Absa Group Limited history, profile and corporate video Absa Group Limited, originally Amalgamated Banks of South Africa, is a diversified financial services group headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa. It offers products and services across retail, business, corporate, investment and wealth banking as well as investment management and insurance solutions. HISTORY Absa was founded in 1991 through the merger of financial service providers United Bank (South Africa), the Allied Bank (South Africa), the Volkskas Bank Group and certain interests of the Sage Group. In 1992, Absa acquired the entire shareholding of the Bankorp Group which included Trustbank, Senbank,…
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Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation history, profile and corporate video Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation is a shipping company headquartered in Keelung, Taiwan. HISTORY Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation (Yang Ming) was established in 1972. In 1979, a new Asia/U.S. West Coast full-container liner service was launched. In 1980, the Far East / America liner service was inaugurated. In 1981, a new Asia/Mediterranean full-container liner service was launched. In 1982-1983, an extension to North Europe was added to the Mediterranean- bound liner service, and the Far East / Europe full container liner service was…
Diamondback Energy, Inc. history, company profile (overview) and history video Diamondback Energy, Inc. is an independent oil and natural gas company headquartered in Midland, Texas, United States. The company focuses on the acquisition, development, exploration and exploitation of onshore oil and natural gas reserves in the Permian Basin in West Texas. The Permian Basin is one of the largest sedimentary basins in the U.S. HISTORY Diamondback Energy began operations in 2007 with the acquisition of 4,174 net acres in the Permian Basin. In 2012, the company became a public company via an initial public offering (IPO).…
Westlake Chemical Corporation history, profile and corporate video Westlake Chemical Corporation is a manufacturer and global supplier of chemicals, polymers and building products. It is headquartered in Houston, Texas, United States. HISTORY Westlake was founded in 1986 by T. T. Chao, a pioneer in the global petrochemical industry, with the acquisition of a polyethylene plant in Lake Charles, Louisiana. In 2004, the company was listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). In 2013, the company entered the specialty pipe business. In 2014, Westlake acquired the German polyvinyl chloride manufacturer Vinnolit. In 2016, the…
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. history, profile and corporate video Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. is a chemical company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It offers products in the fields of essential chemicals & plastics, energy and functional materials, IT-related chemicals and materials, health and crop science products, and pharmaceuticals. HISTORY Sumitomo Chemical’s origins date back to 1913 when the House of Sumitomo established an independently managed fertilizer plant at Niihama, Ehime prefecture, to resolve the air pollution problem caused by Sumitomo’s copper smelting operation at the Besshi Copper Mine. The air was cleaned by removing the sulfur from the copper…
WestRock Co. history, profile and corporate video WestRock Co. is a paper and packaging company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. HISTORY WestRock was formed in 2015 after the merger of MeadWestvaco and RockTenn. In 2015, the company purchased SP Fiber Holdings, Inc. In 2016, the company acquired Cenveo Packaging. In March 2017, WestRock purchased Star Pizza box, one of the largest US manufacturers and distributors of pizza boxes. In June 2017, the company acquired Multi Packaging Solutions International (MPS). In 2018, WestRock acquired Plymouth Packaging, Inc., and also announced that it would…
Bank Hapoalim B.M. history, company profile (overview) and history video Bank Hapoalim B.M. (lit. The Workers’ Bank) is a banking and financial services company headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. Bank Hapoalim was founded in 1921 by the central institutions of the Jewish Settlement (the Yishuv) at the time, the Zionist Histadrut and the Histadrut General Federation of Hebrew Workers in Eretz Yisrael. OPERATIONS The bank group operates through three main units: the Corporate Banking Division, the Retail Banking Division, and the Financial Markets and International Banking Division. Corporate Banking Division The Corporate Banking Division serves the…
Everest Re Group history, company profile (overview) and history video Everest Re Group, Ltd. is a global reinsurance and insurance company with headquarters in Hamilton, Bermuda and Warren, New Jersey, United States. Its insurance products cover fields such as property, casualty, financial, specialty, accident & health, and programs. HISTORY Everest Re was founded in 1973 as Prudential Reinsurance, the Reinsurance arm of Prudential. (Prudential Financial, Inc.) In 1991, Prudential National Insurance Co. was established to provide primary Property & Casualty Insurance. In 1995, after operating as a subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Prudential Reinsurance (Everest) successfully completed…
Steel Dynamics, Inc. history, company profile (overview) and history video Steel Dynamics, Inc. is a steel producer headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. HISTORY Steel Dynamics was founded in 1993. In 1996, the company began steel production at its first greenfield EAF flat roll steel mill in Butler, Indiana. In 1996, Steel Dynamics also went public on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange. In 2006, the company acquired Roanoke Electric Steel, adding two EAF steel mills to the company’s operations. In 2007, the company added a recycling platform to its operations by acquiring OmniSource. It…
West Fraser Timber Co. history, profile and corporate video West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. is a diversified wood products company headquartered in Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada. It has more than 60 facilities in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe. West Fraser produces lumber, engineered wood (OSB, LVL, MDF, plywood, particleboard), and other products including pulp, newsprint, wood chips, and renewable energy. HISTORY West Fraser was founded in 1955 when three brothers – Sam, Bill and Pete Ketcham – pooled their resources to buy a small planing mill in Quesnel, British Columbia. In 1963,…