PPG Industries, Inc. history, profile and corporate video PPG Industries, Inc. manufactures protective and decorative coatings, flat glass, and glass products. It operates through six reportable business segments: Performance Coatings, Industrial Coatings, Architectural Coatings-EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), Optical and Specialty Materials, Commodity Chemicals, and Glass. The Performance Coatings, Industrial Coatings, and Architectural Coatings-EMEA segments supply coatings for customers in a wide array of end use markets, including industrial equipment, appliances and packaging; factory-finished aluminum extrusions and steel and aluminum coils; marine and aircraft equipment; automotive original equipment; and other industrial and consumer products. In addition to supplying coatings to the…
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Rural Electrification Corp. Ltd. profile and corporate video Rural Electrification Corp. Ltd. provides financial assistance to state electricity boards, state government departments and rural electric cooperatives for rural electrification projects. It provides funding assistance for power generation, transmission & distribution projects besides for electrification of villages. The company’s project offices in the states coordinate the programmes of rural electrification financing with the concerned state power utilities and facilitate in formulation of schemes, loan sanction and disbursement and implementation of schemes by the concerned state electricity boards. Category of schemes financed by the company are: project intensive electrification, to cover intensive load development…
PostNL NV profile and corporate video PostNL NV is a Netherlands-based Company active in delivery sector. The Company is engaged in the delivery of documents, small packages and standard parcels. The Company’s business is organized into three segments: Mail in the Netherlands, responsible for mail services in the Netherland, documents management, direct marketing and fulfillment services, and operating over 2,600 shop-in-shop post offices; Parcels, providing parcel services in the Netherlands and Belgium for both domestic and cross-border parcel distribution, and International, operating in the postal markets of the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy, and focusing on domestic addressed mail services. The Company…
Key Stats Founded: 1996 (merger of Sun Alliance and Royal Insurance) Headquarters: London, United Kingdom Acquisition Value: £7.2 billion (June 2021) Employees: 13,500+ (at time of acquisition) Customers: 9 million worldwide RSA Insurance Group stands as one of the oldest general insurers in the world, with roots dating back over 300 years to the founding of the Sun Fire Office in 1710. The company emerged in its modern form from the 1996 merger of Sun Alliance and Royal Insurance, creating one of the largest composite insurers in the United Kingdom. RSA provides personal and commercial insurance products including motor, household,…
Royal Dutch Shell Plc history, profile and history video Royal Dutch Shell Plc engages in the oil and natural gas production. The company operates through the following segments: Upstream, Downstream, and Corporate. The Upstream segment explores for, and extracts crude oil and natural gas, develops fields, produces oil and gas, mines oil sands, extracts bitumen, liquifies gas by cooling (LNG), regasifies LNG, converts gas to liquid products, and generates wind energy. The Downstream segment includes oil refining into fuels and lubricants, petrochemical production, bio-fuel development, trading, rental sales, the management of carbon dioxide emissions, business-to-business sales, and alternative energies businesses. The Corporate…
POSCO history, profile and corporate video POSCO is engaged in the production of steel products. It operates through Steel, Engineering and Construction, and Trading segments. The Steel segment produces cold rolled, hot rolled, and stain less steel products, plates, wire rods, and silicon steel sheets. The Engineering and Construction segment includes planning, designing, and construction of industrial plants, civil engineering projects, and commercial and residential buildings. The Trading segment exports and imports steel products and raw materials. The company was founded on April 1, 1968 and is headquartered in Pohang, South Korea.” “Posco story Just as human civilization and steel followed the…
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. history, profile and corporate video Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. is a global cruise vacation company. It operates five wholly-owned brands Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, Pullmantur, Azamara Club Cruises and Croisières de France. These brands offer an array of onboard activities, services and amenities, including simulated surfing, swimming pools, sun decks, beauty salons, exercise and spa facilities, ice skating rinks, in-line skating, basketball courts, rock climbing walls, miniature golf courses, gaming facilities, lounges, bars, Las Vegas-style entertainment, cinemas and Royal Promenades, which include interior shopping, dining and an entertainment boulevard. Royal Caribbean Cruises was founded in 1968 and…
Porsche Automobil Holding SE history, profile and corporate video Porsche Automobil Holding SE is engaged in the development, design, manufacture and distribution of vehicles, engines and its related accessories and components. It also provides financial services, consisting of financing, banking, leasing and insurance services. The company was founded on June 26, 2007 and is headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany.” “Porsche Automobil Holding History Porsche Automobil Holding SE The Porsche’s Extraordinary General Meeting on June 26, 2007 was the starting point for the Porsche Automobil Holding SE. Shareholders of the Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG voted unanimously in favor of the operating…
CHF 26.4B 2024 Revenue (as Holcim) $50.7B Market Cap (Oct 2025) 45,000+ Employees Worldwide 70+ Countries of Operation 1833 Year Founded Lafarge SA was a French industrial company that specialized in cement, aggregates, and ready-mix concrete production. Founded in 1833 in Le Teil, France, the company grew into one of the world’s largest building materials manufacturers over nearly two centuries. The company operated cement plants, quarries, and concrete facilities across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Lafarge developed expertise in hydraulic lime production from the limestone quarries of Mont Saint-Victor in southern France. In July 2015, Lafarge merged with…
Rosneft history, profile and corporate video Rosneft engages in the exploration, development, production and sale of crude oil and gas, petroleum products and petrochemicals as well as marketing of outputs. The company also engages in refining, transportation and sale of petroleum products. It owns and operates two refineries, proprietary marine terminals, shipping and pipeline companies, as well as marketing businesses. The company operates within the following business segments: Exploration & Production and Refining & Distribution. The Exploration & Production segment is engaged in the field of exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas. The Refining and Distribution segment engages in…