"of 1848, the city was a centre for political and revolutionary activity. In 1865, Friedrich Engelhorn founded the ""Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik"" (Baden Aniline and Soda Factory, BASF) in Mannheim, but the factory was constructed across the Rhine in Ludwigshafen because Mannheim residents feared air pollution from its operations. From this dye factory, BASF has developed into the largest chemical company in the world. After opening a workshop in Mannheim in 1871 and patenting engines from 1878, Karl Benz patented the first motor car in 1886. He was born in Mühlburg (now part of Karlsruhe). The Schütte-Lanz company, founded by"
"between the 18th and 20th at the Arad plant had traces of salmonella. A filed class action must first be approved by an Israeli court, after an approval the case will be held. On 31 August, Unilever stated that the Tehina products produced by RJM had been contaminated by salmonella. Unilever Unilever is a British-Dutch transnational consumer goods company co-headquartered in London, United Kingdom and Rotterdam, Netherlands. Its products include food and beverages (about 40 percent of its revenue), cleaning agents and personal care products. It is the world's largest consumer goods company measured by 2012 revenue. It is Europe’s"
"aniline and dyestuff factory, which was located not far away from the Mannheim gasworks. In 1861 he started producing fuchsin. Four years later Engelhorn wanted to enlarge his engagement in the chemical industry and with several partners he founded the “Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik” (BASF) on 6 April 1865. But the businessmen had problems finding a location for their new company. At first they wanted to buy ground in Mannheim, but their bid failed because of the town council, which was not willing to sell land for the new factory. The day after its decision Engelhorn, who had become commercial"
"& Home Care. Henkel leads the global market in the field of adhesives. Henkel’s Beauty Care and Laundry & Home Care consumer businesses also hold top positions in numerous markets and categories. Henkel is the world’s number one adhesives producer. The business unit offers a broad portfolio of adhesives, sealants, and functional coatings for both Industry and Consumers with brands like Loctite, Technomelt, Teroson, Bonderite, and Aquence, and Consumers, Craftsmen and Building businesses with brands like Pritt, Loctite, Ceresit and Pattex. The Industry business includes four areas: And the Consumers, Craftsmen and Building business area markets a range of brand-name"
"the world to cater to customer demands. Camlin Fine Sciences Camlin Fine Sciences Ltd., formerly known as Camlin Fine Chemicals Ltd., is a provider of shelf life solutions, aroma ingredients, and performance chemicals. Led by Mr. Ashish Dandekar, Managing Director, CFS has emerged as the largest producer of food antioxidants like TBHQ tert-Butylhydroquinone and BHA Butylated hydroxyanisole and is also one of the world's leading Vanillin producer. CFS has offices and/or manufacturing facilities in several countries such as India, China, Italy, Brazil, Mexico and the United States. Having established global leadership in antioxidants, CFS forward integrated in blending and has"
"Tide (brand) Tide is a laundry detergent owned and produced by American multinational Procter & Gamble. Introduced in 1946, it is the highest selling detergent brand in the world, with an estimated 14.3 percent of the global market. The household chore of doing the laundry began to change with the introduction of washing powders in the 1880s. These new laundry products were pulverized soap. New cleaning-product marketing successes, such as the 1890s introduction of the N. K. Fairbank Company's ""Gold Dust Washing Powder"" (which used a breakthrough hydrogenation process in its formulation), and Hudson's heavily advertised product, Rinso, proved that"
"company is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index. BASF is an acronym for ""Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik"" (). It was founded by Friedrich Engelhorn on 6 April 1865 in Mannheim, in the German-speaking country of Baden. Engelhorn had been responsible for setting up a gasworks and street lighting for the town council in 1861. The gasworks produced tar as a byproduct, and Engelhorn used this for the production of dyes. BASF was set up in 1865 to produce other chemicals necessary for dye production, notably soda and acids. The plant, however, was erected on the"
"some 120 countries. Fa (brand) Fa is an international brand for personal care products. It is a subsidiary of German company Henkel AG. Fa products include skin care lotions, creams and gels, as well as shower gels, bubble baths, soaps and deodorants. From ""fabulous"" and ""thread soap"". The first Fa product, a new bar soap, talc powders was launched in 1954 by Henkel-subsidiary Dreiring. In 1975, Henkel's first Fa-shower gel was introduced. Fa products were since then joined by new series of bar soaps, liquid soaps, shower gels, bubble baths, roll-on deodorants, stick deodorants and deosprays. As of today, Fa"
"Unilever Unilever is a British-Dutch transnational consumer goods company co-headquartered in London, United Kingdom and Rotterdam, Netherlands. Its products include food and beverages (about 40 percent of its revenue), cleaning agents and personal care products. It is the world's largest consumer goods company measured by 2012 revenue. It is Europe’s seventh most valuable company. Unilever is one of the oldest multinational companies; its products are available in around 190 countries. Unilever owns over 400 brands, with a turnover in 2017 of 53.7 billion euros, and thirteen brands with sales of over one billion euros: Axe/Lynx, Dove, Omo, Heartbrand ice creams,"
"Camlin Fine Sciences Camlin Fine Sciences Ltd., formerly known as Camlin Fine Chemicals Ltd., is a provider of shelf life solutions, aroma ingredients, and performance chemicals. Led by Mr. Ashish Dandekar, Managing Director, CFS has emerged as the largest producer of food antioxidants like TBHQ tert-Butylhydroquinone and BHA Butylated hydroxyanisole and is also one of the world's leading Vanillin producer. CFS has offices and/or manufacturing facilities in several countries such as India, China, Italy, Brazil, Mexico and the United States. Having established global leadership in antioxidants, CFS forward integrated in blending and has a widened its application to food and"
"of $70.1 billion during calendar year 2015. Johnson & Johnson's brands include numerous household names of medications and first aid supplies. Among its well-known consumer products are the Band-Aid Brand line of bandages, Tylenol medications, Johnson's baby products, Neutrogena skin and beauty products, Clean & Clear facial wash and Acuvue contact lenses. Johnson & Johnson operates over 250 companies in what is termed ""the Johnson & Johnson family of companies"". The company operates in three broad divisions; Consumer Healthcare, Medical Devices and Pharmaceuticals. Inspired by a speech by antiseptic advocate Joseph Lister, Robert Wood Johnson joined his brothers James Wood"
"Heinz The H. J. Heinz Company, better known simply as Heinz, is an American food processing company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Originally, the company was founded by Henry John Heinz in 1869. Heinz manufactures thousands of food products in plants on six continents, and markets these products in more than 200 countries and territories. The company claims to have 150 number-one or number-two brands worldwide. Heinz ranked first in ketchup in the US with a market share in excess of 50%; the Ore-Ida label held 46% of the frozen potato sector in 2003. Since 1896, the company has used its"
"AB InBev brands Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (; abbreviated as AB InBev) is the largest beer company in the world. It had 200 brands prior to the merger with SABMiller on October 10, 2016. The combined ABInBev/SAB Miller entity has approximately 400 beer brands as of January 2017. The original InBev global brands are Budweiser, Corona and Stella Artois. Its international brands are Beck's, Hoegaarden and Leffe. The rest are categorized as local brands. Many other brands were gained as a result of the merger with SABMiller. The estimated annual sales for the company in 2017 will be US$55 billion; prior"
"Henkel Henkel AG & Company, KGaA, is a German chemical and consumer goods company headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany. It is a multinational company active both in the consumer and industrial sector. Founded in 1876, the DAX 30 company is organized into three globally operating business units (Laundry & Home Care, Beauty Care, Adhesive Technologies) and is known for brands such as Loctite, Persil, and Fa amongst others. In the fiscal year 2017, Henkel reported sales of over 20 billion euros and an operating profit of 3.055 billion euros. More than 80 percent of its 53,700 employees work outside of Germany."
"the companies Blinox and Roblin (producing hoods). Franke Kitchen Systems (sinks, extractor hoods, tables, stoves, ovens) and Franke Foodservice Systems (systems and services for quick service restaurants) are both global market leaders in their respective segments. Further activities include Franke Washroom Systems (washroom and sanitary systems for public and semi-public use), Franke Coffee Systems with a range of coffee machines, Franke Beverage Systems as well as industrial engineering. Franke (company) Franke Holding AG, based in Aarburg, Switzerland, is an industrial manufacturer with companies located around the world. Franke has about 10,500 employees working in 68 companies in Europe, South and"
"in nine countries: Morocco (23%); Tunisia (24%) with Citrol brand; Malaysia (29%); Pakistan (55%) with Max brand; with Axion, Costa Rica (39%), Dominican Republic (31%), Colombia (40%), and Ecuador (39%); Guatemala (39%) with Axion and Doña Blanca brands. Research summaries for three countries listed combined retail value shares that included domestic and international producers: Brazil's domestic producers led hand dishwashing products with Química Amparo, Bombril, and Flora Produtos de Higiene e Limpeza; Poland's Grupa Inco with Ludwik and Lucek brands, and Henka Polska with Pur and Somat brands, led sales with a combined retail value share of 46%; and in"
"to the merger, ABInBev had realized US$43.6 billion in revenue in 2015. The company is expected to have an estimated global market share of 28 percent, according to Euromonitor International. AB InBev brands Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (; abbreviated as AB InBev) is the largest beer company in the world. It had 200 brands prior to the merger with SABMiller on October 10, 2016. The combined ABInBev/SAB Miller entity has approximately 400 beer brands as of January 2017. The original InBev global brands are Budweiser, Corona and Stella Artois. Its international brands are Beck's, Hoegaarden and Leffe. The rest are categorized"
"million Swiss francs ($53.2 million/€44.4 million) for 2003. Their most popular brand, the Assugrin sweetener, was being sold in some 100 countries, but mainly in Switzerland, Germany, and Austria. Assugrin additionally has a significant presence in the Spain and Brazil sweetener market. In 2007, Global Industry Analysts issued a report entitled, ""Artificial Sweeteners"". The report analyzed the worldwide markets for artificial sweeteners in US$ Million and profiled the 108 companies serving that market, and ranked the products manufactured by those companies. Assugrin Assugrin is a brand name for a sugar substitute that is a blend of cyclamate and saccharin. Produced"
"Heineken brands Heineken International is a group which owns a worldwide portfolio of over 170 beer brands, mainly pale lager, though some other beer styles are produced. As of 2006, Heineken owns over 125 breweries in more than 70 countries and employs approximately 57,557 people. The two largest brands are Heineken and Tecate; though the portfolio includes Amstel, Fosters (in Europe and Vietnam), Sagres, Cruzcampo, Skopsko, Affligem, Żywiec, Starobrno, Zagorka, Zlatý Bažant and Birra Moretti. Heineken Lager Beer is the flagship product of the company. It is a 5% abv pale lager that was first made in 1868. It is"
"Associated British Foods Associated British Foods plc (ABF) is a British multinational food processing and retailing company whose headquarters are in London. Its ingredients division is the world's second-largest producer of both sugar and baker's yeast and a major producer of other ingredients including emulsifiers, enzymes and lactose. Its grocery division is a major manufacturer of both branded and private label grocery products and includes the brands Mazola, Ovaltine, Ryvita, Jordans and Twinings. Its retail division, Primark, has around 345 stores with over of selling space across Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, the UK, and"
"over all brands was 16.46 billion litres globally. Heineken has been sold in more than 170 countries. They've also been incorporated with numerous beer brands in different countries all over the world including Mexico, China, Australia and various countries in Africa. Heineken was the major sponsor of UEFA Champions League and Rugby World Cup; major sponsorship of Rugby Union had begun in Wales with the Welsh Premier Division competition. Dating back to 1997, Heineken has had a long withstanding relationship with the Bond franchise, consecutively being featured in 7 of their films. This is currently the brand's largest global marketing"
"billion Euro. Almost 44 per cent of the products are exported. The Berlin Fashion Week and the fashion trade fair Bread & Butter are held twice a year. Munich, Hamburg, Cologne and Düsseldorf are also important design, production and trade hubs of the domestic fashion industry, among smaller towns. Renowned fashion designers from Germany include Karl Lagerfeld, Jil Sander, Wolfgang Joop, Philipp Plein and Michael Michalsky. Important brands include Hugo Boss, Escada, Adidas, Puma, Esprit and Triumph. The German supermodels Claudia Schiffer, Heidi Klum, Tatjana Patitz, Nadja Auermann and Toni Garrn, among others, have come to international fame. Germany Germany"
"Unilever brand Ballerina. In 2008, the company purchased Dylon International, the UK's leading dye producer, from the Mayborn Group. Spotless Group owns a total of 18 brands as of 2008. In 2010, AXA Private Equity (renamed Ardian in 2013) sold its 65.6% stake in Spotless Group to British private-equity company BC Partners for a reported €600 million, according to Reuters. In 2014, Germany's Henkel, a specialist in laundry products, offered to buy Spotless for 940 million Euros (about $1.3 billion) in cash. “By acquiring the Spotless Group, we will strengthen our market position and enter highly profitable growth segments,” Henkel"
"World 718, all from 1996. In 1997, they released two other phones: Com 207 and Com 607. The Com 908 came out in 1998, and in 1999 they released their final phones: the Com 509, the 909 Dual and the 909 Dual S. BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH, in which Bosch acquired all shares in 2014, is one of the world's top three companies in the household appliances industry. In Germany and Western Europe, BSH is the market leader. Its portfolio includes the principal brand names ""Bosch"" and ""Siemens"", ""Gaggenau"", ""Neff"", ""Thermador"", ""Constructa"", ""Viva"" and ""ufesa"" brands, and further"
"the German Blaue Quellen group 1987: Nestlé S.A. takes a majority stake in Vitter and joins with Arrowhead 1992: Acquisition of the Source Perrier S.A. Source Perrier SA Group. Nestlé becomes the leading player on the world bottled water market, under the name of Nestlé Sources International (NSI) 1996: NSI changes its name to accelerate its international development and becomes: Perrier Vittel S.A. 1998: Take-over of Italy’s leading bottled water producer, Sanpellegrino S.p.A And Launch of Nestlé Pure Life, the first multi-site bottled water under the Nestlé Brand 2000: Simultaneous launch of Nestlé Aquarel, pan-European, multi-site spring water on six"
"made of soft, heat resistant plastic it can be washed with the laundry and makes no banging noises. This campaign was launched with the tagline ""For Whatever life throws"". Persil Persil is a brand of laundry detergent manufactured and marketed by Henkel around the world except in the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Latin America (except Mexico), China, Australia and New Zealand, where it is manufactured and marketed by Unilever. Persil was introduced in 1907 by Henkel. It was the first commercially available ""self-activated"" laundry detergent. The name was derived from two of its original ingredients, sodium perborate and sodium silicate."
"The company was founded in 1876 in Aachen as Henkel & Cie by Fritz Henkel (a 28-year-old merchant who was interested in science) and two more partners. They marketed his first product, ""Universalwaschmittel"", a universal detergent based on silicate. In 1878, to take advantage of the better transport links and sales opportunities, Henkel relocated his company to Düsseldorf on the Rhine (its present site). Düsseldorf was the gateway to the Ruhr region, which became the most important industrial area of the German Empire from the 19th century onward. That year, the first German brand-name detergent appeared: Henkel's Bleich-Soda [Bleaching Soda],"
"was valued at US$22.67 billion, ranking it ninth among all global brand names - automotive or non-automotive, edging out that of Mercedes-Benz. 2010 end of year production figures from the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers shows that Toyota holds the number 1 spot, Nissan number 6, and Honda number 7. The German trio Audi, Mercedes-Benz and BMW are often referred to as ""Germany's Big Three"", although the actual major automobile manufacturers are the Volkswagen Group (producer of Audi), Daimler AG (producer of Mercedes-Benz), and BMW. Other major German manufacturers are Opel and Ford-Werke, but are not considered as part"
"Dutch market in favor of the green color of bottles it already used for exports. In 2014 Heineken celebrated its 150th anniversary. In 2015 Heineken won the Creative Marketer of the Year Award, becoming the second company to win the award twice. The original brewery where Gerard Adriaan Heineken first started making Heineken is now the Heineken Experience Museum. Since 1975 most Heineken brand beer has been brewed at their brewery in Zoeterwoude, Netherlands. In 2011, 2.74 billion litres of Heineken brand beer were produced worldwide, while the total beer production of all breweries fully owned by the Heineken Group"
"is mainly known for its organic toys, designer plush line and classic toys. Sigikid sigikid is a manufacturer of plush toys, baby's and children's fashion, toys and accessories, from Germany. The mother company ""H. Scharrer & Koch GmbH"" was founded in 1856 and initially produced glass beads in Bayreuth, Germany. With a generational change in leadership in 1968, the company's focus shifted entirely to children's toys and was rebranded to sigikid, a fusion of the founder's nickname ""Sigi"" with kid. sigikid is regarded as a pioneer in modern toys for children and has received many design awards. In the mid"
"2015 Foster's adverts featured ""Good call"", in which numerous Britons phone up Australians Brad and Dan for general advice. Foster's Lager Foster's Lager is an internationally distributed brand of lager. It is owned by the international brewing group AB InBev, and is brewed under licence in a number of countries, including its biggest market, the UK, where the European rights to the brand are owned by Heineken International. Foster's annual sales amount to around 500 megalitres worldwide, largely buoyed by UK sales, where it is the second highest selling beer after Carling. While known internationally as the quintessential Australian beer"
"the main volume is exported in bulk packing or consumer packs. Brands on the market include ""Nido"", from the company Nestlé, ""Incolac"" from the company Milcobel, and ""Dutch Lady"" from FrieslandCampina. In the 2008 Chinese milk scandal, melamine adulterant was found in Sanlu infant formula, added to fool tests into reporting higher protein content. Thousands became ill, and some children died, after consuming the product. In August 2013, China temporarily suspended all milk powder imports from New Zealand, after a scare where botulism-causing bacteria was falsely detected in several batches of New Zealand-produced whey protein concentrate. As a result of"
"on the A6, is a large (international, the largest of its type in Europe) packaging company, and make the bottles for Heinz Tomato Ketchup. Granger's, on the Clover Nook Industrial Estate off the A38 at Pinxton, make Cherry Blossom shoe polish. Fusion Provida based on B6057/A61 junction in Chesterfield makes pipe jointings and electrofusion fittings for the oil and gas industry. Vaillant UK (former Hepworth Heating before 2002, with headquarters in Remscheid) make Glow-worm boilers on the A609 near Belper School. Abel Systems in North Wingfield make demountable systems for trucks. Weightron Bilanciai UK (weighbridges), are north of Chesterfield on"