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Haribo GmbH & Co. KG, doing business as Haribo (English: / ˈ h ær ɪ b oʊ / HARR-ib-oh, German: [ˈhaːʁiboː]; stylized in all caps), is a German confectionery company founded by Hans Riegel Sr. It began in Kessenich, Bonn, Germany. The name "Haribo" is a syllabic abbreviation formed from Hans Riegel Bonn. [1]
Johannes "Hans" Riegel Sr. (4 April 1893 – 31 March 1945) [1] was a German confectioner who invented the gummy bear in 1922 and founded the Haribo company. [2] He was married to Gertrud (née Vianden). The company was passed on to his sons, Hans Riegel Jr. and Paul Riegel , following his death. [3]
Born in Bonn, Riegel was the oldest son of the company's founder Hans Riegel Sr., who invented the gummy bear in 1922. [3] The name of the company, Haribo, comes from the first two letters of his name and where he was from (HANS RIEGEL BONN). Riegel was captured and held as an Allied prisoner-of-war during World War II. [4]
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Black Box Corporation is an IT company headquartered in Texas, United States. [1] The company provides technology assistance and consulting services to businesses in a variety of sectors including retail, transportation, government, education, and public safety. Black Box operates in 75 locations across 35 countries.
Tesoro Corporation, known briefly as Andeavor, was a Fortune 100 [4] and a Fortune Global 500 company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, with 2017 annual revenues of $35 billion, and over 14,000 employees worldwide. Based on 2017 revenue, the company ranked No. 90 in the 2018 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total ...
OpenCorporates is a website that shares data on corporations under the copyleft Open Database License.The company, OpenCorporates Ltd, [b] [3] was incorporated on 18 December 2010 [2] by Chris Taggart and Rob McKinnon, and the website was officially launched on 20th.
CDI Corporation was founded in Philadelphia in 1950 as Comprehensive Designers, Inc. [2] The company provided temporary technical services to manufacturing industries, including servicing the growing automotive and defense industries. In 1956, Walter R. Garrison, an aerospace engineer with Boeing, joined the company as its Chief Engineer. In ...