Shriro

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Shriro Group
Typeprivate
FoundedNorthern China
Headquarters
Hong Kong
,
China
Number of locations
16 countries (2007)
Area served
Worldwide
Products Hasselblad cameras, Flow Snowboarding, Neil Pryde Ltd.
Servicesmarketing, distribution
Number of employees
3,500 (2006)
Website www.shriro.com

Shriro Group is a private company headquartered in Hong Kong. It is an international marketing and distribution company with over 3,500 employees around the world. [1]

Shriro was founded in 1906 as a family business in Harbin, Northern China. The first international office was set up in 1917 in Yokohama, Japan. From the early days, the business was mainly commodities and expanded rapidly after 1945 as the product line expanded and new subsidiaries opened in many South East Asian countries and Canada. [1]

Today, Shriro offices are located in Hong Kong, China, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, and New Zealand.

Shriro is a major distributor of medium-format camera equipment in Asia, including Hasselblad and Linhof.

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References

  1. 1 2 "The Shriro Story". Shriro. Retrieved 28 February 2018.