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Ten European countries present famous companies

FRANCE LOUIS VUITTON ●

The brand was created by Louis Vuitton in 1854.

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It’s part of a group called Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy ( kenzo, Marc Jacobs, Givenchy, Dom Pérignon…)

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Louis Vuitton sells luxury goods (such as: leather bags, shoes, watches, jewellery, accessories, sunglasses) in more than 60 countries.

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Its headquarter is located in central Paris.

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The prices for Louis Vuitton goods range from 450EUR to 3000EUR for handbags. ( from 150 to 550 for wallets).

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Its main competitors on the world’s luxury goods market are Dior, Gucci, Prada.

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The company has approximately 14000 employees on its payroll.

creative commons : Ming-Yen Hsu

FRANCE PSA Peugeot Citroën ●

The company was founded in 1974 when Peugeot acquired a 40% share of Citroën.

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Its core activity consists in developping and distributing automobiles but also automotive parts. It now even offers financial products.

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Since 2009, PSA has been offering a more premium range brand called DS.

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The brand is present in many countries ( except North America).

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In 2013, PSA was 9th in the list of the top French companies ranking.

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FRENCH GUIANA “Délices de Guyane” is a company created by Solam on October 23rd, 2007 in RemireMontjoly in French Guiana. It is a local French Guianese society that deals with processing and preserving of fruits grown here or in the West Indies . It produces various products such as jam, liquors (punch), syrups and sauces. They sell their products at craft stores.

They sell their products not only here but in many places (Toulouse, Guadeloupe). “Délices de Guyane” participates in trade show METROPOLIS each year.

FRENCH GUIANA • The French Guiana Space Centre (CSG) is the SpacePort of French and European launchers in Kourou in French Guiana.

FRENCH GUIANA The Centre (CSG) is the French and European spaceport located in Kourou, French Guiana. It since 1968.

French Guiana was selected in 1964 to become the spaceport of France because it was particularly convenient. When the European Space Agency (ESA) was founded in 1975, France offered to share Kourou with ESA. Commercial launches are also bought by non-European companies. ESA pays two thirds of the spaceport's annual budget and has also financed the upgrades made during the development of Ariane launchers.

FRENCH GUIANA Visit of the French Guianese SpacePort

Germany Made in Germany: lots of well-known brands. But but did you know that a very special company is missing?

GERMANY Zeisner Feinkost GmbH & Co. KG Zeisner Feinkost GmbH & Co. KG is a German delicatessen manufacturer who specializes in sauces. The company was founded in Bremen in 1902 and has since the 1960s, its head office Grasberg, Lower Saxony. The family is currently managing the company in the fourth generation.

In 1937 Zeisner produced Germany's first ketchup at a former manufacturing plant and thus occupied a niche market.

Today, the company mainly occurs as a regional brand in North West Germany, but it also sells its products in Germany and internationally.

A pioneering spirit In 1902, a lot is on the rise: the industry thrives, Art Nouveau is at its peak and Charles Lindbergh was born. In this year the Bremen merchant Waldemar Zeisner decides his start-up at the age of 31 years.

The company's founder estimated the English Worcester sauce and imported gourmet sauces from England. After a short time this one and a number of similar sauces are produced. Zeisner is a family business with the experience of over 100 years and current know-how of the industry.

GERMANY History of the company 1902

The business is founded in Bremen by the pharmacist Waldemar Zeisner in the Philosophenweg, close to the main station.

The first product of the company Zeisner was an own version of the liquid seasoning Worcester sauce.

1937

Georg Zeisner, the founder´s son, develops the first tomato ketchup ever in Germany

after 1945

After World War ll ketchup became more and more popular, because of English and American soldiers

1950ies

GĂźnther Zeisner represents the third generation. The first fast food restaurants open in Germany and people want to add ketchup to their meals.

1967

The head office of Zeisner delicatessen GmbH & Co. KG moves from Bremen to Grasberg

1995

Thomas Zeisner takes over the company Zeisner delicatessen GmbH & Co. KG in the fourth generation

GERMANY

Family Secrets The most important room in the company is the spice room, where the secrets of traditional spice mixtures are kept.

These mixtures changed only slightly since the days of Waldemar Zeisner.The base of the ketchup is an excellent fruity tomato paste for the special taste and Zeisner ketchups are produced under high technological standards The Success In Belgium Zeisner is one of the leading ketchup brands and the curry ketchup of the company is very popular in the USA. Zeisner products of are found in the major supermarket chains in Germany. Zeisner-Ketchup and sauces are exported to the Western European countries and also to other continents.

Thomas Zeisner says, "The greatest success is to produce a product that is to the consumer´s liking.�

GERMANY Roofers Thiericke Volker Thiericke is the owner of the roofing company. The roofing company was founded on 6 January 2011. Today this firm has one employee.

A roofer ensures that the houses are wind and weather proof. But in addition to just roofing roofers must also perform other tasks. He must for example, know all things about wall and waterproofing technology in the whole area of the roof. He must also install the windows and be able to install solar systems

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Creating roof waterproofing with bituminous membranes, plastic sheets and liquid plastic Thermal insulation of roof and exterior wall Coating exterior walls with different materials Construction of green roofs Building devices for removing surface water Installation of roof windows while working on the roof Installation of solar energy systems Installation of lightning conductors

GERMANY Roofer For this job you need the GSCE or a high-school diploma. The following subjects are taught in vocational schools: German, Math, Politics, technical drawing, mathematics, materials science and technical qualification, as related to the job. You have to be really good in mathematics, applied mathematics and expertise. These subjects are very important in the roofing.

Advanced training to become a master craftsman, Meister in German, takes full-time 9 months. Only a Meister is allowed to train apprentices. The prospects of this job are very good.

Volker Thiericke is my father and I am very proud of him.

GREECE “Palamas’ Farm” Palamas Farm is a local industry which produces strained greek Yogurt, which has 15 employees. 6 of them work in the industry and the other 9 distribute the products.

Annually are produced approximately 900kg Yoghurt. The importance of this industry lies in the fact that the local products and the place are advertised.

GREECE FLOW DIAGRAM STRAINED (GREEK) YOGURT 1. MILK RECEPTION 2.PRE-HEATING TANK 30-350 C / 30 min.

3. CLARIFIER 0 4. ENTERING THE SECOND TANK (55-65 C) 5. HOMOGENISER 6. BOILER 0 7. PACKAGING 8. INCUBATION (42-45 C /2.5-3 hours) 9. COOLING 10. DISTRIBUTION

ITALY

Ferrari S.p.A. is an Italian luxury sports car manufacturer based in Maranello. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929, as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of streetlegal vehicles as Ferrari S.p.A. in 1947. Fiat acquired 50% of Ferrari in 1969 and expanded its stake to 85% in 2008.Fiat currently owns 90% of Ferrari.Throughout its history, the company has been noted for its continued participation in racing, especially in Formula One, where it has had great success. Ferrari road cars are generally seen as a symbol of speed, luxury and wealth.“

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HEADQUARTERS Maranello ITALY PRODUCTION OUT PUT 7,318 UNITS (2013

Enzo Ferrari the founder, devoted his entire life to designing and building sports cars. He worked for Alfa Romeo from 1920 to 1929. . At Alfa, he adopted the prancing horse, insignia for his Alfa race car.In 1929, he left Alfa to start Scuderia Ferrari in Modena.

Ferrari moved from Modena to Maranello during the war, where it remains today. During the 1950s, Ferrari had legendary engineers like Lampredi and Jano and the legendary Pinin Farina.. In 1951, a Ferrari 375 brought the team its first victory -- over Alfa Romeo, no less. The 60s were the era of the sexy, swooping 250 Testa Rossa. But things got rough for the Prancing Horse, like when Carroll Shelby brought his Cobra to European race tracks. After years of rivality, the Texan beat the Italian in 1964. Ferrari was having financial troubles and Enzo Ferrari sold part of the company to Fiat in 1969. The '80s also saw the convertible Mondial and the realization of Enzo Ferrari's dream, the F40. But in 1988, Enzo Ferrari died, at the age of 90 In 1991, Luca di Montezemolo took the reins of the Prancing Horse. The hot-blooded Ferrari cars met their match in the cool German driving of Michael Schumacher, who raced Ferraris to seven F1 championships between 1994 and 2004..This Year Ferrari's former Chairman, Luca di Montezemolo,resigned from

REVENUE â‚Ź 2.3 BIILLION EMPLOYERS 2695 (2013)

the company after 23 years and is to be succeded by Enzo Marchionne, CEO and Chairman f Fiat Chrysler Automobile, Ferrari's parent company.

POLAND It is a Polish cosmetics company with global reach. It currently has approx. 400 retail outlets in more than 50 countries on six continents (including about 160 in Poland).

The company was set up in 1983. The international expansion began in 2006 with the opening of the first store in Montreal. In addition, the company operates activity as Inglot Cosmetics. 95 percent of the production is made in Przemysl. The president of the company is Zbigniew Zdzisław Niziński. The company employs several hundred people.

POLAND •The most famous ice cream parlour and sugar shop in Poland.

The Grycan family started to produce ice-cream in 1946. They served it in a very small house, but the first professional ice-cream parlour was opened in Wrocław at Grunwald Square. Its signboard said: ,, Ice-cream Little Bear”. In 2004 they established ,,Grycan” company.

•Now there are many ,,Grycan” parlours all over Poland. Grycan makes his products in a modern factory. They serve also cakes, shakes and smoothies. There are many flavours of ice-cream and sorbets ranging from simple chocolate to tiramisu and fresh fruit.

•Since 1980 they have become famous under ,,Zielona Budka” brand.

SLOVAKIA

SLOVAKIA Kia Motors maintains a number of designs and manufacturing facilities in its home country of South Korea, the United States, Eastern Europe, China and Japan.

In April 2007, Kia opened its first plant in Europe, at the initial cost of €1b, in Žilina, Slovakia, about 200 kilometers north-east of Bratislava, with initial production concentrating around the Kia Cee'd model, designed exclusively for the European market.

The eventual capacity of the plant is 300,000 units per year. It is one of the few car factories in the world that is capable of building up to eight different models on the same line, and build ratios can be tweaked to suit demand. The company employs around 3800 people and the investment amount is € 1.2 billion.

by Patrik Kožuch resource:www.kia.sk

SPAIN

SPAIN Inditex, the biggest fashion group in the world, started his textile activity in 1963 until the present.

In 1988 it begins to expand all over the world with his first shop Zara. Their main goal when they started was to offer a great variety at affordable prices.

Now, it has more than 6,460 stores in five continents with about 128,000 workers. The international expansion of the group began in 1988, with Inditex opening its first foreign store in Oporto, Portugal.

The eight commercial formats are: Zara, Zara Home, Stradivarius, Bershka, Massimo Dutti, Uterq端e, Oysho, Pull&Bear.

Also, in 2008, Inditex launched Uterq端e, the new accessories brand of the company.

SWEDEN

SWEDEN Ö-varvet Ö-varvet is one of the most known company in our community, Öckerö kommun. They work with almost everything that has to do with boats, e.g reparation/service, electricity, new boats and reconstructions. They doesn't repair boats, they also sell fishing stuff. They can help boats that have a weight up to 900 tons.

The company's founder is Ernst Backman and he started their business in 1916, as a reparation yard for fishing boats. Back then there were approximately five to ten people working.

Nowadays it's a very big difference from when they only were five to ten people working beacuse today they are almost 80 employees. Ö-varvet has it's main workshop in the harbour of Öckerö, but they also have a smaller workshop on another island called Hönö. The company has been driven in four generations. Ö-varvet works under the environmental policy called ISO 14001. They want companies to use less resources when they work and lower costs for waste disposal.

This year Ö-varvet had a turnover in a total of 1 542 530 SEK, wich is approximately 167 438 €.

TURKEY

TURKEY •

TURKISH LOCAL FIRM ;UŞAK

.Sesli was founded in Usak, west side of Turkey, in 1967.

•Sesli Group’ s companies activates in textiles and energy sector. Biggest part of the group is Sesli Textiles which produces 5.000 blankets, 10.000 m² rugs and kilims, 20 tones of yarn per day.

•SESLİ Textiles, started production in 1967, is now the leading company which has got the biggest blanket factory of the Middle East and Europe with a 40 years experience in the textile sector.

• Sesli Blankets, are being produced with modern production techniques, in integrated plants based on 60.000 m2 closed area. Today, by having 300-man power, Sesli Tekstil is the popular trademark of World Markets. Sesli Tekstil is making futuristic researches with Research and Development Department, which is the indispensable component of production, and working for production perfect products for their customers.

•Sesli Textiles , by its quality product and after sales maximum service comprehension, with producing jacquard and plain blankets and throws from 100 % Acrylic original fibers, and also cotton-acrylic mixed special blankets ( 60 % Cotton- 40 % Acrylic ) and plush bed cover sets, is the opening view of Turkey for all over the world. Being the biggest blanket producer of Turkey .The company have great responsibility and strategic methods. The main targets of Sesli are high quality, unique designs and above all perfect customer satisfaction.

•In addition to have this big potential in World market, Sesli Tekstil is also on the top of domestic Market in Turkey of 70 million people

TURKEY

TURKEY •Vestel

has been the export leader for 15 years in the Turkish electronics sector and among the 10 well-known and esteemed brands in Turkey.

•With more than 13 thousand employees, 1.050 sales points, 350 after sales centres and thousands of employees working at Vestel suppliers, Vestel creates an income source for 30 thousand people.

•Our facilities located in Manisa, Istanbul, The UK , China, and Taiwan employ the highest calibre engineers developing hardware and software solutions to provide clients with world class quality products.

•Vestel City in Manisa-Turkey is one of the biggest industrial complexes in the world operating on a single field , and Vestel is able to produce more than 35 million electronic products in our production facilities in Manisa-Turkey and in Alexandrov-Russia.

•Vestel is proud to offer new technologies and innovative products. Moreover, the company is one of the 3 Turkish companies listed in the worlds’ 1000 largest corporate spenders.

•Through solid steps taken towards branding, Vestel became the first brand to be accepted to the government support program named “Turquality” aiming to promote branding.

•Vestel is among the largest OEMs (original equipment manufacturer) and ODMs (original design manufacturer) of the world. Sales are carried out on OEM/ODM basis in Europe. In Turkey and Russia, CIS countries, the Middle East and North Africa, Vestel’s strategy is to maintain an own-brand presence.

•In 2006, Vestel acquired the rights to the Finlux and Luxor trademarks, two well-known brands in Scandinavia and Northern Europe, and started manufacturing and exporting under both names. In 2008, Vestfost, one of the most prestigious white goods brands in Europe and Russia, was added to the trademark portfolio.

•Following up the Graetz trademark, which is well-known in Germany, Vestel also signed a licencing agreement for the Telefunken trademark to produce and sell products in the Spanish, Italian and Portuguese markets.

•In 2011, Vestel acquired Electra, Servis, New Pol and Atlantic brands for the sales of white goods products.

•Dikom and @Dikom are the newest trademarks Vestel acquired beginning of 2013.

Register France: Louis Vuitton and PSA Peugeot Citroën French Guiana: Délices de Guyane and The French Guiana Space Centre (CSG) Germany: Zeisner Feinkost GmbH & Co. KG Greece: “Palamas Farm” Italy: Ferrari Poland: Inglot, Grycan Slovakia: Kia Motors Spain: Inditex Sweden: Ö-varvet Turkey: Vestel

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„Peaceful Horizons: Come over – make a project attempt to social solidarity (C.O.M.P.A. S.S)“ is a Comenius project that joined 10 European countries in an attempt to fight against stereotypes, xenophobia and its aim is developing a better knowledge of our different cultural heritages, raising awareness of cultural identity in a local, national and European context. Encouraging, through ongoing contact with other people and cultures, a positive view of European citizenship. Encouraging solidarity and open-mindedness among the different cultures, including the opportunity to make friends with people from other countries and cultures.

Mrs.Sandrine BOITIERE KILANI, Magali RAVEL and Annette SOKOLOWSKI - Lycée Henri Bergson, Paris, FRANCE Mrs. Sandra MACABRE - Collège La Canopée, Matoury, FRENCH GUIANA Ms. Birgit DRUBE-BLOCK - Haupt- und Realschule Grasberg/Worpswede mit Standort Worpswede, GERMANY Mrs. Athanasia KRIKONI- 1o Gymnasio Palamas, Palamas Karditsa, GREECE Mrs. Giuseppa PICCOTTI - Scuola Secondaria I Grado "Mastro Giorgio", Gubbio, ITALY Mrs. Katarzyna ŁASTAWIECKA - Fundacja Szkolna, Warszawa, POLAND Mrs. Gabriela KRÍŽOVSKÁ - Základná škola s materskou školou, Jarná ulica 3168/13, Poprad, SLOVAKIA Miss Carmen LOZANO ACEDO - Colegio Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Badajoz, SPAIN Mrs. Zenita NORDBERG - Brattebergsskolan Öckerö kommun, Öckerö, SWEDEN Mr. Yasin SEVIM - Hasan Zeki Boz Anadolu Lisesi, Uşak, TURKEY The work presented in this document is supported by the European Union. The content of this document is the sole responsibility of the author and it does not represent the opinion of the European Union and the European Union is not responsible or liable for any use that might be made of information contained herein.

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