The Qian Hu Story Our history can be traced back to the early days of the Company's pioneers - two brothers who were in the pig farming business - Mr Yap Tik Huay, the father of our Executive Chairman Kenny Yap, and his brother, Mr Yap Hey Cha, father of our Deputy Managing Directors, Alvin Yap and Andy Yap.
1985 Converted old pig pens into concrete ponds and bred guppies for local exporters.	1990 Expanded into the local wholesale distribution business with a wider range of ornamental fish and aquarium accessories.	1995 Awarded three ISO 9002 certifications and an ISO 14001 for environmental management system.	1999 Expanded the accessories distribution to Malaysia, China and Thailand.
1989 A severe thunderstorm wiped out all the guppies. Company was renamed Qian Hu which went on to farm High-Fin Loaches despite knowing very little about this fish. In one fell swoop, our entire stock of 4,000 Loaches died. We lost almost everything again, except the determination to rise up. To this day, the High-Fin Loach serves as Qian Hu's mascot - which serves as a daily reminder to us.	1993 Foray into the China market with a joint venture in Beijing, supplying cold-water ornamental fish and aquarium accessories.	1997 Launched auto-packing machinery for packing of fish.	2000 The year Qian Hu became a public listed company!
2002 Transferred to Mainboard of the Singapore Exchange.	2005 Year of transformation and consolidation of the Group's businesses.	2009 Set up a joint venture company in Chennai, India. First SME in Singapore to win the Singapore Quality Award twice - in 2004 and 2009. First company in the history of the Singapore Corporate Awards to bag four awards in the same year, namely, Best Managed Board (Merit); Chief Financial Officer of the Year; Best Investor Relations (Bronze) and Best Annual Report (Gold), amongst companies with less than $300 million in market capitalisation.
2001 Established Guangzhou as our manufacturing hub for aquarium accessories.	2006 A turnaround year for Qian Hu as all of its core business did well, including the 12 retail chain stores in Malaysia, Thailand and China.	2010 Qian Hu celebrated 10 fun years of being listed on the Singapore Exchange, having achieved a compounded annual growth rate of 9.2%.	2013 Wining the Innovation Excellence Award heralds the transformation of Qian Hu using high technology and the advanced productivity initiatives
2003 Acquired Kim Kang Aquaculture - a leading Dragon Fish breeder in Malaysia. Awarded the International Headquarters status by the Economic Development Board (EDB).	2007 Acquisition of a 20% stake in UKbased Arcadia Products PLC.	2011 Incorporated a subsidiary in Indonesia. Despite operating in a challenging business environment, Qian Hu continued to receive accolades for its quality track record.	2014 Qian Hu breaks new ground with revolutionary marine aquarium system that makes keeping marine fish literally a breeze at a fraction of the cost. Gears up for the next growth phase with farm automation.
2004 Launch of "Qian Hu - The Pet Family" retail chain stores in Malaysia, China and Thailand. Established a subsidiary in Shanghai.	2008 Spearheaded cutting-edge research on in-vitro breeding of pedigree Dragon Fish.	2012 Divested Qian Hu's 65% stake in Kim Kang Aquaculture Qian Hu's LUMI'Q series of new-generation fish tanks won the Best New Aquaria Product at the PET EXPO 2012 in Australia