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ABEA
ABEA ( el, Ανώνυμος Βιομηχανική Εταιρία Ανατολή -ΑΒΕΑ, ''Anatoli Industries S.A.'' -AVEA) is a company that produces olive oil in their factories in Crete, Greece. It was founded in 1889 and today is the oldest olive oil processing plant in Greece. Their headquarters are based in the city of Chania. In the 2017 Cretan Olive Oil Competition, ABEA finished 5th in the "Honorable Mentions" list for the "Organic Olive Oil" award. Their shop, headquarters, and factories are all based within the Chania (regional unit), Chania regional unit. History In 1889 Jules Dey ( el, Ιούλιος Δέης), a France, French chemist, founded the company in the Nea chora, Nea Chora district of the city of Chania, and started producing olive pomace oil. The company's plant in Chania was situated next to the Jewish cemetery. Dey, was already active in Tunisia, where he had built a similar factory, processing and exporting to France material for making Marseille so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ytterby
Ytterby () is a village on the Swedish island of Resarö, in Vaxholm Municipality in the Stockholm archipelago. Today the residential area is dominated by suburban homes. The name of the village translates to "outer village". Ytterby is perhaps most famous for being the single richest source of elemental discoveries in the world; the chemical elements yttrium (Y), terbium (Tb), erbium (Er), and ytterbium (Yb) are all named after Ytterby, while four more elements were first discovered there. Mine Quartz was mined in the area beginning in the 1600s for the ironworks in Uppland. Feldspar was mined for local porcelain manufacture, such as Gustavsberg, and the porcelain trade with Britain and Poland. The mine is likely the first feldspar mine in Sweden, starting in 1790. Feldspar mining was likely sporadic and based on manufacture demand. This demand took off in the 1860s, leading to deeper mining efforts at Ytterby. The mine became one of the most productive quartz and feldspar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
