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Foss A S
Fos or FOSS may refer to: Companies *Foss A/S, a Danish analytical instrument company *Foss Brewery, a former brewery in Oslo, Norway *Foss Maritime, a tugboat and shipping company Historic houses *Foss House (New Brighton, Minnesota), United States *Foss and Wells House, Jordan, Minnesota, United States *Horatio G. Foss House, Auburn, Maine, United States People *Foss (surname) *Foss Shanahan (1910–1964), New Zealand diplomat *Foss Westcott (1863–1949), English bishop Places *Foss Dyke, a canal in Lincolnshire, England *Foss-Eikeland, a village in Sandnes, Norway *River Foss, a river in North Yorkshire, England, U.K. United States *Foss, Oklahoma, a town **Foss State Park *Foss, Oregon, an unincorporated community *Foss Glacier, a glacier on Mount Hinman, Washington *Foss Peak, Tatoosh Range, Washington *Foss River, a river in Washington Other uses *Foss (band), an El Paso, Texas-based rock band *Foss (cat), the pet of Edward Lear *Free and open-source software (FOSS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foss A/S
FOSS is a global provider of high-tech analytical solutions used mainly in the agricultural and food industries. The company is headquartered in Hillerød, Denmark. History FOSS was founded by Nils Foss in 1956 as N. Foss Electric A/S. The first products were instruments used in the testing of moisture in grain. They were followed by analytical solutions for the dairy industry. In 1997, FOSS acquired Perstorp Analytical AB with the subsidiaries Tecator AB and NIRSystems Inc. Nils Foss was CEO of the company until 1990 when the position was taken over by his son Peter Foss. In 2011, Torben Ladegaard was appointed to CEO while Peter Foss became chairman of the company. Ladegaard was succeeded by Kim Vejlby Hansen as CEO in 2016. Operations FOSS is headquartered in Hillerød where a new Foss Innovation Centre was inaugurated in 2014. The company has approximately 1,400 Employees and sales offices in 28 countries. References External links * * Technology companies of Denm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |