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Certina Holding
Certina Holding AG is a holding company for niche manufacturers, specialised construction and IT companies with its headquarters in Grünwald near Munich in Germany, growing organically and through acquisitions. The name "Certina" is taken from the Latin "certus", meaning "assured", "certain". Certina was founded by the Wehrmann family. The Familie is listed in the Who is Who of German entrepreneurs as one of the 1.000 most important families. In the list of German family business Certina is ranked 684. Acquisition history * 1997: Waldemar Pruss Armaturen GmbH, Hanover; * 1999: Hannemann GmbH; Düsseldorf; * 2000: Kreuzstromwerk, Hagen (2002 Integration of these 3 companies into Pruss Armaturen AG); * 2000: Hornglass AG, Plössberg * 2003: Moralt Tischlerplatten, Bad Tölz from Pfleiderer; * 2004: COI Consulting für Office und Information Management GmbH, Herzogenaurach from Schaeffler Group; * 2005: Thyssen-Krupp Stahlbau GmbH, Hanover from ThyssenKrupp; sold in 2007 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aktiengesellschaft
(; abbreviated AG, ) is a German word for a corporation limited by Share (finance), share ownership (i.e. one which is owned by its shareholders) whose shares may be traded on a stock market. The term is used in Germany, Austria, Switzerland (where it is equivalent to a ''S.A. (corporation), société anonyme'' or a ''società per azioni''), and South Tyrol for companies incorporated there. It is also used in Luxembourg (as lb, Aktiëgesellschaft, label=none, ), although the equivalent French language term ''S.A. (corporation), société anonyme'' is more common. In the United Kingdom, the equivalent term is public limited company, "PLC" and in the United States while the terms Incorporation (business), "incorporated" or "corporation" are typically used, technically the more precise equivalent term is "joint-stock company" (though note for the British term only a minority of public limited companies have their shares listed on stock exchanges). Meaning of the word The German w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saarland
The Saarland (, ; french: Sarre ) is a state of Germany in the south west of the country. With an area of and population of 990,509 in 2018, it is the smallest German state in area apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg, and the smallest in population apart from Bremen. Saarbrücken is the state capital and largest city; other cities include Neunkirchen and Saarlouis. Saarland is mainly surrounded by the department of Moselle ( Grand Est) in France to the west and south and the neighboring state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany to the north and east; it also shares a small border about long with the canton of Remich in Luxembourg to the northwest. Saarland was established in 1920 after World War I as the Territory of the Saar Basin, occupied and governed by France under a League of Nations mandate. The heavily industrialized region was economically valuable, due to the wealth of its coal deposits and location on the border between France and German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pricol
Pricol Limited (founded as Premier Instruments and Controls Limited) is an automotive components and precision engineered products manufacturer based in Coimbatore, India. It was founded in 1972 by the late V.N. Ramachandran and N.Damodaran, but started production in 1975. It manufactures automotive components for motorcycles, scooters, cars, trucks, buses, tractors and Off-road vehicles used in the construction and Industrial segment. Pricol also manufacture sintered components and products for fleet management. Vijay Mohan is the chairman, Vikram Mohan is the Managing Director and Vanitha Mohan is the vice chairman. Locations Pricol Limited has six manufacturing plants in India, Plants 1,3 and 4 in Coimbatore, Plant 2 in Manesar and Plant 5 in Pune and Plant 6 in Rudrapur. The company also has plants in Jakarta (Indonesia) and Sao Paulo (Brazil) and business offices in Tokyo, Singapore, Cologne (Germany) and Detroit (USA). Pricol also acquiesced a group company PMP of Ashok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panther Packaging
Panther may refer to: Large cats *Pantherinae, the cat subfamily that contains the genera ''Panthera'' and ''Neofelis'' **''Panthera'', the cat genus that contains tigers, lions, jaguars and leopards. ***Jaguar (''Panthera onca''), found in South and Central America ***Leopard (''Panthera pardus''), found in Africa and Asia ****Black panther, a name for the phenotypic genetic variant that forms the black leopard or jaguar *Cougar, a big cat that is not in the subfamily Pantherinae, but is commonly referred to as a panther **Florida panther, a population of cougar Art, media, and entertainment Film and television * ''Panther'' (film) * ''The Pink Panther'', a series of American comedy films mainly starring Peter Sellers * ''Black Panther'' (film), a 2018 superhero movie based on the Black Panther comic books * ''The Panthers'' (miniseries), a miniseries about the origins of the Polynesian Panthers in New Zealand Video Games * ''Panther'' (1975 video game), a battle tank-drivi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pochet Du Courval
Pochet (russian: По́чет) is a rural locality (a settlement) in Pochetsky Selsoviet of Abansky District, in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. Population: Notable people *Viktor Medvedchuk Viktor Volodymyrovych Medvedchuk ( uk, Віктор Володимирович Медведчук, ; born 7 August 1954) is a Ukrainian lawyer, business oligarch, and politician who is since September 2022 living in exile after being handed over ... (born 1954), politician References Rural localities in Krasnoyarsk Krai Abansky District {{KrasnoyarskKrai-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayern LB
Bayerische Landesbank (BayernLB; Bavarian State Bank) is a publicly regulated bank based in Munich, Germany and one of the six Landesbanken. It is 75% owned by the Free State of Bavaria (indirectly via BayernLB Holding AG) and 25% owned by the ''Sparkassenverband Bayern'', the umbrella organization of Bavarian Sparkassen. With a balance of €220 billion and 7,703 employees (in the group; 3,343 in the bank itself), it is the seventh-largest financial institution in Germany. Main business activities As a commercial bank, BayernLB Group offers private and commercial customers a universal range of services in private, industrial, investment and foreign business. This includes loans, securities trading and asset management, as well as mid-term and long-term bond issuance and securitization. The bank is refinanced through a variety of commercial debenture instruments. As a state and municipal bank, BayernLB is responsible for comprehensive credit and financial counsel for the state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanitec
Sanitec was a large European producer of sanitaryware. It was based in Helsinki, owned by the Swedish private equity firm EQT (has been owning 77.5% of Sanitec since 2009, 100% before) and owned several European ceramics brands with 18 production plants. Annual revenue in 2012 was €753 million. History Sanitec was established as a subsidiary of Wärtsilä in 1990. In 1999 Sanitec was listed on the Helsinki stock exchange. It was delisted on 1 November 2001 after being acquired by Pool Acquisition Helsinki Oy, a company Sanitec merged with on 31 March 2002. In the beginning of 2005 the merged company was completely acquired by EQT. In February 2015, Sanitec was acquired by the Swiss firm Geberit for $US1.4 billion. |
Villeroy & Boch
Villeroy & Boch (, ) is a German manufacturer of ceramics, with the company headquarters located in Mettlach, Saarland. History The company began in the tiny Lorraine village of Audun le Tiche, where the iron master François Boch set up a pottery company with his three sons in 1748. In 1766 Boch was licensed to build a ceramics kilnworks nearby at Septfontaines, Luxembourg, where it operated a porcelain factory. In 1785 Nicolas Villeroy became sole owner of the faience manufactory at Wallerfangen. In 1812 Jean-François Boch began construction of kilns at the nearby town of Mettlach, Saarland. In 1824 Boch commenced transfer printing on porcelain from engraved copper plates. On 14 April 1836, the Jean François Boch company merged with that of the competitor, Nicolas Villeroy, and became Villeroy & Boch, (V&B, also simply 'VB'). In 1869, Villeroy & Boch opened the first manufactory specializing in architectural tiles. The company is today operating in two divisions: Tableware, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zürich
Zürich () is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. It is located in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zürich. As of January 2020, the municipality has 434,335 inhabitants, the Urban agglomeration, urban area 1.315 million (2009), and the Zürich metropolitan area 1.83 million (2011). Zürich is a hub for railways, roads, and air traffic. Both Zurich Airport and Zürich Hauptbahnhof, Zürich's main railway station are the largest and busiest in the country. Permanently settled for over 2,000 years, Zürich was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans, who called it '. However, early settlements have been found dating back more than 6,400 years (although this only indicates human presence in the area and not the presence of a town that early). During the Middle Ages, Zürich gained the independent and privileged status of imperial immediacy and, in 1519, became a primary centre of the Protestant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kardex Group
Kardex has been the name or part of the name of companies tracing back to Rand Ledger founded in 1898, which were closely associated with the development of the index card as a common business data storage device, and which were also associated with the entities that eventually became part of Unisys. Kardex as a company name was introduced in 1915, subsumed in 1927 (it remained as a brand name and a division name), and revived in 1978. It is currently borne by the Kardex Group, based in Zurich, Switzerland, which makes filing system components as well as many other products for handling materials and information, mostly in physical form. Kardex has also become a generic trademark within the health services of the United Kingdom and Ireland to refer to a medication administration record. Separate Rand-led companies (1898–1925) Rand Ledger (1898–1925) American Ledger was founded by James H. Rand, Sr. in 1898. Rand had been a banker for many years and had come to see that exis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
