Aggreko plc history, profile and corporate video Aggreko plc (Aggreko) provides power and temperature control solutions to customers who need them either very quickly, or for a short or indeterminate length of time. The Company operates in two segments: Local business and International Power Projects. In its Local business, the Company hires its equipment to customers who then operate it for themselves. The Company maintains and services the hired equipments. In its International Power Projects business, the Company operates as a power producer. Aggreko installs and operates power plants, and its customers pay for generating capacity available and also the electricity delivered…
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AEON Co., Ltd profile and history video AEON Co., Ltd. is a holding company, which is engaged in the operation of chain stores and shopping centers, and management of its overseas and equity companies. It operates through the following segments: General Merchandise Stores (GMS), Supermarket (SM), Strategic Small Size Store, Financial Service, Development, Service, Specialty Store, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), China, and Other. The GMS segment offers clothing, food, and household goods. The SM segment operates supermarket chain stores. The Strategic Small Size Store segment includes convenience stores, small supermarkets, and specialty stores selling boxed lunches and ready-made meals. The…
AEGON NV history, profile and history video AEGON NV provides life insurance, pensions, and long-term savings and investment products. Its products are sold through the group’s diversified distribution networks, which includes direct marketing, agents, banks, brokers, independent financial advisors, and other partners. The company’s lines of business include: Life, Individual Savings and Retirement Products, Pensions, Distribution, Non-Life and Asset Management. The company operates its business through five reportable segments: AEGON Americas, AEGON The Netherlands, AEGON UK, New Markets, and Holding and other activities. The Americas segment covers business units in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil. The Netherlands segment covers businesses…
€23.14B 2024 Revenue CHF 3.77B Market Cap (Dec 2025) 34,000 Employees Worldwide 60+ Countries of Operation 1996 Year Founded Adecco Group AG is a Swiss human resources company headquartered in Zurich. The firm ranks as the world’s second-largest staffing company by revenue. It provides temporary staffing, permanent placement, career transition, and workforce consulting services globally. The company operates through three main business units: Adecco, Akkodis, and LHH. These units serve industrial, office, technology, engineering, and professional sectors across more than 60 countries. Adecco places roughly 500,000 workers in temporary roles daily and helps over 100,000 people find permanent employment each…
Adani Enterprises Ltd. history, profile and corporate video . Adani Enterprises Ltd. engages in the businesses of coal trading, coal mining, oil & gas exploration, ports, multimodal logistics, power generation & transmission, gas distribution and edible oil & agro commodities. It operates through six segments: Trading, Power, Port, Agro, Real Estate and Others. The company was founded by Gautam Shantilal Adani in 1988 and is headquartered in Ahmedabad, India.” “Adani Enterprises History The Adani Group commenced as a commodity trading firm in 1988, grew quickly and diversified into the import and export of multi-basket commodities.In the 1990s, it developed its own port…
Accor SA history, profile and corporate video Accor SA is a France-based hotel operator. The Hotels division manages more than 531,000 bedrooms in more than 4,200 hotels across 90 countries. Accor’s portfolio consists of such hotel brands as Sofitel, Pullman, Novotel, Mercure, Suite Novotel, Adagio, ibis Styles, all seasons, Etap Hotel, Formule 1, hotelF1, Studio 6 and Motel 6, and its related activities, Thalassa sea & spa and Lenotre that provide an offer ranging from luxury to budget class. The Company operates through 86 subsidiaries, including wholly-owned SH Danton Michelet, Ste De Constructiondes Holets Suites, SIET, The Newgen Hotels, Chammans, Profid, SPFH,…
Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc. history, profile and corporate video . Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc. operates as a holding company that engages in management operations of the Aboitiz Group. It operates through the following segments: Power, Food Manufacturing, Financial Services, and Parent Company and Others. The Power segment includes power generation and electricity distribution. The Food Manufacturing segment breeds swine and produces flour and feeds. The Financial Services segment deals with banking operations. The Parent Company and Others segment pertains to the real estate business and the services offered in air transport, ship, and crew management operations. The company was founded on September…
Abertis Infraestructuras SA history, profile and corporate video Abertis Infraestructuras SA engages in the management of mobility and communications infrastructures. The company operates its business through the four segments: Toll Roads, Telecommunications, Airports and Other. The Toll Roads segment engages in the construction, maintenance and operation of toll roads under concession; management of toll road concessions in Spain and internationally; construction of toll road infrastructure and of activities complementary to toll road construction, maintenance and operation. The Telecommunications segment engages in the infrastructure and communication of network as well as providing, managing, marketing and distributing all types of services based thereon, including…
Abbott Laboratories history, profile and corporate video Abbott Laboratories engages in the discovery, development, manufacture and sale of a broad and diversified line of health care products. The company operates through five reportable segments: Proprietary Pharmaceutical Products, Established Pharmaceutical Products, Diagnostic Products, Nutritional Products and Vascular Products. The Proprietary Pharmaceutical Products segment includes adult and pediatricpharmaceuticals manufactured, marketed and sold worldwide and are generally sold directly to wholesalers, distributors, government agencies, health care facilities, specialty pharmacies, and independent retailers from Abbott-owned distribution centers and public warehouses. The Established Pharmaceutical Products segment includes branded generic pharmaceuticals manufactured, marketed and sold outside the…
Dentsu Inc. history, profile and corporate video . Dentsu Inc. engages in the provision of advertising and communication-related solution services. It operates through the following segments: Advertising, Information Services, and Other. The Advertising segment plans, develops, markets, and executes advertising via a wide range of media including newspapers, magazines, radio, television, the Internet, sales promotions, movies, outdoor, and transits. The Information Services segment provides information system consulting, development, and operations; software project sales, and general network services. The Other segment includes real estate leasing, sales, and brokerage; insurance agency business, temporary staffing, and accounting services. The company was founded by Hoshiro Mitsunaga…