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 Dec 20 2007, 04:40 AM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 91 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Bunker Gate 7 [CaTCo Compound] Member No.: 4,248  |
Shadowrun designers were prescient or what? Maybe the first step toward the birth of a megacorps... Everything is here.
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Dec 20 2007, 06:53 AM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
...well we already have Seader-Krupp, & they produce a lot more than just coffeemakers. :grinbig:
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Dec 20 2007, 07:26 AM
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Deus Absconditus Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,742 Joined: 1-September 03 From: Downtown Seattle, UCAS Member No.: 5,566 |
This has actually been in the works for several years, ever since Renault put in a bid to buy Nissan at the same time Chrysler did. It ended up such that Chrysler wasn't willing to pay the same amount Renault was, so Renault got the company.
Renault sent in Carlos Ghosn as a corporate hitman to cut costs and put Nissan back in the black. Ghosn was a heavy hitter (COO, I believe) of Michelin-Goodrich before he moved to the Renault Group, and is easily one of the top people in a position to make Chrysler feel confident about doing business with Nissan. What's really interesting about this I'm sure Shadowrun postulates that Chrysler-Nissan within continuity was a result of Nissan buying Chrysler, and not vice-versa... but the real world moves in mysterious ways. |
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Dec 20 2007, 01:35 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,078 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 67 |
Of course, as of Corporate Enclaves, Chrysler-Nissan is now owned by Sony and used to produce drones. So get moving, Sony!
While I was down in NYC roaming around with a camera taking pictures for the NYC write-up research, I came upon a Thyssen-Krupp van parked near Wall Street. I just had to take a photo of it. |
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Dec 20 2007, 05:47 PM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
...I've seen one too, here in Portland once. I wonder where the strike team was. :grinbig: |
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Dec 20 2007, 07:49 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 858 Joined: 25-August 03 From: Braunschweig, North German League, Allied German States Member No.: 5,537 |
Coffemakers? Could it be that you're mixing up ThyssenKrupp, Germany's largest steel corporation, and Krups - a totally unrelated kitchen appliance maker? |
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Dec 20 2007, 10:27 PM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
...I believe they are a subsidiary...
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Dec 20 2007, 10:31 PM
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Deus Absconditus Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,742 Joined: 1-September 03 From: Downtown Seattle, UCAS Member No.: 5,566 |
Krups is owned by Groupe SEB, a french corporate entity, actually.
I made the same mistake years ago, which is the only reason I know. Oddly, SEB also owns Ubisoft (Assassin's Creed, Rainbow Six, etc) |
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Dec 20 2007, 10:32 PM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
aaah . . no . . sorry Kid, not this time ^^
Edit: DAMMIT! |
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Dec 20 2007, 10:41 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 640 Joined: 8-October 07 Member No.: 13,611 |
Pretending to be escalator repairmen. |
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Dec 21 2007, 01:39 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,759 Joined: 11-December 02 From: France Member No.: 3,723 |
Are you sure ? As far as I know, the five Guillemot brothers, who founded Ubisoft, still control the company. Electronics Arts is also owning a good chunk. I never heard of SEB involvement. |
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Dec 21 2007, 07:44 AM
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Deus Absconditus Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,742 Joined: 1-September 03 From: Downtown Seattle, UCAS Member No.: 5,566 |
<returns from tracking backwards>
No, actually, I'm wrong. Ignore that. |
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