Orion Corporation () is a South Korean

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company, headquartered in Munbae-dong,

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. The company is one of the three largest food companies in

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, and was established in 1956 as Tongyang Confectionery Corp. Orion has manufacturing facilities in Seoul, Cheonan Chungcheongnam-do and cities in

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and the

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. Products produced by Orion include biscuits, cookies, crackers, pies, gum, snacks, chocolate, candy, and its most famous product, 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

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in 2010. The company began offering the Choco Pie in 1974. By 2006 it had two thirds of the Chinese cookie market. Orion maintains a "Choco Pie Index", created as a parody of ''

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s Big Mac Index.

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* {{Authority control Orion Group Confectionery companies of South Korea Snack food manufacturers of South Korea Food and drink companies established in 1956 Manufacturing companies based in Seoul Companies listed on the Korea Exchange Companies in the KOSPI 200 South Korean brands South Korean companies established in 1956

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