Author: Darius

I've spent over a decade researching and documenting the stories behind the world's most influential companies. What started as a personal fascination with how businesses evolve from small startups to global giants turned into CompaniesHistory.com—a platform dedicated to making corporate history accessible to everyone.

Zions Bancorp. history, profile and history video  Zions Bancorp. is a bank holding company. It operates through its subsidiaries, which provides a full range of banking and related services in U.S. The company offers a wide variety of commercial and retail banking and mortgage lending products and services, including small and medium-sized business and corporate banking, commercial and residential development, construction and term lending, retail banking, treasury cash management, residential mortgage, trust and wealth management and investment activities. It also offers personal banking services to individuals, including home mortgages, bankcard and other installment loans, home equity lines of credit, checking accounts, savings…

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The Yokohama Rubber Company, Limited – history, company profile (overview) and corporate video The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., (横浜ゴム株式会社) is a tire company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. OPERATIONS Tires Yokohama Rubber develops, manufactures, and sells tires, from general-use tires for passenger cars to winter tires; truck and bus tires; off-highway tires (OHT) for agricultural machinery, construction machinery, industrial machinery, and forestry machinery; and various tires used in a wide range of motor sports. Multiple Business (MB Group) Multiple Business, or MB Group, offers industrial and automotive hoses, couplings, conveyor belts, marine products, aerospace products, sealing materials, aircraft…

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Yara International ASA history, profile and corporate video  Yara International ASA is an investment holding company which is engaged in the production, distribution, and sale of nitrogen chemicals. It operates through the following segments: Downstream, Industrial, and Upstream. The Downstream segment consists of marketing organization and global distribution network for fertilizer products and agronomic solutions. The Industrial segment offers nitrogen chemicals,including ammonia-derived products, for use in the environmental and civil explosives applications. The Upstream segment comprises ammonia and urea production in different parts of the world, phosphate mining, the global trade and shipping ammonia, as well as nitrate and Nitrogen, Phosphorus,…

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Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. profile and history video  Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is engaged in the manufacture and sale of automobile and transportation equipment. It markets motorcycles and marine engines. It operates in the following segments: Motorcycles, Marine Products, Specialized Equipment, and Others. The Motorcycles segment includes motorcycles and knockdown parts for overseas production. The Marine Products segment consists of outboard motors, personalwatercraft, pleasure-use boats, fiberglass-reinforced plastic pools, fishing boats, utility boats, and diesel engines. The Specialized Equipment segment comprises of all-terrain vehicles, side-by-side vehicles, snowmobiles, golf cars, generators, small-sized snow throwers, and multipurpose engines. The Others segment involves surface mounters,…

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Yahoo!, Inc. history, profile and history video  Yahoo!, Inc. is a global technology company, which delivers personalized, including search, content, and communications tools on the web and on mobile devices. The copamy provides a variety of products and services, many of them personalized, including search, content, and communications tools-all daily habits for hundreds of millions of users, on the Web and on mobile devices. The majority product offerings are available in more than 45 languages and in 60 countries, regions and territories. The company’s offerings to users include, Yahoo.com is a starting point that brings together the most relevant content and functionality…

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XL Group Plc history, profile and history video  XL Group Plc is a global insurance and reinsurance company. It provides property, casualty and specialty products to industrial, commercial and professional firms, insurance companies and other enterprises throughout the world. The company operates through three operating segments: Insurance, Reinsurance and Life Operations. The Insurance segment operations markets and distributes coverage through a wide variety of local, national and international producers and provides customized insurance policies for complex corporate risks that may require large limits. It is reorganized into four business units: International Property & Casualty, North America Property & Casualty, Global Professional and…

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Xerox Corp. history, profile and history video  Xerox Corp. provides business process and information technology outsourcing, and document management services. It provides document technology, services, software and supplies for graphic communication and office printing environments of any size. The company operates through three segments: Services, Technology and Other. The Services segment is comprised of business process outsourcing, informationtechnology outsourcing and document outsourcing. Its Business process outsourcing services include government healthcare solutions, healthcare payer and pharma, healthcare provider solutions, human resources services, financial services, customer care, retail, travel and insurance, transportation solutions and government solutions. The Information technology outsourcing specializes in designing,…

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X5 Retail Group NV history, profile and history video  X5 Retail Group NV operates as a holding company that is engaged in the development and operation of retail stores. These include soft discounters, supermarkets, hypermarkets, and convenience stores. It operates under the Pyaterochka, Perekrestok, Karusel, Perekrestok Express, and Kopeyta brand names. The company was founded on August 13, 1975 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands.” “X5 Retail Group History X5 Retail Group N.V.’s history is the history of the dynamic development of two leading Russian retail chains – Pyaterochka and Perekrestok. 1995 Perekrestok is founded by the Alfa Group consortium 1998 Perekrestok…

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Syngenta AG history, profile and corporate video  Syngenta AG is engaged in the manufacture, development, and distribution of crop protection products and seeds. It operates through the following geographical segments: Europe, Africa and Middle East; North America; Latin America; Asia Pacific; and Lawn and Garden. The four geographic regions comprise the integrated crop protection and seeds business. The Crop Protection business include herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, and seed treatments. The Seeds business operates in the high value commercial sector of field crops and vegetables. The Lawn and Garden business provides flowers, turf, and landscape products.The company was founded on November 12, 1999 and…

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Symantec Corp. history, profile and corporate video  Symantec Corp. provides security, storage, and systems management solutions that help businesses and consumers secure and manage their information and identities. The company operates in three primary markets: security, backup & recovery, and storage management. It operates through five reportable segments: Consumer, Security & Compliance, Storage & Server Management, Services and Other. The Consumersegment helps customers deal with increasingly complex threats, the proliferation of smart mobile devices, the need for identity protection, and the rapid increase in digital consumer data, such as photos, music, and video. It offers security suites and personalized memberships for…

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