International Directory of Company Histories

by Jay P. Pederson

Overview

When students, job candidates, business executives, historians, and investors need accurate and detailed information on the development of any of the world's largest and most influential companies, direct them to International Directory of Company Histories. This multi-volume work is the first major reference to bring together histories of companies that are a leading influence in a particular industry or geographic location. Each three- to five-page entry is meticulously detailed with facts gathered from popular magazines, academic periodicals, books, annual reports, and the archives of the companies themselves. Entries provide information on founders, expansions and losses, labor/management actions, NAICS codes, key dates, ticker symbol, principal subsidiaries, principal divisions, principal operating units, principle competitors, and other significant milestones — all peppered with statistics, dates and names of key players. Vols. 1-6 are organized alphabetically by major industries; Vol. 7 and subsequent volumes are arranged alphabetically by company name within each volume. The histories were compiled from publicly accessible sources, as well as from material supplied by the companies themselves. Entries on companies that have had major changes since they were last profiled may be selected for updating.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781558624412
Publisher:	Gale Group
Publication date:	11/28/2000
Series:	International Directory of Company Histories , #36
Pages:	725
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.10(h) x 1.80(d)

Table of Contents

Preface
Notes on Contributors
List of Abbreviations

A. O. Smith Corporation
Abbott Laboratories
ABC Learning Centres Ltd.
Administración Nacional de Combustibles, Alcohol y Pórtland
Agilent Technologies Inc.
Air Partner PLC
AirAsia Berhad
Almost Family, Inc.
American Oriental Bioengineering Inc.
American Restaurant Partners, L.P.
Arotech Corporation
Assured Guaranty Ltd.
ATMI, Inc.
Axsys Technologies, Inc.
AZZ Incorporated
Banco de Crédito del Perú
Belvedere S.A.
Bio‐Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Biomet, Inc.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc.
Brother's Brother Foundation
Buffets Holdings, Inc.
BVR Systems (1998) Ltd.
Camargo Corrêa S.A.
Cardtronics, Inc.
CareerBuilder, Inc.
Carus Publishing Company
Cash Systems, Inc.
Central Florida Investments, Inc.
Channel Four Television Corporation
Chello Zone Ltd.
Chesapeake Corporation
The Clemens Family Corporation
Compañia de Minas Buenaventura, S.A.A.
Copa Holdings, S.A.
CRA International, Inc.
Crown Equipment Corporation
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation ditech.com
Dot Hill Systems Corp.
Egmont Group
EnPro Industries, Inc.
The Estée Lauder Companies, Inc.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Finarte Casa d'Aste S.p.A.
Flotek Industries Inc.
Gale International Llc
Gaming Partners International Corporation
Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant Group, Inc.
Groupe Danone
Hay House, Inc.
Illumina, Inc.
Intersil Corporation
Jarden Corporation
Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited
KeyCorp
Laing O'Rourke PLC
LECG Corporation
Leidy's, Inc.
LendingTree, LLC
Loews Corporation
Lush Ltd.
Metro International S.A.
Motorola, Inc.
Navigant Consulting, Inc.
New York Shakespeare Festival Management
PepsiCo, Inc.
Polaroid Corporation
PT Indosat Tbk
Qdoba Restaurant Corporation
Quicken Loans, Inc.
Rich Products Corporation
Rosetta Stone Inc.
Russian Railways Joint Stock Co.
Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Shermag, Inc.
Sigma‐Aldrich Corporation
Sole Technology Inc.
Special Olympics, Inc.
Spee‐Dee Delivery Service, Inc.
The Standard Register Company
Sun World International, LLC
Sveaskog AB
Synthes, Inc.
TransCanada Corporation
CJSC Transmash Holding
Oil Transporting Joint Stock Company Transneft
Trelleborg AB
Turtle Wax, Inc.
Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc.
Unified Grocers, Inc.
The Vermont Country Store
Washington Mutual, Inc.
Wilco Farm Stores
World Vision International, Inc.
Zed Group
Zurich Financial Services

Index to Companies
Index to Industries
Geographic Index