CLAAS is an agricultural machinery manufacturer founded in 1913, based in Harsewinkel, Germany, in the state of North Rhine Westphalia. The product range includes combine harvesters, forage harvesters, balers, mowers, rakes, tedders and other harvesting machines. CLAAS is believed to be the top combine harvester manufacturer in the world, producing its 450,000th machine in 2013. […]
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Circus Krone
Circus Krone, based in Munich, is one of the largest circus in Europe and one of the few in Western Europe to also occupy a building (Cirque d’hiver de Paris, Cirque d’hiver d’Amiens and Cirque Royal in Brussels, are some other examples of European circus occupying a building). www.circus-krone.com
Ceresana
Ceresana is an international market research and consultancy company for the industrial sector. It was founded on January 1, 2002 by Oliver Kutsch, who also is the company’s CEO. Ceresana is headquartered in Constance, Germany, operates branch offices in Vienna and Hong Kong. An interdisciplinary team conducts analyses of various markets related to industrial goods, […]
Celesio
The public limited company Celesio AG situated in Stuttgart is a German healthcare and pharmaceutical company. With 39,000 employees, Celesio operates in 14 countries around the world and generated revenue of more than 22.325,9 million million euros in 2014. The corporation is part of the McKesson Corporation who has a 77.5 % stake in the […]
Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung
The Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung (Carl Zeiss Foundation), located in Heidenheim an der Brenz and Jena, Germany, is the sole shareholder of the two companies Carl Zeiss AG and Schott AG. It was founded by Ernst Abbe and named after his long-term partner Carl Zeiss. The products of these companies include the classic areas of optics and precision […]
Robert Bosch GmbH
Robert Bosch GmbH, or Bosch, is a German multinational engineering and electronics company headquartered in Gerlingen, near Stuttgart, Germany. It is the world’s largest supplier of automotive components measured by 2011 revenues. The company was founded by Robert Bosch in Stuttgart in 1886. Bosch’s core products are automotive components (including brakes, controls, electrical drives, electronics, […]
Beck’s Brewery
Beck’s Brewery, also known as Brauerei Beck & Co., is a German brewery in the northern German city of Bremen. Beck’s is the world’s best selling German beer, sold in nearly 90 countries (although no longer brewed exclusively in Germany). Owned by local families until February 2002, the Beck’s brewery was then sold to Interbrew […]
Bavaria Film
Bavaria Film in Munich, Germany is one of Europe’s largest film production companies, with some 30 subsidiaries. www.bavaria-film.de
Bayer
Bayer AG is a German multinational chemical and pharmaceutical company founded in Barmen (today a part of Wuppertal), Germany in 1863. It is headquartered in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and well known for its original brand of aspirin. Bayer’s primary areas of business include human and veterinary pharmaceuticals; consumer healthcare products; agricultural chemicals and biotechnology […]
BASF
BASF SE is the largest chemical producer in the world and is headquartered in Ludwigshafen, Germany. BASF originally stood for Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik (English: Baden Aniline and Soda Factory). Today, the four letters are a registered trademark and the company is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, London Stock Exchange, and Zurich Stock Exchange. […]