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On January 26, 2012, the European Union approved the buyout. On February 16, 2012, Sony announced it had completed the full acquisition of Sony Ericsson. On January 7, 2013, Sony Mobile completed moving its headquarters from Lund, Sweden to Tokyo, Japan in order to fully integrate with its parent company. Switzerland: Ascom Taiwan
An example is the gummy bear brand Haribo, which is derived from the name of its creator Hans Riegel and the city where it was created, Bonn. A number of German syllable words have made it into English usage, such as Adidas , from company founder Adi Das sler, and Gestapo for Ge heime Sta ats Po lizei (Secret State Police).
Below is a list of German language exonyms for formerly German places and other places in non-German-speaking areas of the world. Archaic names are in italics . Algeria
The Wikipedia convention is to use the full German alphabet in proper names, in line with the broader Wikipedia convention of using local Latin alphabets. The full German alphabet comprises 26 primary letters plus "ä", "ö", "ü" and "ß".
Full line insurance Munich: 1890 Insurance and asset management P A Alpina: Consumer goods Automobiles Buchloe: 1965 Automotive manufacturer, part of BMW: P A Altana: Basic materials Speciality chemicals Wesel: 1977 Chemicals P A Aral: Oil & gas Refining & marketing Bochum: 1898 Part of BP (UK) P A Arburg: Industrials Industrial machinery ...
The common names Schmidt and Schmitz lead in the central German-speaking and eastern Low German-speaking areas. Meyer is particularly common in the Low German-speaking regions, especially in Lower Saxony (where it is more common than Müller). Bauer leads in eastern Upper German-speaking Bavaria. Rarer names tend to accumulate in the north and ...
Tele2 reportedly attempted to sell its German unit as well in 2007, [8] eventually the sale came through a management buyout in 2020. [9] The newly formed company trades as STROTH Telecom GmbH. In 2005 they sold their UK & Ireland fixed operations to Carphone Warehouse for £8.7m. [ 10 ]
Karl Benz's 1885 Patent Motorwagen (replica). It is considered the world's first I.C.E.-driven car to be series-produced. Opel Olympia (1935–1937). Motor-car pioneers Karl Benz (who later went on to start Mercedes-Benz) and Nicolaus Otto developed four-stroke internal combustion engines in the late 1870s; Benz fitted his design to a coach in 1887, which led to the modern-day motor car.