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Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. history, profile and history video Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. is a Canadian multinational operator of convenience stores headquartered in Laval, Quebec, Canada. It started its operations in 1980 with the opening of the first convenience store located in Laval, Québec, and it was founded by Alain Bouchard, Jacques D’Amours, Richard Fortin, and Réal Plourde. After five years of operation, it was acquired 11 “Couche-Tard” branded stores in the Quebec City area which he merged with its existing stores in Montreal which are all rebranded under the “Alimentation Couche-Tard” name. At that time, the network already had…

Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. company profile (overview) and history video    Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. is a Japanese homebuilder, specializing in prefabricated houses, as well as in the construction of factories, shopping centers, health care facilities, the management and operation of resort hotels, golf courses and fitness clubs. It was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan. OPERATIONS The company operates through the following segments: – Single-family house, rental housing, condominiums; – Commercial construction (commercial facilities/shopping centers); – Logistics, distribution facilities, food factories; – Medical and nursing care facilities, office buildings, showrooms. – Real…

Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (Baosteel) profile and corporate video Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., also known as Baosteel, is an iron and steel company headquartered in Shanghai, China, and a core subsidiary of state-owned China Baowu Steel Group Corporation (formerly Baosteel Group), which is a state-owned iron and steel company and a Fortune’s Global 500 company. It was established in 2000, when the Baosteel Group split, creating the new Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. The company is engaged in the manufacture and sale of steel products, such as: Hot Rolled Steel, HR Steel Sheet…

Macquarie Group Limited history, profile and corporate video Macquarie Group Limited is a global financial services group headquartered in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was established on 10 December 1969, as the Hill Samuel Australia Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of UK merchant bank Hill Samuel & Co Limited. In 1985, it obtained an Australian Banking license as Macquarie Bank Limited. In 2007, Macquarie Group Limited was established as a Non-Operating Holding Company. The company operates through the following segments: Macquarie Asset Management (MAM), Banking and Financial Services (BFS), Commodities and Global Markets, and Macquarie Capital.…

CRH plc profile and corporate video CRH plc is an international group of diversified building materials businesses headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. It was formed in 1970 through the merger of Cement Limited (established in 1936) and Roadstone Limited (established in 1949). The name of the newly merged company began as an abbreviation of Cement Roadstone Holdings. The company manufacture and supply a wide range of building materials and products for use in the construction and maintenance of infrastructure, housing and commercial projects of all sizes, all across the world. The building materials are founded in resource-backed assets,…

TC Energy Corporation history, company profile (overview) and corporate video TC Energy Corporation (formerly TransCanada Corporation) is a North American energy company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. HISTORY    TC Energy was founded in 1951 as Trans-Canada Pipe Lines Limited by a Special Act of Parliament. The purpose of this company was to develop the TransCanada pipeline (now known as the Canadian Mainline) to supply eastern Canadian markets with natural gas produced in the West. In 1998, TransCanada Pipelines merged with NOVA Corporation’s pipeline business, and the newly merged company kept the TransCanada name. In 2016, the…

NOVATEK JSC profile and corporate video NOVATEK JSC is a Russian natural gas and liquid hydrocarbon producer headquartered in Tarko-Sale, Russia. It started in August 1994, when AOOT FIK Novafininvest was established (the name was changed to OAO NOVATEK later). The company operates through the following segments: Exploration Activities, Production, Processing, and Marketing. Exploration Activities The Exploration Activities segment uses a systematic and comprehensive approach to exploration and development of its fields and license areas, from the collection and interpretation of seismic data to the creation of dynamic field models for the placement of exploration and production…

Poste Italiane S.p.A. profile and corporate video Poste Italiane S.p.A. is the Italian postal service provider headquartered in Rome, Italy. It was created as a national and centralized organization for postal service, by Law no. 604 of 5 May 1862. The company operates through the following segments: Mail, Parcel & Distribution, Payments, Mobile & Digital, Financial Services, and Insurance Services. Mail, Parcel and Distribution The Mail, Parcel and Distribution segment involves the delivery services of mail and parcels throughout Italy. Payments, Mobile & Digital The Payments, Mobile & Digital segment focuses on the payment services, fixed…

Ecopetrol SA history, profile and history video Ecopetrol SA, formerly known as Empresa Colombiana de Petróleos S.A., is a petroleum company headquartered in Bogotá, Colombia. It was born from the assets reverted from the “Mares Concession”, awarded by President Rafael Reyes to the Tropical Oil Company, which began its oil activities in 1921. The reversion of “The Mares Concession” (“Concesión De Mares”) to the Colombian State on 25 August 1951 gave way to the Empresa Colombiana de Petróleos, which had been created in 1948 by means of Law 165 of that year. In 2003, the Empresa Colombiana…

Anhui Conch Cement Company Limited profile and corporate video Anhui Conch Cement Co., Ltd. is a cement producer headquartered in Wuhu, Anhui, China. It was founded on September 1, 1997, and its products have been used in the construction of large-scale infrastructure projects in Shanghai, including the Oriental Pearl Television Tower and Shanghai Pudong Airport. The company’s products include various grades of portland cement, portland blast furnace slag cement, compound cement, and high-grade commodity clinker sold under the Conch brand in China and worldwide. All the production lines of the company adopt advanced technology, with low energy…