Mannesmann
Headquarters: Diisseldorf, Germany
Employees worldwide: 116,247
Annual sales 1998: DM 37.3 billion (EUR 19 billion)
Mannesmann core business sectors and percentage of total sales
1890 - Foundation of steel tube business in Berlin by Max and Reinhard Mannesmann
1893 - Headquarters move to Dusseldorf
1893—1952 - Acquisition of companies related to steel tube manufacturing
1952-55 - Establish steel and tube mills in Brazil, Canada and Turkey
1987-88 - Acquisition of Fichtel & Sachs AG, an automotive technology firm
1989 - Foundation of Mannesmann Mobilfunk GmbH, a cellular phone company
1990 - Establish first private communications network D2 in Germany
1999 - Dr Klaus Esser becomes Chairman
Exercise 26. Write a company profile for TESCO using the notes below.
Name of company: Tesco plc
Established: 1924
Headquarters: Cheshunt, near London, UK
Chaiman: John Gardiner
Business activities:
Superstores and hypermarkets – food, toys, clothes
Personal finance – banking, credit cards, loans, insurance
E-commerce – home shopping, books online
Internet service provider
Main markets: UK, Ireland, France, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, South Korea, Thailand (plans for Malaysia and Taiwan)
1999 sales: 18,5bn