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12-21-2005, 09:48 PM
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Originally Posted by cte430
Come on, give it a try! The former company is really easy. Household name. Both companies do everything from A to Z.
My current company: German, 150 yrs old. Try again and if you need i'll give you some more hints.
Eddie Knopp and Spero, you can't play
My current company: German, 150 yrs old. Try again and if you need i'll give you some more hints.
Eddie Knopp and Spero, you can't play
First company comes into my mind of Germany with 150 years of history is Bosch....
and the USA counterpart would be
GE
Is that right?
12-21-2005, 10:10 PM
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'07 Porsche 997TT
Originally Posted by zumbalak
First company comes into my mind of Germany with 150 years of history is Bosch....
and the USA counterpart would be
GE
Is that right?
and the USA counterpart would be
GE
Is that right?
It is GE. OK, I'll give it to you but first here are some stats- $92B in Revenues
- 450,000 employees
- Over 50,000 patents
- As many software engineers as Microsoft (approx. 30,000)
- Top 5 in the world in R & D exp. (GE is somewhere around 50)
- One of the worlds largest Medical Systems and Healthcare IT soultions providers in the world (first commercial x-ray and CT scanner)
- world's largest provider of wireline network communicatin systems
- 90% of US Mail is processed on our postal automation systems
- Provides baggage handling systems for 100 of the largest US airports
- 3.3 million energy saving lights produced EVERY DAY
- Manufacture 1/3 of all light rail trains in North America
- Our power systems produce 1/3 of the nation's electricity
- Building technologies in many of the most famous structures in the world
and the answer is...
Siemens - And when I tell people I work for Siemens (Medical systems division) most think It's furniture!
12-21-2005, 10:13 PM
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I am always glad to be corrected...especially when I persist in an error. My ego 'got all growed up' a long time ago....
How's Chrysler doing it though...ummmm they don't rely on SUV sales?
How's Chrysler doing it though...ummmm they don't rely on SUV sales?
12-21-2005, 10:13 PM
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'07 Porsche 997TT
Originally Posted by slk55lvr
I'm going to guess the german one is Siemens, and the US one is GE....did i win the kewpie doll?
