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Imperial Tobacco Group PLC. Imperial Tobacco. Imperial Tobacco is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It had a market capitalisation of approximately £24.3 billion as of 23 December 2011, the 19th-largest of any company with a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange.[5] History[edit] 1901 to 2000[edit] 2 ounces (57 g) tin for J&F Bell "Three Nuns" tobacco The Imperial Tobacco Company was created in 1901 through the amalgamation of thirteen British tobacco and cigarette companies: W.D.

& H.O. In 1902 the Imperial Tobacco Company and the American Tobacco Company agreed to form a joint venture: the British-American Tobacco Company Ltd.[6] The parent companies agreed not to trade in each other's domestic territory and to assign trademarks, export businesses and overseas subsidiaries to the joint venture. In 1985, the Company acquired the Peoples Drugstore chain and all subsidiaries from A. 2000 to present[edit] The Reemtsma head office in Hamburg, Germany Products[edit] Cigarettes[edit] British American Tobacco - British American Tobacco. British American Tobacco. British American Tobacco plc (informally BAT) is a British multinational tobacco company headquartered in London, United Kingdom.[3] It is the world’s second-largest tobacco company by sales (after Altria Group, the former Philip Morris International).[4] BAT has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

As of 6 July 2012 it had a market capitalisation of £65.6 billion, the sixth-largest of any company listed on the London Stock Exchange.[6] It has a secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. History[edit] 1902 to 2000[edit] The company was formed in 1902, when the United Kingdom's Imperial Tobacco Company and the American Tobacco Company of the USA agreed to form a joint venture, the British-American Tobacco Company Ltd.[7] The parent companies agreed not to trade in each other's domestic territory and to assign trademarks, export businesses and overseas subsidiaries to the joint venture. 2000 to present[edit] Operations[edit]

Home. Diageo. Diageo plc (/diːˈɑːʒiːoʊ/; other possibilities are /daɪˈʌʒiːoʊ/[3] or /diˈædʒioʊ/)[4] is a British multinational alcoholic beverages company headquartered in London, England. It is the world's largest producer of spirits and a major producer of beer and wine.[5][6] Diageo's brands include Smirnoff (the world's best-selling vodka),[7] Johnnie Walker (the world's best-selling blended Scotch whisky),[8] Baileys (the world's best-selling liqueur),[9] and Guinness (the world's best-selling stout).[10][11] It also owns 34% of Moët Hennessy, which owns brands including Moët & Chandon, Veuve Clicquot and Hennessy.[12][13] It sells its products in over 180 countries and has offices in around 80 countries.[14][15] Diageo has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

Name[edit] History[edit] In February 2011 Diageo agreed to acquire the Turkish liquor company Mey Icki for US$2.1 billion.[25][26] Products[edit] Diageo's beverage brands include:[33] SABMiller. SABMiller. SABMiller plc (LSE: SAB, JSE: SAB) is a multinational brewing and beverage company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's second-largest brewer measured by revenues (after Anheuser-Busch InBev) and is also a major bottler of Coca-Cola.[4][5] Its brands include Fosters, Grolsch, Miller Brewing Company, Peroni Nastro Azzurro and Pilsner Urquell.[4] It has operations in 75 countries across Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America and sells around 21 billion litres of lager per year.[4] SABMiller's origins date back to the foundation of South African Breweries in 1895 as to serve a growing market of miners and prospectors in and around Johannesburg, South Africa.

Two years later, it became the first industrial company to list on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and the year after (1898) it listed on the London Stock Exchange. SABMiller has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. History[edit] ABF plc. Associated British Foods. Associated British Foods is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

History[edit] The company was founded by Canadian W. Garfield Weston in 1935, initially as Food Investments Limited, with the name changing to Allied Bakeries Limited a month later.[3] In 1960 the name was changed again to Associated British Foods. In 1963 the Company acquired Fine Fare, a leading British supermarket chain.[4] Following the death of the founder in 1978, control of the company was passed on to his son Garry, while the North American operations fell to his son Galen. In February 2013, the firm was forced to deny “illegal and immoral” tax evasion after it was accused by an international charity of moving its profits outside of Zambia to reduce its tax bill.

In October 2013, the company denied being involved in unscrupulous uses of land, in an article containing reports of forced evictions by other companies.[17] Operations[edit] Brands[edit] Subsidiaries[edit] Unilever global company website | Unilever Global. Unilever. Unilever[5] (Euronext: UNA, LSE: ULVR) is an Anglo–Dutch multinational consumer goods company co-headquartered in London, England and Rotterdam, Netherlands. Its products include food, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. It is the world's third-largest consumer goods company measured by 2012 revenue, after Procter & Gamble and Nestlé.[6] One of the oldest multinational companies, its products are available in around 190 countries.[7] Unilever was founded in 1929 by the merger of the British soapmaker Lever Brothers (founded in 1885 by William Hesketh Lever) and the Dutch margarine producer Margarine Unie.

During the second half of the 20th century the company increasingly diversified from being a maker of products made of oils and fats, and expanded its operations worldwide. It has made numerous corporate acquisitions, including Lipton (1971), Brooke Bond (1984), Chesebrough-Ponds (1987), Best Foods and Ben & Jerry's (2000), and Alberto-Culver (2010). History[edit] Tate & Lyle Home. Tate & Lyle. Tate & Lyle plc is a British-based multinational agribusiness. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. History[edit] The company was formed in 1921 from a merger of two rival sugar refiners, Henry Tate & Sons and Abram Lyle & Sons.[3] In 1988, it acquired a 90% stake in A.

E. Staley, a US corn processing business and in 1998 it brought Haarmann & Reimer, a citric acid producer; in 2000 it acquired the remaining minorities of Amylum and A. E. In 2004, it established a joint venture with DuPont to manufacture a renewable 1,3-Propanediol that can be used to make Sorona (a substitute for nylon). In 2005, DuPont Tate & Lyle BioProducts was created as a joint venture between DuPont and Tate & Lyle.[7] In February 2008, it was announced that Tate & Lyle granulated white cane sugar would be accredited as a Fairtrade product, with all the company's other retail products to follow in 2009.[10] Operations[edit] The company is organised as follows:[14] A.