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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.

Key Stats Thomson Reuters generated revenue of 7.26 billion dollars in 2024 Market capitalization stands at approximately 79 billion dollars as of 2025 The company serves professionals across 150 countries worldwide Thomson Reuters employs around 2,500 journalists in approximately 200 locations The Woodbridge Company owns 53 percent of Thomson Reuters Corporation Thomson Reuters stands as a global content and technology company delivering integrated information solutions to professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media sectors. The company emerged through the 2008 merger of Thomson Corporation and Reuters Group, combining Thomson’s expertise in specialized information services with Reuters’ legacy in…

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Thomas Cook Group Plc history, profile and history video  Thomas Cook Group Plc provides leisure travel services. It offers its holiday services through its network of travel stores, websites, and call centers. The company’s principal brands include Thomas Cook, Airtours, Neckermann, Condor, Ving, Direct Holidays, and Sunquest. Thomas Cook Group was founded on June 19, 2007 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.” “Thomas Cook Group History Thomas Cook is the world’s best-known name in travel, thanks to the inspiration and dedication of a single man. Thomas Cook began his international travel company in 1841, with a successful one-day…

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CHF 6.79B 2024 Revenue $22.34B Market Cap (Nov 2025) 99,500 Employees Worldwide 2,600+ Offices and Labs 1878 Year Founded SGS SA stands as the world’s largest testing, inspection, and certification company. Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the company operates across 115 countries through a network of laboratories and business facilities. The company verifies product quality, ensures regulatory compliance, and provides certification services to industries ranging from agriculture to aerospace. SGS serves clients in oil and gas, consumer goods, life sciences, and industrial manufacturing. With over 145 years in business, SGS has built its reputation on Swiss precision and reliability. The company…

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Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. profile and corporate video  Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. provides analytical instruments, equipment, reagents and consumables, software and services for research, analysis, discovery and diagnostics. The company serves customers in pharmaceutical and biotech companies, hospitals and clinical diagnostic labs, universities, research institutions and government agencies, as well as environmental, industrial quality and process control settings. Its portfolio of products includes technologies for mass spectrometry, elemental analysis, molecular spectroscopy, sample preparation, informatics, fine and high-purity chemistry production, cell culture, RNA interference analysis and immunodiagnostic testing, as well as air and water quality monitoring and process control. The company’s products…

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Thales SA history, profile and corporate video  Thales SA engages in the manufacture and marketing of electronic equipment and systems for the aeronautics, naval, and defense sectors. It operates through Defense and Security, and Aerospace and Transport segments. The Defense and Security segment designs and delivers systems for air, land, sea and space environments. These systems detect and assess threats, manage information, support rapid command decisions and control engagements through to threat neutralization, with maximum reliability. They are designed to simplify the coordination of assets deployed by joint or coalition forces and contribute to information and decision superiority. It also offers solutions…

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Severstal OAO history, profile and corporate video  Severstal OAO engages in the manufacture of steel and rolled products. It operates through the following segments: Steel Resources, Russian Steel, Severstal North America. The Steel Resources segment comprises two iron ore complexes, Karelsky Okatysh and Olkon in nothwest Russia, and two coal mining complexes, Vorkutaugol in northwest Russia and PBS Coals Limited located in the USA. The Russian Steel segment consists primarily of the steel production and a high-grade automotive galvanizing facilities, rolling mill, metalware plants located in Russia, Ukraine and Italy, also a ferrous scrap metal recycling business, as well as various worldwide…

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Severn Trent Plc history, profile and history video  Severn Trent Plc provides waste water treatment services. The company operates in two segments: Severn Trent Water and Severn Trent Services. The Severn Trent Water segment provides water and sewerage services to households and businesses in the Midlands and mid-Wales. The Severn Trent Services segment supplies water and waste water treatment solutions to utilities, municipalities and commercial customers.It has three principal business streams: Water Purification, Operating Services and Analytical Services. The Water Purification stream provides advanced technologies products and integrated solutions for water and waste water disinfection, filtration, adsorption and marine/offshore waste water treatment.…

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Oil Public Co. Ltd. profile and corporate video  Thai Oil Public Co. Ltd. is engaged in the production of petroleum products for domestic distribution. The firm is also involved in petroleum refining, pipeline transportation, and carbon black and paraxylene production. It operates through the following segments: Oil Refinery, Lube Base Oil Refinery, Petrochemical, Power Generation, Oil and Chemical Products Transportation Services, and Other. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand.” *Information from Forbes.com **Video published on YouTube by “TOPSolvent”

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Texas Instruments stands as a pioneering force in semiconductor innovation, transforming from a geophysical services provider into one of the world’s leading analog and embedded processing chip manufacturers. Founded in 1930, the company has shaped modern electronics through groundbreaking inventions including the integrated circuit and the handheld calculator. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, the company designs and manufactures semiconductors that power everything from industrial equipment to consumer electronics. Texas Instruments operates through two primary segments focusing on analog technology and embedded processing, serving customers across automotive, industrial, personal electronics, communications equipment, and enterprise systems. With operations spanning more than 30 countries,…

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SES SA history, profile and corporate video  SES SA provides satellite-based data transmission and ancillary services. The company operates through Media and Broadcasting services. The Media and Broadcasting segment offer space segment services, value added services and customized services. The company applications includes Digital TV, HDTV, 3DTV and Hybrid TV. It offers services including direct-to-home broadcasting, feeds for cable and digitalterrestrial television networks, broadband Internet access and mobile backhaul. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Luxembourg.” “SES History Early years SES was formed on the initiative and support of the Luxembourg Government in 1985 as Société Européenne des Satellites (SES). The Luxembourg…

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