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Airport ground-handling
services
Banking / financial
services
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Contalexis Financial
Services SA (CFS)
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DVB Bank AG, Representative Office Greece, Piraeus:
DVB Bank is the leading specialist in international transport finance. Based in Frankfurt am Main, DVB Bank AG is an international advisory bank and finance house that specialises in the global transport market. DVB offers integrated financing solutions and advisory services in respect of Shipping, Aviation, Land Transport and Transport Infrastructure. The bank operates out of offices in Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, London, New York, Rotterdam, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, Bergen, Piraeus and Curacao.
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Eurobank EFG:
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Eurobank
EFG expands into Serbia and Montenegro:
Eurobank EFG completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Belgrade-based Postbanka AD, a developing banking institution
licensed to perform all banking operations.
Through the acquisition of a controlling stake in Postbanka,
Eurobank EFG expanded its banking and investment presence in a
third country in South-East Europe. The acquisition agreement was
signed between Eurobank EFG and 12 shareholders of Postbanka, including the two largest shareholders, Postal Savings Bank j.s.c.
of Serbia and Montenegro and PTT Serbia. The bank was renamed and
currently operates as EFG Eurobank, a.d., Beograd.
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EFG
Eurobank Securities SA, the group's
stockbrokerage.
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Energon Capital Finance
I.S. (ECF Investment Services):
Established in April 2004, ECF Investment Services is a prime investment house based in Athens with branches in Thessaloniki, Trikala and Veria. ECF provides Investment and Financial Services in the European Union and world-wide. The company offers Wealth and Portfolio Management, Investment Advice, Brokerage Services providing access to international equities, bonds and derivatives markets, and Corporate Services.
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Fortis Bank
in Greece:
Fortis is an international financial services provider active in the fields of banking, insurance and investment. With a market capitalisation of EUR 39 billion (as at February 28, 2006), Fortis ranks in the top twenty European financial institutions. The Dutch-Belgian financial institution offers its private, business and institutional clients a comprehensive package of products and services through Fortis's own channels, in collaboration with intermediaries and through other distribution partners. The bank, present in the Greek market since 1997, has established itself as a fast-growing and highly-respected financing partner to prominent Greek clients, particularly within the shipping and energy sectors. Based on its European growth strategy, Fortis is expanding its operations in Greece, closing its representative office and opening a branch. Fortis Bank ranks among the market leaders in a number of sectors, including ship financing, wind energy projects and the international raw materials trade. Fortis is one of the world's leading arranging banks for wind farm project finance. For large corporates, Fortis Bank provides services in specialised fields such as Commodity Finance, Shipping, Export and Project Finance.
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ING
in Greece:
ING, formerly Nationale-Nederlanden, entered the Greek market in 1980
by acquiring the Proodos Insurance Company, which
had been operating mainly in the area of non-life business. At
the end of 2002, ING of The Netherlands formed a strategic alliance with ATHEX-listed Piraeus Bank
SA, the third-largest private-sector bank in Greece, in the fields of
bancassurance and asset management. ING controls 4.2% of Piraeus Bank
shares, while the latter holds a direct participation in ING.
Both joint ventures are expected to increase their presence in
the growing sectors of asset management and bancassurance. The merger of ING Piraeus Mutual Fund Management
SA with ING Piraeus Asset Management SA with absorption of the latter by the former is
expected to be completed by the end of 2005.
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Laiki
Group
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Laiki Attalos Securities SA (LAS):
Member of the Athens Exchange (ATHEX) and the Athens bourse's Derivatives Market,
LAS provides its private and institutional clients with a comprehensive array of financial services: trading, clearing, independent equity research and underwriting services. Services: brokerage, research and analysis,
and corporate finance.
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Market
Securities SA
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National Bank of Greece
/ NBG Group:
National
Securities SA, member of the National Bank of Greece (NBG) Group:
A wholly-owned subsidiary of state-run National Bank of Greece SA (NYSE: NBG), National Securities SA is the
stockbrokerage arm of the largest financial institution in Greece and South-East Europe. National Securities was established in 1988, introducing a new era in the Greek securities market.
United
Bulgarian Bank AD (UBB):
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NBG sells Atlantic Bank
of New York:
In October 2005, NBG announced the signing of an agreement for the sale of its subsidiary Atlantic Bank of New York (ABNY) to New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: NYB), the Westbury, NY-based holding company for New York Community Bank and the fifth-largest thrift in the USA, with assets of USD 25.2 billion as at June 30, 2005. ABNY is a member of the NBG Group, which has more than USD 73 billion in assets and operates in 18 countries. The deal is consistent with NBG's long-term plan and international strategy, focusing on activity in high growth markets where it maintains a comparative advantage and secures high returns for its shareholders. The economies of South-East Europe, where NBG Group already operates successfully, are identified as such With 17 branches and assets of approximately USD 3 billion, Atlantic Bank of New York is ranked among the 20 largest commercial banks in the State of New York.
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P&K Group:
P&K Investment Services was established in 1996. Since 2000, with the acquisition of P&K Securities and P&K MFMC, it is
Greece's largest independent provider of investment services. The P&K Group provides its services to a wide range of corporate, retail and institutional customers in Greece and abroad, and is active in Investment Banking, Asset Management and Brokerage.
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Proton
Bank SA:
On September 29, 2006, the Hellenic Ministry of Development cleared the merger of Proton Bank with Omega Bank and Proton Securities, which was approved by shareholders of the three companies on September 7, 20006. The combined entity became fully operational on Monday, October 2 under the name Proton Bank SA. [September 29, 2006]
Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of
Directors, European Finance Investments Ltd. (AIM: IRF): Loucas
Valetopoulos
Chairman, IRF: Angeliki Frangou
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Business
communications
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FD Greece, a member of the FD International network:
FD Greece, based in Athens, provides Greek companies with a full range of business communications consultancy services, both domestically and overseas through the FD International network. It correspondingly provides international clients with corporate and capital market communications services in
Greece.
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Cement / building
materials
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Chartered surveyors
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Danos & Associates SA
(CBRE):
Danos & Associates is a company with offices in Athens, Thessaloniki and Nicosia. As International Property Consultants, Danos & Associates provides a wide range of professional services.
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Construction / homebuilding
/ real estate / property development
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EFG Eurobank Properties SA:
EFG Eurobank Properties is a subsidiary of Eurobank EFG operating in the
real estate sector. The company boasts a unique combination of local expertise and international know-how drawing on the capabilities of its shareholders. EFG Eurobank Properties was established in 1952 as a subsidiary of
Athens-based Bank of Crete SA. The firm combines investment activities and the provision of integrated real-estate services. It already manages a substantial commercial, retail and logistics property portfolio.
[ZINON Real Estate
SA acquires a real estate portfolio
of 16 properties sold on a sale and leaseback basis by Carrefour
Marinopoulos SA]
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LAMDA
Development SA:
LAMDA Development SA, listed on the Athens Exchange (ATHEX:
LAMDA), is a holding company investing through its subsidiaries in the
development of land, sea and air infrastructure. Combining a strong
entrepreneurial drive, specialist international expertise, expert
management, powerful strategic allies (Deutsche Bank, EFG Bank Group,
Hochtief, Bilfinger Berger, Strabag, Swissport International, Sonae
Imobiliaria) and with the business credibility and financial strength of
the Latsis Group, LAMDA Development shapes and connects the business areas
it is active in, creating growth, reaping synergies and providing value to
both its clients and high-quality services and products at competitive
prices. Its focus on complementary infrastructure sectors extends to real
estate, marinas and yacht maintenance and refurbishment as well as airport
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LAMDA OLYMPIC srl:
This joint venture between Athens-based, ATHEX-listed LAMDA Development SA
(50%) and Eurorom Constructii
Srl of Romania (50%),
member of the ATHEX_listed Technical Olympic Group
has developed a model residential complex called the Lake
View Condominium in Bucharest and is examining and working on other real
estate developments in the Romanian capital.
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LAMDA Estate Development SA:
The company, which is wholly-owned by ATHEX-listed LAMDA Development
SA, is the main vehicle of the LAMDA Development group for land infrastructure development and is mainly active in property development.
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LAMDA Prime Properties SA:
LAMDA Prime Properties, which is wholly-owned by LAMDA Development
SA, is a real-estate company that specialises in the investment of up-market properties.
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LAMDA Olympia Village SA:
The company, which is a 97%-owned subsidiary of LAMDA Development SA, is developing the Media Village for the Athens 2004 Olympic Games in Maroussi, Athens, which is considered to be one of the most important real-estate development projects in Greece and one of the biggest in South-East Europe.
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Pylea SA:
The company, in which LAMDA Development SA participates with a 60%
stake, is developing the most advanced commercial and leisure complex in Thessaloniki, in the municipality of Pylea. For the development of the Pylea Commercial Centre, an agreement has been signed with Sonae - Charagionis, a subsidiary of Portugal's Sanae Imobiliaria, an international leader in the field of commercial centre development, which has acquired a 39.9% stake in the subsidiary.
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Technical Olympic Group
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Technical Olympic USA, Inc.
(TOUSA):
Member of the Technical Olympic Group and listed on the New York Stock
Exchange (NYSE), Technical Olympic USA, Inc.
(TOUSA) is a leading homebuilder operating throughout four geographic regions: Florida, Texas, the West and the Mid-Atlantic. It provides financial services such as mortgage financing, title insurance, homeowners insurance and closing services, to both TOUSA homebuyers and other real estate buyers through its subsidiaries, Preferred Home Mortgage Company and Universal Land Title, Inc.
TOUSA is expanding its presence in the United States, mainly through
mergers and acquisitions.
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Tourism
Development Company SA (ETA, formerly known as Hellenic Tourist
Properties SA)
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Consumer electronics / domestic appliances and personal
care / lighting / business communications / medical systems
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Philips Hellas SA:
Athens-based Philips Hellas SA is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Philips
Electronics (Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV) of The Netherlands.
With a presence in Greece since 1930,
Philips Hellas supplies the Greek market with products and services in the areas of consumer electronics, domestic appliances and personal care, professional and consumer lighting, business communications, and medical
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Defence
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Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW):
The Hellenic Ministry of Defence and Germany's Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) signed a contract concerning the procurement of 170 new LEOPARD 2 HEL (Hellenic) Main Battle Tanks for the Hellenic Army.
The co-production activities will involve not only well-known Greek
industrial companies, such as Hellenic Vehicle Industry SA (ELVO),
Hellenic Arms Industry SA (EBO), Metal Constructions of Greece SA (METKA) and Intracom SA, but
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Distribution and marketing of oil products
and gas
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Royal/Dutch Shell companies in Greece:
Shell Hellas SA is a company of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of
Companies and operates in Greece since 1926. Its main activities
involve the distribution and marketing of a wide range of oil
products, including gasolines, fuel oil, diesel, lubricants and LPG.
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Electronic global
distribution services
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Executive search / leadership capital / human capital
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Korn/Ferry International
SA:
Korn/Ferry International was founded almost three decades ago with
one goal in mind -- to help its clients acquire the leadership capital
they need to grow and prosper.
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Response SA
- Stanton Chase Athens office (Stanton Chase International):
The Stanton Chase Athens office was founded in November 2003 as part of Response SA, a prominent executive search and human resources consultancy company. Since 1996, the company's consultants have assisted organisations ranging from start-ups to major multinationals in identifying and attracting outstanding individuals for senior management roles and boards.
Established on January 1, 1996, Response is headquartered in Athens and
operates a Romanian office located in Bucharest. The company's areas of expertise are: Executive Search, Corporate Training Solutions, Human Capital Services and New Business Architecture.
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Response Group
- ResponseIEBA (Romania) - EMETRIS Consultants:
Response is member of a group of companies aiming at providing a complete range of management and business solutions to clients. The group currently comprises of three companies:
Response SA, Business Deals SA (Greece) and ResponseIEBA (Romania).
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Food / beverages
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Hospitality groups /
Hotel management
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N. Daskalantonakis Group-Grecotel:
The N. Daskalantonakis Group-Grecotel, Greece's largest company in the hospitality sector, is dynamically
expanding in its domestic market. The biggest and most rapidly-expanding hotel group
in Greece has several new hotel and resort developments in the pipeline.
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Export-import / services
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Namako SA - International Trade &
Services:
Established in 1994, Namako is affiliated to Intracom, the largest manufacturing company of telecommunications products in the Balkans.
Part of the Schlumberger Business Associates programme, Athens-based
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Information technology (IT)
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Fornax
Co.:
Budapest-based Fornax Co., a member of the international INTRACOM Group,
specialises in corporate IT solutions. The company's dedicated workflow division has multiple references of large-scale workflow implementations in the Central European region. Its award-winning workflow system is now marketed
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Glory Technology Limited, an associated company of OPAP SA:
Glory Technology Ltd. is a member of the Glory Worldwide Holdings Ltd. group of companies and
an associated company of ATHEX-listed Greek Organisation of Football
Prognostics SA (OPAP). Based in Cyprus, the company is a leading
information technology company which is providing turnkey solutions for government-licensed lottery operators both in the local (Cypriot) and international markets.
OPAP owns 20% of Glory Technology, which is active in Cyprus and has plans to expand to Moldova, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the United Kingdom and China. Glory Worldwide Holdings
Ltd. is listed on the Cyprus Stock Exchange.
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Investments
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Olayan Investments Company Establishment
(OICE):
OICE is the parent company and principal controlling entity of The Olayan Group, one of the world's largest investment groups. Olayan of Saudi Arabia, which is a Law 89 offshore company with multi-billion dollar holdings in companies ranging from Coca-Cola to Volkswagen, relocated from Beirut in 1975, during the civil war in Lebanon. With its physical headquarters in Glyfada, Athens, OICE now is parent to a global network of subsidiaries ranging from Riyadh to Vienna to London and New York, which manages investments in some 50 wholly-owned companies, joint-ventures and
affiliated companies. As an offshore company it cannot conduct onshore business in Greece, but it does have holdings in:
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Coca-Cola Hellenic
Bottling Company SA (CCHBC) (5.1%) and in the affiliated cool-cabinet manufacturer Frigoglass SA (7.3%), one of the leading manufacturers of commercial refrigerators and packaging products
world-wide, acquired when CCHBC in 2000 took over the UK-based Coca-Cola Beverages PLC; and
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Chipita International SA (14.13%) and
Chipita East Europe Limited, a subsidiary of the Greek croissant and snacks maker Chipita International (4.5%), both of which are owned through offshore units in Cyprus.
Competrol Establishment (CE):
CE was founded in 1972 to hold The Olayan Group's international equity portfolio outside the Middle East. Today, CE is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Group's parent, Olayan Investments Company Establishment. CE itself has investment subsidiaries engaged in publicly traded securities, private investments, and real estate. A key affiliate is Crescent Holding GmbH (CHG), which is an indirect subsidiary of CE based in Vienna, Austria, with a branch in Glyfada, Athens. CHG was established in 1994 as an investment holding company. Career
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Marine infrastructure /
marine services / marina facilities
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LAMDA Shipyards and Marine
Services SA:
The company, in which LAMDA
Development SA has a 75% stake, is a modern shipyard and yacht maintenance and refurbishment company, active in the provision of specialised and integrated ship construction, maintenance and repair services for luxury yachts and other specialised vessels.
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LAMDA
TechnOL Flisvos Marina SA:
Established in 2002 for the purposed of developing, upgrading and
managing the facilities of the V.I.P. Flisvos marina in Faliro.
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Mass media / pay television
services / electronic pay media / related services
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Antenna TV SA / Antenna Group:
Antenna TV is the leading television broadcast network and producer of television programming in Greece and the Greek-speaking world.
Among other activities, the group operates Antenna FM, a leading radio station in the greater Athens area, and a training centre for journalists and other media personnel. It
also owns Athens-based Daphne Communications SA, a Greek publishing company. Antenna TV's broadcast signal reaches approximately 99% of Greece's 3.2 million television households, representing an audience base of approximately 10.3 million people. Antenna TV commenced operations in December 1989, shortly after the introduction of private commercial television in Greece.
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MEGA
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Packaging
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Frigoglass
Group
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M.J.
Maillis Group
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Elviomet SA:
Elviomet produces flexible packaging materials for the foods, drinks and tobacco industries. The production unit is situated in northern Greece, using the latest technology. Elviomet's main product is plastic film, yet it also makes laminates of aluminium foil and paper.
Elviomet was established in 1983 and since 1998 is a member of Sweden's Plena Group, which owns 77.5% of the company.
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Paper and timber products representatives and trading
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Pharmaceuticals
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Gerolymatos Group of
Companies:
Based in Athens, P.N. Gerolymatos SA is one of the largest independent healthcare companies in Greece. The group is active in production, logistics, research and development (R&D), prescription medicines, OTC, cosmetics, diagnostics and veterinarian
products.
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Lavipharm Group of
Companies:
Established in 1911, Lavipharm
is a leader in the dermatological market in Greece and Cyprus. Lavipharm Corp.,
its New Jersey-based subsidiary, is an
innovative drug formulation and drug delivery company in the USA.
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Photographer's agency
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Plaster / mortar
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Thrakon:
Thrakon is one of the leading producers of plaster and mortar in Greece. Its production facilities, which are based in northern Greece, has the latest state-of-the-art technology and is one of the most modern plants in Europe.
Thrakon is a member of Sweden's Plena Group.
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Printing / IT
outsourcing services
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Professional information providers
/ databanks
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Recycling systems
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Espas Hellas Ltd. -- Management Systems of Recycled Materials:
Espas Hellas has been a distributor of the Norwegian TOMRA products since 1991. The initials "E.S.P.A.S." (in Greek) stand for "Applications of Systems for the Reception of Recyclable Containers."
Espas Hellas is a relatively small company with six employees -- three working in sales and administration and three in service. The company was established with the sole purpose of promoting recycling projects using TOMRA machines. Asker, Norway based TOMRA Systems ASA designs and operates cost-effective systems that make it attractive for people to return used beverage containers for reuse or recycling. These systems consist of a wide range of products and services which complement our principal product group, reverse vending machines.
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Retail
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Carrefour Marinopoulos
SA:
Carrefour Marinopoulos SA, Greece's largest supermarket and hypermarket operator,
is the result of a 50-50 joint venture between the Marinopoulos
Group and France's Carrefour SA, the leading distribution group in Europe and the second largest retailer in the
world. The purpose of this joint venture is to maintain Carrefour Marinopoulos' leading position in the Greek market as well
as expand these operations into Cyprus and other Balkan countries. [Sanyo Carrefour Shopping Centre]
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Marinopoulos Coffee Company SA:
In 2002, Starbucks Coffee International, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Starbucks Coffee Company, and Marinopoulos Brothers SA signed a joint venture agreement to open Starbucks retail locations in
Athens and throughout the country, with the possibility of expanding to other select countries in the region.
On September 19th, 2002, Marinopoulos Coffee Company celebrated the opening of its first store in Athens.
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Marinopoulos
Group:
The Marinopoulos Group is a leading commercial, retail and industrial group in Greece, covering a vast range of activities in Europe, realising a consolidated turnover of EUR 2 billion in 2002 and employing over 11,500 people.
The group is active in Greece, The Netherlands, Italy, France, Romania
and Croatia.
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Telecommunications
services
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Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation SA (OTE) /
OTE Group of Companies:
The OTE Group is active in Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM),
Georgia, Greece, Jordan, Lithuania, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Ukraine and Yemen.
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LAMDA Hellix:
Mission Critical Facilities for your Mission Critical Applications
LAMDA Hellix, a new subsidiary company of LAMDA Development SA in the 'wired real estate' sector, is the first and most successful Neutral Mission Critical Facility operator in Greece. LAMDA Hellix develops and operates specialised Mission Critical Facilities and is providing outsourcing services including data centre, disaster recovery, point of presence, switching centre, etc. to large private and public
organisations and service providers in Greece and South-East Europe. LAMDA Hellix enables
organisations with mission critical applications, whether IT or
telecommunications, to increase the security and the availability of their systems, reduce all associated risks and operating costs while maintaining their autonomy and independence.
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Tellas SA:
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Q-Telecommunications
SA:
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Wholesale commerce /
food sector
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ELGEKA
SA:
For a small trading Northern Greece company to grow into one of Greece's largest trading Groups, and twice make the top 500 most dynamic companies in Europe (European Foundation for Enterprise Research
[E.F.E.R.], 1995 & 1997) is no minor accomplishment. In 1974, the company, then called ELGEKA George
Katsiotis, headquartered in Phoinika, Thessaloniki, started as a small food-trading company. Knowledge of the market, flexibility, and insight gained the firm faithful customers, suppliers and rapid
growth. The company branched out in Athens seven years later -- a key-move for its further development. By 1990, ELGEKA had moved to company-owned premises in
Kalochori, Thessaloniki, and Acharnes, Attica. A series of bold investments, further expansion through subsidiaries, and dynamic penetration in the Romanian market marked the following decade.
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Wind energy systems
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Vestas
Hellas Wind Technology SA [premium content]
Vestas Hellas is a Sales & Service unit of Vestas Mediterranean East, which is located in Taranto in Italy. Vestas has been operating in Greece for more than 10 years and has as, at June 30, 2005, installed a total capacity of wind energy of 275 MW in the country. Vestas is mainly focused on the development, manufacture, sale, marketing and maintenance of wind power systems that use wind energy to generate electricity.
Vestas Wind Systems A/S of Denmark is the world leader in wind technology and a driving force in the development of the wind power industry. Vestas’ core business comprises the development, manufacture, sale, marketing and maintenance of wind power systems that use wind energy to generate electricity.
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