnology (including MSG , lysine ), processed food and animal feed. It has since expanded globally with offices in

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1024-441: Was sold off in 2000), jointly with Korea Expressway in 1997, [CJ GLS] in 1998, CJ O Shopping, CJ Europe and CJ FD (standing for food distribution) in 1999. In addition, CJ opened VIPS, a family restaurant chain, in 1997, and launched South Korea's first multiplex theater, CGV, in 1998. In October 2002, CJ Group was launched and the official name of the company changed to 'CJ Co., Ltd'. In September 2007, CJ Co., Ltd again spun off as

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