Seacon Group The Seacon group comprises various businesses wholly or majority owned by the Sosothikul family.       Nan Yang Shoes     Seacon Construction     Thai Churos • Tra-Chang-Dao The first company founded by the family is Nanyang Shoes. The company, set up in 1948, manufactures and distributes footware products under the ever famous brandnames. of "Elephant and Star" or "Tra Chang Dao". • Home Building Expert The second company of the group, which is also the origin of the group's name, is Seacon Construction. Established in 1961, Seacon Contruction derived its name from South East Asia Construction. It's main business is individual homes building which, though it's 44 years, has built more than 6000 houses.     • Builder of Siam Square 40 years ago Seacon Construction undertook a retail development project, which has become the first modern retail development in Bangkok and is still popular until today. That is the famous Siam Square, which is home to hundreds of trendy retailers right in the heart of Bangkok. The development now is in the hand of Chulalongkorn University, the land owner, after the lease expired. Just opposte Siam Square was the intercontinental Hotel which was also built by Seacon. • Thai-Churos-Tra-Chada The group bought out Thai Churos Company, a producer of monosodium glutamate (food seasoning), 15 years ago. Later it went into a trade venture with Japan Tobacco Inc. by buying semi-raw material from TFI the JT's subsidiary unit based in Thailand.