New Hope Liuhe Co., Ltd. history, profile and corporate video New Hope Liuhe Co., Ltd. is an agro-food company specializing in food processing and agriculture. It is headquartered in Sichuan, China. The company operates through the following business segments: Feed Business, Pig Farming Business, Poultry Business, and Food Business. New Hope Liuhe also operates overseas, with over 40 enterprises in 20 countries in Asia, Europe and Africa. HISTORY New Hope Liuhe Co., Ltd. was founded and listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in 1998 as Sichuan New Hope Agribusiness Co., Ltd. In 2005, New Hope…
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Guangzhou Rural Commercial Bank Co., Ltd. (GRC Bank) history, profile and corporate video Guangzhou Rural Commercial Bank Co., Ltd. (GRC Bank) is a commercial bank headquartered in Guangzhou, China. Guangzhou Rural Commercial Bank, formerly known as Guangzhou Rural Credit Cooperative, was established in 1952. In 2006, Guangzhou Rural Credit Cooperative Union was established. In 2009, Guangzhou Rural Credit Cooperative Union was restructured, and Guangzhou Rural Commercial Bank Co., Ltd. was incorporated. In 2017, Guangzhou Rural Commercial Bank was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Guangzhou Rural Commercial Bank operates through the following business…
Kuwait Finance House KSC (KFH) history, profile and corporate video Kuwait Finance House KSC (KFH) is an Islamic banking institution headquartered in Kuwait City, Kuwait. It provides a wide range of banking shari’a compliant products and services, covering real estate, trade finance, investment portfolios, commercial, retail, and corporate banking. KFH is considered a pioneer in the banking phenomenon known as Islamic Finance or Shari’a Compliant Banking. KFH is available in the State of Kuwait, Kingdom of Bahrain, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Malaysia, and Germany. HISTORY Kuwait Finance House was established in 1977…
Legrand SA history, profile and corporate video Legrand SA is a French industrial company specializing in electrical and digital building infrastructures. It is headquartered in Limoges, France. The origins of Legrand go back to 1865, when two wood merchants, Henri Barjaud de Lafond and Léonard Clidasson, built the porcelain factory, which was operated in turn by Ernest Duchatelet, M. Léobon, Paul Lacroix, and Henri Barjaud de Lafond. In 1897, brothers Jules and François Vultury bought the factory and operated it themselves. In 1904, the business was bought by Frédéric Legrand, Charles Alary and Jean Joquel, to…
DB Insurance Co, Ltd. history, profile and corporate video DB Insurance Co, Ltd. is an insurance company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. It provides long-term insurance, car insurance, and general insurance. DB Insurance was established in 1962 as Korea Public Automobile Insurance Company. In 1968, the Korea Public Automobile Insurance Company was dissolved and Public Automobile Insurance Co. Ltd. was established. In 1976, the company introduced, for the first time in Korea, unlimited coverage liability insurance for car owner indemnity, a precursor of current automobile insurance. In 1983, Dongbu Group acquired the management right of…
China Huarong Asset Management Co., Ltd. history, profile and corporate video China Huarong Asset Management Co., Ltd. is a financial asset management company headquartered in Beijing, China. China Huarong was founded in 1999 as China Huarong Asset Management Corporation, being one of the four major state-owned financial asset management companies set up to withstand the impact of the Asian Financial Crisis, resolve financial risks, promote reform of state-owned banks and provide bailouts for state-owned enterprises. In 2012, the company was converted into a joint-stock limited company upon the approval of the State Council, becoming China Huarong Asset…
Obayashi Corporation history, profile and corporate video Obayashi Corporation is a construction company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Obayashi Store, the predecessor of Obayashi Corporation, was founded in 1892 by Yoshigoro Obayashi as a civil engineering and building construction contractor in Osaka. In 1904, Obayashi Store was renamed Obayashi-gumi. In 1909, Obayashi-gumi was established as a limited partnership company (the first construction company to incorporate in Japan) In 1918, the Obayashi Corporation (stock company) was founded. In 1919, Obayashi Corporation (limited partnership company) merged with Obayashi Corporation (stock company). In 1933, Toyo Hoso Kabushiki…
Japan Exchange Group, Inc. (JPX) history, profile and corporate video Japan Exchange Group, Inc. (JPX) is a financial services company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Japan Exchange Group was established in 2013 through the merger of Tokyo Stock Exchange Group (TSE; founded in 1949) and Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE; founded in 1949). In January 2013, JPX was listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). In March 2014, Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd (OSE) was renamed Osaka Exchange, Inc. In April 2014, Tokyo Stock Exchange Regulation was renamed Japan Exchange Regulation. In July 2014, JPX signed a comprehensive…
Akbank T.A.Ş. history, company profile (overview) and history video Akbank T.A.Ş. is a Turkish bank and financial services company headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey. It was founded in 1948 as a privately-owned commercial bank in Adana. The founders of the bank were Hacı Ömer Sabancı, the industrialist brothers Ahmet Sapmaz and Bekir Sapmaz, and the owners of the Adana textile business Milli Mensucat; Nuh Naci Yazgan, Nuri Has, Mustafa Özgür and Seyit Tekin. Akbank is an abbreviation for the initial name “Adana-Kayseri Bankası” chosen by the bank founders, who were majority born in the city of Kayseri. In…
OJSC Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) history, profile and corporate video OJSC Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) is a manufacturer of steel products headquartered in Moscow, Russia. NLMK’s origins date back to 1931, when the construction of the steelmaking plant Novolipetsk Iron and Steel Works (NLMZ) began in Lipetsk. In 1997, NLMK acquired Dolomit, a dolomite mining and processing facility. In 1999, NLMK acquired Stagdok, a fluxing limestone production and processing company. In 2005, NLMK was listed on the London Stock Exchange. In 2006, NLMK acquired DanSteel A/S, a Danish steel rolling company. In 2010, NLMK acquired…