Company Profile Directory
Below is a list of all the companies for which we have original research, and other companies that we would like to have profiles of, such as the Fortune Global 500. You can click on the title of each column to arrange the list, similar to a spreadsheet. As some of the profiles are "stubs," they contain a minimum amount of information and need more work. You can help out by writing up a Company snapshot, which is a critical overview of the history and operations of the corporation. A preview is provided below if the profile has a company snapshot. See our Research tools for ways to do critical corporate research, and feel free to stop by the Chat room if you are logged in, or visit channel #crocodyl on irc.freenode.net.
Company | Needs company snapshot? | Updated | |
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| ABB | ABB (formerly Asea Brown Boveri) is a Zürich, Switzerland-based multinational, one of the largest engineering and construction companies in the world, with operations in 100 countries. | 04/22/08 | |
| Abbott Laboratories | Abbott is a health care products manufacturer whose products extend from nutritional products and laboratory diagnostics to medical devices and pharmaceuticals. The company conducts business in at least 130 countries around the world. | 05/02/08 | |
| ABN AMRO | ABN AMRO is an international bank with European roots. Focus is on consumer and commercial clients in local markets and global markets on selected multinational corporations and financial institutions, as well as private clients. ABN amro is active in four principal customer segments: Personal Banking, Private Banking, Business and Commercial and Corporate and Institutional. | 04/22/08 | |
| Accenture | Accenture Ltd. is the largest consulting firm in the world, incorporated in Bermuda with its main U.S. office in Chicago, Illinois. It has made the outsourcing of jobs into big business. The company was established as the consulting wing of Arthur Andersen, Andersen Consulting, splitting off in 2000, when it changed its name to Accenture. | 04/22/08 | |
| Acer | Acer Inc. is one of the world's largest PC manufacturers, with revenue of $461.7 billion worldwide in 2007 according to the company's website. (Acer Preliminary Financial Information 2007) | 04/22/08 | |
| ACS | 04/22/08 | ||
| Adecco | 04/22/08 | ||
| Advanta | Advanta Seeds is a joint venture between chemical/pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and seed company VanderHave. In 2000 it was the world's 6th largest seed company. In the UK and EU it has been involved in field trials of a range of GM crops. Elsewhere in the world it markets GM crop lines as well as conventionally bred crop lines. In the EU they have been involved in a major scandal when conventional seed stock they had supplied was found to have substantial levels of GM contamination. They have also been involved in the intimidation of UK anti-GM activists. | 04/22/08 | |
| Aegon | 04/22/08 | ||
| AEON | 04/22/08 | ||
| Aetna | 04/22/08 | ||
| AFC Enterprises | Headquartered in Atlanta Georgia, AFC Enterprises operates the #2 fast food chain specializing in chicken, the infamous "Popeye's Chicken and Biscuits". Currently, there are over 1,900 Popeye's locations in the United States and and over 2 dozen locations in other countries. AFCE owns 55 locations themselves and franchises the rest. | 04/22/08 | |
| Agricultural Bank of China | 04/22/08 | ||
| Air France-KLM Group | 04/22/08 | ||
| Aisin Seiki | 04/22/08 | ||
| Akzo Nobel | 04/22/08 | ||
| Albaraka Islamic Bank | AlBaraka Islamic Bank (AIB) is a leading of Islamic bank in Pakistan and has operated in the country as branches of AlBaraka Islamic Bank Bahrain since 1991. It is a leading provider of banking in compliance with Shari’ah principles and has 18 branches in 10 major cities of Pakistan. All if it's banking activities are regulated by a Board of Shariah Advisors based at the Head Office in Bahrain and a Shariah Advisor based in Pakistan, to ensure compliance with the standards of Islamic Banking principles. | 04/22/08 | |
| Alcan | 04/22/08 | ||
| Alcatel-Lucent | 04/22/08 | ||
| Alcoa | 04/22/08 | ||
| Alliance Boots | 04/22/08 | ||
| Alliance One International | Alliance One International Inc a joint owner of Limbe Leaf Tobacco (with Swiss-registered Continental Tobacco Company), which buys its tobacco leaf from growers around the world, including farms that support child labor. The company made the US Fortune Global 500 in 2007, and is based out of North Carolina but operates globally. | 04/22/08 | |
| Alliant Techsystems | Alliant Techsystems (ATK) is headquartered in Edina, Minnesota and was founded in 1990 as an offshoot from the Honeywell corporation. ATK provides small-caliber ammunition to military, police, and hunters. In recent years the corporation has been awarded more contracts for guided weapons, which maximize damage to the target while minimizing civilian casualties. Some of the more controversial products this corporation produces are cluster bombs and depleted uranium weapons. | 04/22/08 | |
| Allianz | Allianz is a large financial service provider headquartered in Munich, Germany. By revenue, it is the largest FSP in the world. Its core and focus is on the insurance business. Allianz is the biggest insurance company in Germany and one of the largest in the world. | 04/24/08 | |
| Allstate | 04/22/08 | ||
| Alstom | 04/22/08 | ||
| Alstom Corporation | The company is the world leader in integrated power plant, in power production services and air quality control systems. Alstom works with all energy forms (coal, gas, nuclear, fuel-oil, hydropower, wind). Alstom will provide the conventional island for the future EPR nuclear power plant in France. The Group is also developing CO2 capture processes that could lead to commercial scale in the medium term. | 04/22/08 | |
| Altadis | 04/22/08 | ||
| Altria Group | Altria Group, Inc (previously named Philip Morris Companies Inc.), based in New York City, is the parent company of Philip Morris International, Philip Morris USA and Philip Morris Capital Corporation, and is one of the world's largest tobacco corporations. In addition, Altria Group, Inc. has a 28.7% economic and voting interest in one of the world's largest brewing companies, UK based SABMiller plc. It is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500. | 04/22/08 | |
| Aluminum Corporation of China | Aluminum Corporation of China Limited (Chalco) has masterminded its way into mixing alumina and aluminum. Chalco is the only maker of alumina -- which is refined from bauxite and a key material in producing aluminum -- in China. The company produces about 9 million tons of alumina products (including alumina, alumina hydrate and alumina chemicals), which makes it the second-largest maker of alumina in the world. Chalco also produces a million tons of primary aluminum annually. In 2007 the company agreed to acquire sister company Baotou Aluminum for about $2 billion. | 04/22/08 | |
| Alza Corporation | ALZA Corporation is a pharmaceutical and medical systems company founded in 1968 by Dr Alejandro Zaffaroni; the company's name is a portmanteau of his name. In addition to a variety of pharmaceuticals, ALZA makes a range of drug delivery systems. | 04/22/08 | |
| AMEC plc | AMEC plc is a British company formed from the amalgamation of the Fairclough Group and the William Press Group. AMEC operates as a high value consultancy company providing services in engineering and project management for the oil, gas, petrochemical, power generation, nuclear, pharmaceutical, defense, chemical, mining and water industries. AMEC is a member of the FTSE 100 Index after a promotion on Dec. 20th, 2007 when ICI went private. | 04/22/08 | |
| American Apparel | American Apparel is a clothing company with the assurance of “sweatshop-free” clothing. It was started by a young entrepreneur Dov Charney with the hopes of attracting a market base of young, hip urbanites with a mind towards labor rights and ethical business practices. American Apparel now has stores in L.A., New York, and Chicago, among other locations, with 4,500 employees that receive living wages and benefits. | 04/22/08 | |
| American Express | American Express (NYSE: AXP), sometimes known as "AmEx" or "Amex", is a diversified global financial services company, headquartered in New York City. The company is best known for its credit card, charge card and traveler's cheque businesses. | 04/23/08 | |
| AmerisourceBergen | 04/23/08 | ||
| AMR | 04/23/08 | ||
| Anglo American | 04/23/08 | ||
| Anheuser-Busch | 04/23/08 | ||
| Anteon | Founded in 1976, Anteon is an information technology and engineering company focusing on intelligence and national defense. Anteon is headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia as a private contractor. It's main client is the U.S government with more than 90 percent of its revenues from Homeland Security, Intelligence Agencies, and the Pentagon. | 04/23/08 | |
| Apple | Apple Computer, based in Cupertino, CA, manufactures and retails personal computers and software. In 2006, the company employed 16,820 people and generated revenues of $19.3 billion. Former Vice President Al Gore is a member of the company's board of directors. | 04/23/08 | |
| Arcandor | 04/23/08 | ||
| Arysta | Arysta produces chemicals and recently registered the new fumigant, methyl iodide with the EPA. Methyl iodide has been proven to cause cancer in lab rats, and is now proposed to be used as an insecticide on "strawberries, tomatoes and peppers, ornamentals, turf, trees, and vines." The approval of this chemical has been widely opposed. | 04/22/08 | |
| AstraZeneca | 04/23/08 | ||
| Asustek Computer | 04/23/08 | ||
| AT&T | AT&T is a telecommunications and networking provider that operates in 60 countries and 850 cities worldwide. The company is divided into AT&T Business Services and AT&T Consumer Services. | 04/23/08 | |
| Atlas Group | The Atlas Group established Atlas Investment Bank in 1990 as a joint venture between Atlas Group and the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Japan. With an associated company, Atlas Lease Limited formed in 1989 as a joint venture between the Atlas Group, the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Japan and the National Investment Trust, Pakistan was merged into the Bank in February, 2002. After the merger, the shares of the joint venture partners were taken over by the Group. The head office of the Bank is situated in Karachi with branch offices in Lahore, Islamabad and Faisalabad. | 05/06/08 | |
| Australia and New Zealand Banking | 04/23/08 | ||
| AutoNation | 04/23/08 | ||
| Aviva | Aviva plc is the world's fifth-largest insurance group, the biggest insurance group in the UK and the second-largest insurance group in Canada. Worldwide, it trails behind AXA, Allianz, ING and Fortis. It is one of the leading providers of life and pensions products in Europe and has a presence in 25 countries worldwide, notably France and The Netherlands. The company was formerly called CGNU, and was created by a merger of Norwich Union and CGU plc (itself created by the 1998 merger of Commercial Union and General Accident) in 2000. The Aviva name was adopted in July 2002. | 04/24/08 | |
| The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) | The ABPI is the UK's largest pharmaceutical association. It has over 75 member companies who research, manufacture and supply more than 80% of the NHS's prescription medicine. It's membership is open to 'all other organisations with an interest in the pharmaceutical industry. A complete list of member companies and affiliates can be found on the ABPI's web site. | 04/22/08 |
