query: what is the parent company for all toyota divisions worldwide

pos: Toyota Camry and later with the Lexus divisions, producing some hybrid luxury vehicles. It labeled such technology in Toyota cars as "Hybrid Synergy Drive" and in Lexus versions as "Lexus Hybrid Drive". Cumulative global sales of Toyota and Lexus hybrid passenger car models passed the 10 million milestone in January 2017. Its Prius family is the world's top-selling hybrid nameplate with almost 4 million units sold worldwide . , Toyota Motor Corporation sells 33 Toyota and Lexus hybrid passenger car models and one plug-in hybrid in over 90 countries and regions around the world, and the carmaker expects to achieve annual

pos: Toyota Motorsport GmbH Engineering while Jens Marquardt, the former F1 team manager, has become the head of business development, although he will join BMW Motorsport in 2011. Toyota Motorsport is working with "a few dozen" customers on various projects, not all of which are from the motorsport world. Several major projects, including an iQ sports conversion, are being carried out for parent company Toyota Motor Corporation. According to the company's 2010 annual review, Toyota Motorsport has hit its financial targets for the year. Toyota Motorsport provided a TF109 F1 car to Pirelli for tyre testing at various circuits for the Italian company, F1's

pos: Jim Lentz Jim Lentz James "Jim" E. Lentz is an American business executive, and current chief executive officer for Toyota North America; president and chief operating officer of Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (TMA); and a senior managing officer of the parent company Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) which is located in Japan. Lentz began his career at Toyota in 1982 as a Merchandising Manager. In his capacity today, Lentz manages all of Toyota’s North American affiliate companies which include TMA, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. (TMS), and Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing, North America, Inc. (TEMA), which includes responsibilities for Toyota Motor

pos: Toyota Industries one of 13 core companies of the Toyota Group. The company owns 5.55% of Toyota Motor and is the largest shareholder (excluding trust revolving funds). As a countermeasure against hostile merger and acquisition attempts, Toyota Motor currently holds 23.5% of common stock of its parent company Toyota Industries. Toyota Industries is active in five business areas: automotive, materials handling, electronics, logistics, and textile machinery. Toyota-branded forklifts from Toyota Industries share the same logo as Toyota automobiles from Toyota Motor Corporation and are manufactured at the Toyota Industrial Equipment Manufacturing (TIEM) facility in Columbus, Indiana for the US market. Toyota Industries

pos: Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas venture), Toyota announced it would be terminating Corolla and Tacoma production at the NUMMI assembly plant. This change ultimately proved to benefit TMMTX, as Tacoma production was announced to be relocating to TMMTX, resulting in the addition of up to 1,000 workers to support the added production. This change effectively moved all of Toyota's US pickup production to TMMTX for the foreseeable future. Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas, Inc (TMMTX) is an automobile production subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation based in San Antonio, Texas. It owns and operates a manufacturing and assembly facility for the parent company.

pos: Jim Lentz Portland, Oregon region, he worked with Ford. He would later become the distribution manager and field operations manager. He was named “Marketer of the Year” by Advertising Age in 2006, an Automotive News “All Star” in 2007 and honored at Industry Leader of the year. Jim Lentz James "Jim" E. Lentz is an American business executive, and current chief executive officer for Toyota North America; president and chief operating officer of Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (TMA); and a senior managing officer of the parent company Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) which is located in Japan. Lentz began his career at

pos: Toyota Camry and later with the Lexus divisions, producing some hybrid luxury vehicles. It labeled such technology in Toyota cars as "Hybrid Synergy Drive" and in Lexus versions as "Lexus Hybrid Drive". Cumulative global sales of Toyota and Lexus hybrid passenger car models passed the 10 million milestone in January 2017. Its Prius family is the world's top-selling hybrid nameplate with almost 4 million units sold worldwide . , Toyota Motor Corporation sells 33 Toyota and Lexus hybrid passenger car models and one plug-in hybrid in over 90 countries and regions around the world, and the carmaker expects to achieve annual

pos: Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana worldwide demands for the Highlander. TMMI is the sole source of Highlanders for all markets worldwide except China. Chinese-market Highlanders are made in China exclusively for the Chinese market. Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana, Inc. (TMMI) is an automobile manufacturing factory located in Gibson County, Indiana, nearly halfway between Princeton and Fort Branch, and mostly in Union Township. It is part of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America (TEMA), owned by Toyota Motor Corporation of Japan. With over 5,500 employees, TMMI is the largest employer in the Evansville Area. Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana was built in

pos: Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas, Inc (TMMTX) is an automobile production subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation based in San Antonio, Texas. It owns and operates a manufacturing and assembly facility for the parent company. The TMMTX assembly lines currently produce the Tundra full-size pickup truck and the Tacoma mid-size pickup truck. In 2002, Toyota began scouting locations in Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas for a new assembly plant to build the second generation Tundra pickup. After long deliberations including the offer of $227 million in subsidies, a site on the far south side of San Antonio

pos: Lexus LFA a roadster bodystyle premiered in 2008. The production model, trademarked LFA, was unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show in October 2009. Akio Toyoda, CEO of parent company Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) saw the LFA as an opportunity to create a global icon for the Lexus brand, embodying Toyoda's idea that the ultimate Lexus should connect with its owner. The production version of the Lexus LFA features an all-new even firing V10 engine developed in collaboration with Yamaha exclusive to the car and a carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) body. CFRP materials account for 65 percent of the LFA's body composition by

neg: Lexus version putting out 467 horsepower. The LC 500h, a V6 hybrid variant, could potentially become available in late 2017 or early 2018. Lexus International, headed by managing officer Tokuo Fukuichi, coordinates the worldwide operations of Toyota's luxury division. Other executives at Lexus' global headquarters, located in Nagoya, Aichi, include Mark Templin, executive vice president of Lexus International, and managers of the marque's Japan Sales and Marketing and global Product and Marketing Planning divisions. While organizationally separate from its parent company, Lexus International reports directly to Toyota chief executive officer Akio Toyoda. In the U.S., Lexus operations are headed by Jeffrey

neg: Havas 2000, Havas the parent company decided to rename itself Vivendi Universal Publishing and to divest itself of its remaining stake in the Havas Advertising. So the "Havas Advertising" board decided to acquire the "Havas" name from its parent. The decision was approved by the annual shareholders meeting held on 23 May 2002. In September 2003, the group re-centred itself around three core divisions: Agencies from the Diversified Agencies division were sold or absorbed into the remaining divisions, Euro RSCG Worldwide (integrated communications); MPG (Media planning and buying) and Arnold Worldwide Partners (advertising). In July 2004, after having completed its strategic

neg: Corporate spin-off old environment and help them grow in a new environment. Spin-offs also allow high-growth divisions, once separated from other low-growth divisions, to command higher valuation multiples. In most cases, the parent company or organization offers support doing one or more of the following: All the support from the parent company is provided with the explicit purpose of helping the spin-off grow. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission's definition of "spin-off" is more precise. Spin-offs occur when the equity owners of the parent company receive equity stakes in the newly spun off company. For example, when Agilent Technologies was spun

neg: Toyota Prius of the Prius c variant passed the one million mark during the first half of 2015. The Prius family totaled global cumulative sales of 6.1 million units in January 2017, representing 61% of the 10 million hybrids sold worldwide by Toyota since 1997. Prius is a Latin word meaning "first", "original", "superior" or "to go before". In February 2011, Toyota USA asked the US public to decide on what the most proper plural form of Prius should be, with choices including Prien, Prii, Prium, Prius, or Priuses. The company announced on 20 February that "Prii" was the most popular choice,

neg: Passenger vehicles in the United States and its derivatives Outback and Baja, as well as the new B9 Tribeca. The two latter models are only built in Indiana for all markets where they are sold. After Toyota acquired a stake in Fuji Heavy Industries, the parent company of Subaru, it shifted some of the Toyota Camry production to the Lafayette plant. Tesla is a Silicon Valley-based company that designs, manufactures and sells electric cars and electric vehicle powertrain components. Tesla Motors gained widespread attention by producing the Tesla Roadster, the first fully electric sports car, followed by the Model S, a fully electric luxury sedan. Tesla

neg: Ultimate Fighting Championship the end of 2017. Ultimate Fighting Championship The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada, that is owned and operated by parent company William Morris Endeavor. It is the largest MMA promotion company in the world and features the highest-level fighters on the roster. The UFC produces events worldwide that showcase twelve weight divisions and abide by the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. As of 2018, the UFC has held over 400 events. Dana White serves as the president of the UFC. White has held that position since 2001;

neg: Ultimate Fighting Championship Ultimate Fighting Championship The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada, that is owned and operated by parent company William Morris Endeavor. It is the largest MMA promotion company in the world and features the highest-level fighters on the roster. The UFC produces events worldwide that showcase twelve weight divisions and abide by the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. As of 2018, the UFC has held over 400 events. Dana White serves as the president of the UFC. White has held that position since 2001; while under his stewardship,

neg: Toyota Toyota Toyota is the world's market leader in sales of hybrid electric vehicles, and one of the largest companies to encourage the mass-market adoption of hybrid vehicles across the globe. Toyota is also a market leader in hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles. Cumulative global sales of Toyota and Lexus hybrid passenger car models achieved the 10 million milestone in January 2017. Its Prius family is the world's top selling hybrid nameplate with over 6 million units sold worldwide . The company was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda in 1937, as a spinoff from his father's company Toyota Industries to create automobiles. Three years

neg: Subaru Sambar . Carburetors are no longer used on the current version of the Subaru EN engine for the entire product line, and the EF engine is no longer manufactured. To address safety concerns with side impact resistance, on 1 October 1998 the width dimension was modified to . On June 26 2007 an article appeared in the Japanese newspaper Nikkan Kogyo, claiming that due to the investment by Toyota in Fuji Heavy Industries, the parent company of Subaru, all production of kei class vehicles made by Subaru would end and be replaced by Toyota-owned Daihatsu models rebadged as Subarus. This did

neg: Hybrid electric vehicles in the United States vehicles (SUVs) have been sold in the country through May 2016, led by the Toyota Prius, which passed the 1 million mark in April 2011, and has sold 1,643,000 units since 2000 through April 2016, representing a 40.8% market share of all hybrids sold in the U.S. since their inception in 1999. The Toyota Prius family is the market leader with 1,932,805 units sold through April 2016, representing a 48.0% market share of total hybrid sales in the U.S. Out of the 9.0145 million hybrids sold worldwide by Toyota Motor Company through April 2016, the United States accounted for 44.7%

neg: Multi-divisional form Multi-divisional form Multi-divisional form (also known as M-form or MDF) refers to an organizational structure by which the firm is separated into several semi autonomous units which are guided and controlled by (financial) targets from the center. Multi-divisional forms simply means that there is one parent company, and that parent company owns smaller companies that use its brand and name. The whole organization is ultimately controlled by central management, but most decisions are left to autonomous divisions. Generally, a parent company will own all of the smaller companies and the smaller companies will provide one service. The multidivisional form (M-form)

neg: Down Shift Magazine cater to specific automotive enthusiast groups such as the Nissan 300ZX, Nissan 350Z, Infiniti G35, Toyota Supra, Toyota MR-2, BMW M3, and ALMS/IRL/CART motor sports. In the South East United States, "Down Shift" is an industry leader, reporting a bi-annual readership in excess of 25,000 and circulation numbers of 10,000 or greater. Copies of the publication are available in print as well as digitally online via the PDF format. A subsidiary of parent company Down Shift, LLC both the magazine and parent company have been in business since 2003 and are registered as a limited liability corporation in Florida. The

neg: Toyota its debut on the 1989 Toyota Celsior and quickly gained worldwide recognition. The three ovals in the new logo combine to form the letter "T", which stands for Toyota. The overlapping of the two perpendicular ovals inside the larger oval represents the mutually beneficial relationship and trust between the customer and the company while the larger oval surrounding both of these inner ovals represents the "global expansion of Toyota's technology and unlimited potential for the future". The new logo started appearing on all printed material, advertisements, dealer signage, and most of the vehicles themselves in 1990. In predominantly Chinese-speaking countries

neg: Boeing Capital Boeing Capital Boeing Capital is a subsidiary of The Boeing Company, providing asset-based leasing and lending services. Boeing Capital is made up of two divisions, Aircraft Financial Services and Space & Defense Financial Services. It operates as a support unit for Boeing's main businesses. Boeing Capital was incorporated in 1968 as McDonnell Douglas Finance, but this name was changed to Boeing Capital in 1997, when Boeing merged with the McDonnell Douglas Corporation. The subsidiary is known as a worldwide provider of financial services, but primarily supports its parent corporation. In September 2018, Boeing, Boeing Capital and insurance firm Marsh &

neg: Beazley Group 2001. Andrew Beazley served as chief executive until September 2008 when he was succeeded by Andrew Horton. Beazley underwrites a diverse book of insurance and reinsurance business for clients worldwide. Beazley’s business is divided into six operating divisions: life, accident & health, marine, political risks & contingency, property, reinsurance and specialty lines (professional, management and environmental liability). Beazley is a market leader in many of its chosen lines, which include professional indemnity, property, environmental liability, cyber liability, marine, reinsurance, accident and life, and political risks and contingency business. Beazley Group Beazley plc is the parent company of specialist insurance businesses

neg: Toyota believed to sound better, and its eight-stroke count in the Japanese language was associated with wealth and good fortune. The original logo is no longer found on its vehicles but remains the corporate emblem used in Japan. Still, no guidelines existed for the use of the brand name, so "TOYOTA", which was used throughout most of the world, led to inconsistencies in its worldwide marketing campaigns. To remedy this, Toyota introduced a new worldwide logo in October 1989 to commemorate the 50th year of the company, and to differentiate it from the newly released luxury Lexus brand. The logo made

neg: The Ant Farm The Ant Farm Ant Farm is an entertainment marketing and advertising agency owned by DDB Worldwide and part of the Omnicom Group. Founded in 1996 by Barbara Glazer and Michael Greenfeld, the agency became well known for its work on motion picture trailers and commercials. It was sold to DDB in 2002, and Glazer and Greenfeld left in 2007. Ant Farm has multiple divisions: Theatrical, Games, Broadcast, Digital, Design, and Experiential. Ant Farm's theatrical arm is Industry Creative, which has created award-winning campaigns for the "Transformers" franchise and "American Hustle". On July 26, 2018, Ant Farm's parent company, Omnicom, announced

neg: Dancer Fitzgerald Sample Fitzgerald Sample was responsible for developing the "Oh What A Feeling" worldwide campaign for Toyota, and that legacy survives today in Saatchi & Saatchi's continuing global relationship with Toyota. "Oh What a Feeling" was preceded by Toyota with "Get the Feeling" which was a line first aired for Olympia Beer in the lyric "Get the Feeling...Get the Feeling of Olympia, Feel on top of the World Olympia!" That Olympia jingle was written by Alan Snedeker, as was a jingle for Cheerios with the lyric "Get a Pow Pow Powerful Good Good Feeling from Cheer Cheer Cheerios. That jingle was aired

neg: Subaru Industrial Power Products 700,000 eighth largest engine manufacturer in the world. Subaru Industrial Power Products have been sold worldwide for more than 40 years. The engines were previously marketed under the Wisconsin Robin brand in North America under an agreement with Teledyne Total Power in 1969. FHI is the parent company of Subaru Robin Industrial Engines. FHI includes four main divisions: Automobile, Aerospace, Eco Technologies and Industrial Products. As of December 13, 2016, Subaru Industrial Power Products was acquired by Yamaha Motor Corp., USA. On October 2nd, 2017, Subaru Corporation withdrew from the small engine power product business and ceased the production and

neg: Cubic Corporation Cubic Corporation Cubic Corporation is an American public corporation providing diversified systems and services to the transportation and defense markets worldwide. Founded and headquartered in 9333 Balboa Avenue, San Diego, CA, 92123, Cubic Corporation is the parent company of three major divisions: Cubic Transportation Systems, Cubic Mission Solutions and Cubic Global Defense. Cubic employs 7,900 people with offices locations across the globe. Cubic's fiscal year 2014 sales totaled $1.398 billion. Bradley H. Feldmann was named president and chief executive officer of Cubic Corporation in July 2014. Cubic's operating segments include: TeraLogics is a provider of real-time Full Motion Video Processing

neg: Mary Parent Mary Parent Mary Parent (born 1968) is an American film producer, and former studio executive. In February 2011 she co-founded Disruption Entertainment, a company with a first-look deal at Paramount Pictures. She was formerly the Chairperson of Metro Goldwyn Mayer's Worldwide Motion Picture Group. She was a former President of Production for Universal Studios. There, she was responsible for "Meet the Fockers", "The Bourne Supremacy", "Serenity", and other films. In 2004, Parent and Scott Stuber were named Vice Chairman of Worldwide Production for Universal Pictures. In 2005, Universal inked a production deal with the duo under the shingle Stuber/Parent Productions.

neg: Australian Motor Industries of the restructure resulted in the sale of their share in the Mercedes Benz franchise to the German parent company. In 1963 the company secured the Australian franchise for Toyota cars and began assembly of the Tiara range. From this point the financial position of the company steadily improved and by 1967 AMI was assembling 32 different models for the Australian market, as well as importing fully assembled Toyota Corollas for their dealer network. Other cars assembled by AMI included the Rambler range from American Motors and Triumph cars from Leyland Motors. Leyland had inherited shares in AMI when it

neg: ABC Family Worldwide it its share in the joint venture, but were unable to agree in a proper valuation. The ensuing conflict resulted in the two companies deciding to sell Fox Family Worldwide to a third-party. At the time, Fox was also preparing to acquire Hughes Electronics, the parent company of television provider DirecTV. On October 24, 2001, The Walt Disney Company acquired Fox Family Worldwide for $2.9 billion cash plus $2.3 billion in debt assumption, which gave Disney control of the Fox Family channel (which, owing to its new ownership, was renamed ABC Family, and its parent company renamed ABC Family Worldwide),

neg: Visteon Visteon Visteon Corporation (VC) is an American global automotive electronics supplier and Fortune 500 company spun off from the Ford Motor Company in 2000. Visteon is composed of multiple businesses that design, engineer, and manufacture vehicle cockpit electronics products and connected car solutions for a diversified customer base, including all of the major automakers worldwide. Visteon is a spinoff from the Ford Motor Company, as Delphi is from General Motors and Denso is from Toyota. In 2017, Visteon had sales of US$3.146 billion and approximately 10,000 employees at more than 40 facilities in 18 countries. Since its independence from Ford,

neg: Singer Corporation several years in the 1970s, Singer set up a national sales force for CAT phototypesetting machines (of UNIX troff fame) made by another Massachusetts company, Graphic Systems Inc. This division was purchased by Wang Laboratories in 1978. The Singer Corporation produces a range of consumer products, including electronic sewing machines. It is now part of SVP Worldwide, which also owns the Pfaff and Husqvarna Viking brands, which is in turn owned by Kohlberg & Company, which bought Singer in 2004. Its main competitors are Brother Industries, Janome, Aisin Seiki—a Toyota Group company that manufactures Toyota, Necchi and E&R Classic Sewing

neg: Kalina cycle those possible with first generation cycles. The "Kalina cycle" trademark and all first generation global patents that are still in force are owned by Wasabi Energy plc. owner of Global Geothermal Ltd., parent company of Recurrent Engineering Inc. Some of the original Kalina cycle patents have expired and have now entered the public domain. Global Geothermal Ltd. (parent company: Wasabi Energy Ltd.) owns all the worldwide entities licensed to deploy the first generation Kalina Cycle process. As a result, GGL controls the Kalina cycle rights and over 200 international patents associated with this technology. The process is currently used via

neg: Toyota In October 2012, Toyota announced a recall of 7.43 million vehicles worldwide to fix malfunctioning power window switches, the largest recall since that of Ford Motor Company in 1996. The move came after a series of recalls between 2009 and 2011 in which it pulled back around 10 million cars amidst claims of faulty mechanics. In March 2014, Toyota agreed to pay a fine of for concealing information and misleading the public about the safety issues behind the recalls on Toyota and Lexus vehicles affected by unintended acceleration. Toyota never agreed to be at fault for the problem. In early

neg: History of Toyota his focus on investment in equipment. One example was the construction of the Motomachi Plant in 1959, which gave Toyota a decisive lead over Nissan during the 1960s. In 1950, a separate sales company, Toyota Motor Sales Co., was established (which lasted until July 1982). In April 1956, the Toyopet dealer chain was established. In 1957, the Crown became the first Japanese car to be exported to the United States and Toyota's American and Brazilian divisions, "Toyota Motor Sales Inc." and "Toyota do Brasil S.A.", were also established. Toyota began to expand in the 1960s with a new research and

neg: Hybrid electric vehicle Company with more than 10 million Lexus and Toyota hybrids sold , followed by Honda Motor Co., Ltd. with cumulative global sales of more than 1.35 million hybrids ; , worldwide hybrid sales are led by the Toyota Prius liftback, with cumulative sales of almost 4 million units. The Prius nameplate had sold more than 6 million hybrids up to January 2017. Global Lexus hybrid sales achieved the 1 million unit milestone in March 2016. , the conventional Prius is the all-time best-selling hybrid car in both Japan and the U.S., with sales of over 1.8 million in Japan and

neg: TI Media significant change in management, save for the appointment of Mirror Group directors as chairmen. In 1963 all the companies were combined by the creation of a parent (or "holding") company called the International Publishing Corporation (known informally as IPC). All of the existing companies would continue to exist, but as IPC subsidiaries. IPC then set up a management development department in 1965, to rationalise its holdings, so that its various subsidiaries would no longer be in competition with each other for the same markets. This led to a reorganisation of the Group, in 1968, into six divisions: All the divisions

neg: Aisin Seiki products. Aisin AI is an independent company under Aisin Seiki. It was spun off in July 1991, moving its headquarters to Nishio City. Aisin AI supplied only Toyota through 1996, when DaimlerChrysler and Isuzu began using their products. The company later began supplying products to other companies worldwide. Aisin constructed a factory in the United States of America in 1986, with production beginning in 1989. This factory, in Seymour, Indiana has since been expanded and supplies components for Honda, General Motors, Mitsubishi Motors, Nissan and Toyota. The company also operates in Marion, Illinois. On October 5, 2005, Aisin USA opened

neg: The Toyota Way a "learning organization", continually reflecting on its practices and striving for improvement. According to Liker, the process of becoming a learning organization involves criticizing every aspect of what one does. There is a question of uptake of the principles now that Toyota has production operations in many different countries around the world. As a "New York Times" article notes, while the corporate culture may have been easily disseminated by word of mouth when Toyota manufacturing was only in Japan, with worldwide production, many different cultures must be taken into account. Concepts such as "mutual ownership of problems", or ""genchi genbutsu"",

neg: Toyota Australia two-millionth locally built Toyota was produced in 2004. In 2005, the ten-millionth worldwide Camry was built at Altona. The complete closure and end of all Toyota production operations at the Port Melbourne plant took place in May 2006. All manufacturing was shifted to Altona. The milestone of the 500,000th Toyota Australia vehicle export also occurred in May 2006. The vehicle was a Toyota Camry, headed for New Zealand. Many Toyota vehicles have been built at either Altona or Port Melbourne, including the Tiara, Corona, Crown, Corolla, Camry and Avalon. The Toyota Land Cruiser was never built in Australia. As of

neg: Toyota Tsusho focused on the Southeast Asia markets and dealt in rubber, paper, food, chemicals and general merchandise. Toyota Tsusho then acquired Tomen Corporation, another Japanese trading company, on April 1, 2006. This acquisition expanded Toyota Tsusho's food, textiles, chemicals and energy business and caused it to leapfrog Sojitz to become the sixth-largest general trading company in Japan. Tomen had been founded in 1920 as from the cotton trading business of Mitsui & Co. and was active in grain processing, power generation, agrochemicals and other business areas worldwide. These acquisitions together expanded Toyota Tsusho's business beyond its historical automotive focus. In March

neg: History of Toyota first Model A1 passenger car in May 1935 and the G1 truck in August 1935. Production of the Model AA passenger car started in 1936. Early vehicles bear a striking resemblance to the Dodge Power Wagon and Chevrolet, with some parts actually interchanging with their American originals. Although the Toyota Group is best known today for its cars, it is still in the textile business and still makes automatic looms, which are now computerized, and electric sewing machines which are available, worldwide. Toyota Motor Co. was established as an independent and separate company in 1937. Although the founding family's name

neg: Sky News and ITN and ensure that they compete with what is a very important news service". The channel has never been run for a profit, and has considered using ITN to supplement the service. By March 1992, Sky News' parent company turned from loss to profit. On the channel's growth, Murdoch said at that time: "Sky News, has quietly, if expensively, become the first building block of what we envision will become the premier worldwide electronic news-gathering network anywhere. Ask anyone in Europe, and particularly the BBC and you will be told that Sky News has added a new and better

neg: Toyota Project Genesis 1999, Project Genesis was a task force formed by Yoshimi Inaba, president of Toyota Motor Sales USA and James Press, COO of TMS. They intended to take three new products which were about to be introduced and sell them as a "marque within a marque" through Toyota's United States and Japanese dealer network. The cars, the Celica, MR2 Spyder, and Echo, would be bundled together and advertised differently from other Toyota models. At the time, in America, these vehicles were in segments that were shrinking and not necessarily considered typical youth segments. Regardless, the parent company in Japan challenged Toyota

neg: Lions Clubs International globe and have a current membership roster of 1.4 million members worldwide. In addition to adult Lions Clubs, the Lions family includes Lioness Clubs, Leo Clubs, Campus Lions Clubs and Lion Cubs. These divisions are parts of Lions Clubs International. Lioness Club Membership is generally for women, with exceptions of men also becoming Lioness members nowadays. They are formed under a parent Lions Club. The Lions Club thus becomes the Parent Club for the Lioness Club. Naming of the Club is also like that of the Lions Club—e.g., Lions Club of Satara United Dist 323D-1 forming and sponsoring a Lioness

neg: Libre Publishing the BL imprint SuBLime in collaboration with Libre and its parent company Animate to publish English-language BL for the print and worldwide digital market. Although the first slate of books announced under SuBLime are Libre titles, the imprint will potentially offer titles from other Japanese publishers in the future. Libre Publishing Libre Publishing is a Japanese boys love manga publishing company. It was founded on May 8, 2006, and is the successor to Biblos (1988–2006), which folded due to the failure of its parent company. The bankruptcy of Biblos's parent company, the publisher "Hekitensha" provoked a chain reaction and one

neg: Zirtual notified that the company would resume operations by August 17. In an interview with Fortune.com, Donovan discusses what went wrong with the finances. Startups.co, the parent company of services such as Launchrock, Clarity, and Fundable, acquired Zirtual in an all-stock transaction. Zirtual Zirtual, founded in 2011, is a privately held American company that provides virtual assistant services to professionals, entrepreneurs and small corporate teams. Zirtual is headquartered in Columbus, OH, under the parent company Startups.co. The company employs over 200 virtual assistants, called “Zirtual Assistants” or VAs, in 39 states, making it an all U.S.-based workforce, that serves clients in

neg: Lexus marque in the U.S. for 10 consecutive years. In 2010, Lexus underwent a gradual sales recovery in North America and Asia as the marque focused on adding hybrids and new model derivatives. Sales in the U.S. held steady despite the 2009–2010 Toyota vehicle recalls, several of which included Lexus models. The ES 350 and certain IS models were affected by a recall for potentially jamming floor mats, while parent company Toyota bore the brunt of negative publicity amid investigations over its series of product recalls and problem rates per-vehicle. The redesigned GX 460 was also voluntarily recalled in April 2010

neg: Bitzer SE the long-standing company Armaturenwerk Altenburg GmbH in 2013. In all of its subsidiaries, Bitzer insists on an environmental policy that conserves resources, and the company has earned a wide variety of certifications. In 2008, the parent company was restructured as a European Corporation (SE), Bitzer SE. The company manufactures components for refrigeration and air conditioning technology: Bitzer SE Bitzer SE (Societas Europaea) is a manufacturer of refrigeration and air conditioning technology. In 2017, the company, which is headquartered in Sindelfingen, Germany, earned sales of €740 million. Bitzer SE has 64 locations and, as of 2017, had approximately 3,500 employees worldwide.

neg: Tokio Marine Tokio Marine , is a multinational insurance holding company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is the largest property/casualty insurance group in Japan in terms of revenue and is the parent company for the Tokio Marine Group which employs 36,000 people in 38 countries worldwide. Tokio Marine is part of Mitsubishi, one of the few Japanese giant conglomerates (Keiretsu). Founded in 1879 as Tokio Marine Insurance, it is the oldest insurance company in Japan. Millea Holdings was established in 2002 to become the parent company to Tokio Marine Insurance and Nichido Fire Insurance in preparation for their merger, before being renamed

neg: Charlotte Ballet divisions and an Open Division. The school now offers a conservatory program, developed in 2004, for serious dance students who wishes to incorporate their dance classes with their academics. Charlotte Ballet Charlotte Ballet is the oldest professional ballet company in North Carolina. It was founded by Robert Lindgren former Dean of Dance at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in 1970. It currently has 22 dancers and is the parent company of Charlotte Ballet Academy. Charlotte Ballet has performed an extensive repertoire over the years. Charlotte Ballet is the parent company to the Charlotte Ballet Academy, formerly

neg: Anime Expo (SPJA), the parent organization which produces Anime Expo, is a federal and California state registered 501(c)(6) non-profit corporation. The operation of Anime Expo is divided into two groups: Entertainment & Operations. Entertainment has the following divisions: AV Tech, Entertainment Hall, Guest Relations, Interactive Events and Programming. Operations has the following divisions: Exhibit Hall & Registration and Facilities. As of 2013, the SPJA employed 11 employees and over 1,000 volunteers for Anime Expo. Anime Expo's parent company, the SPJA, has a number of additional paid positions whose roles are to conduct the organization's year-round operations. Such positions also include the: Administration

neg: Car platform four brands' platform siblings. A similar strategy applied to what is known as the N-J-L platform, arguably the most prolific of GM's efforts on one platform. Once more, GM's four lower level divisions all offered various models on this platform throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s. Japanese carmakers have followed the platform sharing practice with Honda's Acura line, Nissan's Infiniti brand, and Toyota's Lexus marque, as the entry-level luxury models are based on their mainstream lineup. For example, the Lexus ES is essentially an upgraded and rebadged Toyota Camry. After Daimler-Benz purchased Chrysler, Chrysler engineers used several M-B platforms

neg: Southern Company Services Southern Company Services Southern Company Services, Inc., headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, is the shared services division of Southern Company. Formed in 1963, as Southern Services, the company provides administrative and operational services to all of Southern Company's operating divisions. The company also provides engineering services to Alabama Power, Georgia Power, Gulf Power and Mississippi Power. Southern Services was formed in 1963 as a shared services department for Southern Company's five electric operating divisions. The idea was first conceived by Eugene A. Yates, Southern Company's first President, although not implemented until much later. The division was originally headquartered in what is

neg: Corporate spin-off Corporate spin-off A corporate spin-off, also known as a spin-out, or starburst, is a type of corporate action where a company "splits off" a section as a separate business. Spin-offs are divisions of companies or organizations that then become independent businesses with assets, employees, intellectual property, technology, or existing products that are taken from the parent company. Shareholders of the parent company receive equivalent shares in the new company in order to compensate for the loss of equity in the original stocks. However, shareholders may then buy and sell stocks from either company independently; this potentially makes investment in the

neg: Intrepid Pictures as the COO of Propaganda Films and independently produced Auto Focus. A year after forming the company, Rogue signed a deal with Intrepid to co-produce, co-finance and distribute films with partnership with Universal Studios, Rogue's then-parent company, for five years. The company then debuted with "Waist Deep" in 2006, which critically flopped but gained $21.35 million worldwide. After stumbles, the group broke through with "The Strangers". In May 2012 FilmDistrict acquired the film rights to what would become "Oculus". Soon after, the film released on April 11, 2013, to commercial and critical success, earning $44 million over a $5 million

neg: Toyota Cricket Board and the AFL. In March 2015, Toyota became a sponsor partner for the Olympic Games, in the form of supplying vehicles and communications between vehicles until 2024. Toyota's management philosophy has evolved from the company's origins and has been reflected in the terms "Lean Manufacturing" and Just In Time Production, which it was instrumental in developing. Toyota's managerial values and business methods are known collectively as the Toyota Way. Many businesses worldwide have adopted a similar approach to manufacturing. In April 2001, Toyota adopted the "Toyota Way 2001", an expression of values and conduct guidelines that all Toyota

neg: The Toyota Way sudden acceleration in its vehicles and the company faced a potential recall situation. There were questions if Toyota's crisis was caused by the company losing sight of its own principles. The Toyota Way in this case did not address the problem and provide direction on what the automaker would be doing, but managers instead protected the company and issued flat-out denials and placed the blame at others. The consequence of the automaker's actions led to the 2009–11 Toyota vehicle recalls. Although one of the Toyota Way principles is to "build a culture of stopping to fix problems to get quality

neg: Hybrid Synergy Drive the MG2 have separate reduction paths, and are combined in a "compound" gear which is connected to the final reduction gear train and differential; it was introduced on all-wheel drive and rear-wheel drive Lexus models. By May 2007 Toyota had sold one million hybrids worldwide; two million by the end of August 2009; and passed the 5 million mark in March 2013. , more than 7 million Lexus and Toyota hybrids had been sold worldwide. The United States accounted for 38% of TMC global hybrid sales . Toyota's HSD system replaces a normal geared transmission with an electromechanical system. An

neg: Eiji Toyoda plant, to this day it is considered the "mother factory" for Toyota Motor production facilities worldwide. Toyoda visited Ford River Rouge Complex at Dearborn, Michigan during the early 1950s. He was awed by the scale of the facility but dismissive of what he saw as its inefficiencies. Toyota Motor had been in the business of manufacturing cars for 13 years at this stage, and had produced just over 2,500 automobiles. The Ford plant in contrast manufactured 8,000 vehicles a day. Due to this experience, Toyoda decided to adopt American automobile mass production methods but with a qualitative twist. Toyoda collaborated

neg: Euronews worldwide. As of September 2018, the other language editions are unaffected, with the pre-produced blocks of video content remaining at all times, although there are plans to introduce presenter-led programming during the morning slots on these other channels. After the takeover of Sky plc by NBCUniversal's parent company Comcast on 22 September 2018, EuronewsNBC will increase its worldwide reach, as it plans to closely integrate its operations (and those of NBC News) with those of Sky News. The channel is available in 430 million households in 166 countries worldwide. It reaches more than 170 million European households by cable, satellite

neg: Toyota G1 derived from the same engine and chassis (slightly lengthened). The financial resources of the parent company, Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, were stretched almost to breaking point and large loans were required to put the G1 into production. The total cost of the G1 development was well several times the annual profits of Toyoda. The G1 was sold as a Toyoda. The company changed its name from Toyoda to Toyota at the introduction of the G1's successor, the GA. Since this was Toyoda's first production vehicle, there were still many problems to be solved. When the first production examples were driven

neg: Maquet all web traffic re-direction rights, content and links to former Datascope products and services, now owned by MAQUET auto-redirect to its homepage, specifically for support of all devices not now owned by Mindray. Maquet Maquet (self-styled as MAQUET) is a multinational German company based in Rastatt with focus on equipment for surgical workplaces, anesthesia systems, workstations for intensive care and cardiovascular devices. MAQUET does business in three primary divisions - Surgical Workplaces, Critical Care and Cardiovascular. Maquet is one of the three primary business units of Swedish parent Getinge Group. Productions facilities are located in: The foundation for MAQUET was

neg: Excon Worldwide, Inc. by the commodity trading divisions. The mortgage, insurance, and real estate development divisions are managed under a different brand. The only subsidiaries which kept the same name after being acquired by Excon Worldwide, Inc. were Cannix Energy Corporation and Excon Online. Excon Worldwide is one of the largest commodity trading companies in North America. Excon Worldwide employs approximately 12,500 staff. Excon Worldwide was launched in 1987 as an energy trading and communications company. Since then, Excon has branched out into mortgages, insurance, and real estate development services. Excon opened its first American location in Los Angeles, the second location which

neg: Zimmer (automobile) Corporation fell into serious economic distress and the $325 million a year parent company was forced into bankruptcy, taking down with it all of its operating divisions, including the highly successful and profitable $25 million a year car company. It's ironic, but Paul Zimmer owned a 1984 Rolls Royce Silver Spur, which he drove to work every day. The board didn't think that was good for business, so he sold the car which is now in my possession. In September 1996, Art Zimmer (who is no relation to the original Zimmer family) became aware that an automobile had been manufactured

neg: TMP Worldwide Advertising and Communications (TMP) a “directional marketing company,” focused on Yellow Pages advertising for large, multi-site clients. In 1993, McKelvey partnered with Recruitment Advertising innovator Don Tendler, formerly of Davis & Dorand, to launch and grow a Recruitment Division for TMP. In 1995 TMP's Recruitment Division acquired The Monster Board and Online Career Center (OCC). TMP Worldwide went public in 1996 and its career websites grew and eventually merged as Monster.com in 1999. TMP Worldwide was officially renamed Monster Worldwide in 2003, with Monster and TMP Worldwide as “sister divisions.” The former eResourcing and Executive Search divisions of TMP also spun off to

neg: Freeform (TV channel) Nickelodeon, leveraging the library of Fox Kids Worldwide (which was a joint venture between Fox and Saban Entertainment). News Corp negotiated to purchase a stake in the channel, with IFE as a partner. After competing bids were submitted by Nickelodeon parent Viacom and The Walt Disney Company (parent of fellow competitor Disney Channel) to acquire IFE as a whole, News Corporation placed its own bid to buy the company for $1.8 billion. On June 11, 1997, International Family Entertainment was acquired by the Fox/Saban consortium, renamed Fox Family Worldwide, for $1.9 billion. The Family Channel was officially renamed Fox Family

neg: The Educational Media Company at Virginia Tech the EMCVT General Manager. The Educational Media Company at Virginia Tech The Educational Media Company at Virginia Tech (EMCVT) is an independent governing body over student mass media organizations of the Virginia Tech campus. The EMCVT board of directors is made up of Virginia Tech faculty and staff, students, and members of the Blacksburg, Virginia community. As the parent company, EMCVT owns the copyrights on all media produced by its divisions. In 2003, the structure of the EMCVT was called into question by Virginia House of Delegates member Robert G. Marshall as a result of content he found objectionable on

neg: The Educational Media Company at Virginia Tech The Educational Media Company at Virginia Tech The Educational Media Company at Virginia Tech (EMCVT) is an independent governing body over student mass media organizations of the Virginia Tech campus. The EMCVT board of directors is made up of Virginia Tech faculty and staff, students, and members of the Blacksburg, Virginia community. As the parent company, EMCVT owns the copyrights on all media produced by its divisions. In 2003, the structure of the EMCVT was called into question by Virginia House of Delegates member Robert G. Marshall as a result of content he found objectionable on the program "Sex Talk

neg: Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League Kelly, Jr. assumed the administrative reins and continued to head the association until 2007. The UNIA 1929 headed by Garvey continued operating in Jamaica until he moved to England in 1935. There he set up office for the parent body of the UNIA 1929 and maintained contact with all its divisions. UNIA 1929 conventions were held in Canada in 1936, 1937, and 1938. The 1937 sessions were highlighted by the introduction of the first course of African philosophy conducted by Garvey. Garvey became ill in January 1940, and died on June 10, 1940. UNIA members worldwide participated in eulogies, memorial

neg: Toyota All-Star Showdown race as part of the 2009 season. "By NASCAR season" Joey Logano was disqualified for intentionally crashing leader Peyton Sellers in the final lap to pass Sellers to win the race. Mike Olsen was disqualified for illegal right-side wheels that were wider and lighter than what is approved by NASCAR. "By NASCAR season" "By NASCAR season" Toyota All-Star Showdown The Toyota All-Star Showdown was a nonpoints, all-star race that brought together the top drivers in NASCAR's lower-level series. It was inaugurated in 2003, and all six events so far have been held at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale in suburban Los

neg: Live Nation (events promoter) all-stock deal. The merger was consumnated in early 2010, with both companies becoming divisions of the new parent company Live Nation Entertainment. In June 2013, Insomniac Events, a promoter focused on electronic dance music, announced a major "creative partnership" with Live Nation, giving the promoter access to Live Nation's resources while remaining an independent company. Live Nation did not take any ownership stake in Insomniac. 1996-2001 2006 – 2008 2009 – 2012 2013 – Present Live Nation is currently constructing a physical recording label, Live Nation Artists, which will be a division of Live Nation International Music. The company is

neg: Pathmark of a planned Pathmark, reflecting the parent company's diminished faith in the Pathmark banner. On December 12, 2010, A&P filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, citing assets of $2.5 billion and debts totaling $3.2 billion. The company emerged from bankruptcy protection on March 13, 2012, making its six supermarket divisions, including Pathmark, private. On July 26, 2013, the Wall Street Journal reported that A&P is seeking to sell the company after emerging from bankruptcy in 2012. On July 19, 2015, A&P filed for Chapter 11 protection for the second time in less than five years. By November 25, 2015 all

neg: Whelen Engineering Company Whelen Engineering Company The Whelen Engineering Company, Inc is an American corporation that designs and manufactures audio and visual warning equipment for automotive, aviation, and mass notification industries worldwide. Founded in 1952, Whelen has become a provider of warning lights, white illumination lighting, sirens, and controllers. Whelen products are designed, manufactured, and assembled in two facilities in Chester, Connecticut and Charlestown, New Hampshire. The Whelen Company is divided into four divisions and has a subsidiary called Whelen Motorsports. The four divisions of the company are as follows: Whelen Motorsports is partnered with NASCAR and is the "Officially Licensed Warning Lights

neg: Danny Sullivan the route of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, which both men have won. Sullivan serves as a Senior Advisor at Tempus Jets and its parent company, Orion Air Group, LLC. He also has various business relationships with Lexus, ABC/ESPN, CBS, Red Bull, Acura, and Toyota. Danny Sullivan Daniel John Sullivan III (born March 9, 1950), better known as Danny Sullivan, is an American former racing driver. He earned 17 wins in the CART Indy Car World Series, including the 1985 Indianapolis 500. Sullivan won the 1988 CART Championship, and placed third in points in 1986. Sullivan also scored

neg: Menlo Worldwide Logistics Holdings Pte, Ltd. and Chic Holdings, Ltd. in 2007. Singapore-based Cougar enlarged Menlo's operational scope in southeastern Asia, and Shanghai-based Chic significantly expanded Menlo's presence in China. In October 2015 Menlo Logistics and its parent ConWay were acquired by XPO Logistics. Menlo Logistics provides the following services to its clients: On September 9, 2015, Con-way (Menlo's parent company) announced it was being acquired by XPO Logistics, and the sale was completed on October 30, 2015. Menlo Logistics has been recognized with many industry awards during the past few years. Menlo Worldwide Logistics Menlo Logistics is a global supply chain company

neg: Datsun stated that he "regretted that his company did not imprint its corporate name on cars, the way Toyota does. 'Looking back, we wish we had started using Nissan on all of our cars,' he says. 'But Datsun was a pet name for the cars when we started exporting.'" Ultimately, the decision was made to stop using the brand name "Datsun" worldwide, in order to strengthen the company name "Nissan". "The decision to change the name Datsun to Nissan in the U.S. was announced in the autumn (September/October) of 1981. The rationale was that the name change would help the pursuit

neg: Holyman issues, meant Catlink also began to lose money. The company's losses were fatal, and by mid-1998, the Board of the company began disposing of assets to stave off bankruptcy. By late 1999, Holyman was a shell, with most of its assets sold, and in 2000 what was left of Holyman Ltd was acquired by Lang Corporation. Holyman Holyman was an Australian company that operated cargo ships and ferries in Australia and other countries worldwide. The company had three divisions; Domestic shipping and transport services, Ferries and Bulk commodity handling. The company was born of the Shipping and Development Division of

neg: Burson-Marsteller practices there are specialty teams focusing on particular disciplines such as media management, investor communications, product liability and recalls, and corporate counseling. Burson-Marsteller is split into four divisions by geographic region: Asia Pacific, Europe/MiddleEast/Africa, Latin America and the United States. Within each region there is a separate leadership structure, all of which report to the CEO Worldwide. The company is practice-based and is therefore organized into practice specialties and client teams, with each practice having its own global chair and chairs within each geographic location. Across all practices worldwide, Burson-Marsteller employs more than 2,000 people. Key employees in the firm

neg: 2018 Winter Olympics Alibaba could not promote Alipay due to Visa Inc. sponsorship rights; and Intel could not promote end-user applications of 5G due to national sponsorship rights held by KT Corporation. In 2015, Japanese automaker Toyota became the first-ever Worldwide Olympic Partner in the "Mobility" category, beginning 2017. However, Toyota elected to waive its domestic sponsorship rights for these Games to Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors, citing their near-dominance of the South Korean automobile industry, as well as their support of the Pyeongchang bid. As a result, Toyota did not perform any Olympic-related marketing in South Korea, the fleet of official

neg: Family Tree DNA at the Genomics Research Center in Houston, Texas (operated by Family Tree DNA's parent company, Gene by Gene, Ltd.) until 2016, when Geno 2.0 began utilizing Helix for DNA sequencing. In September 2012, Greenspan and Blankfeld restructured Family Tree DNA's parent company, Genealogy by Genetics, Ltd. This included their renaming Genealogy by Genetics, Ltd. as Gene by Gene, Ltd. After restructuring, the business comprises four divisions one of these being Family Tree DNA for genealogical DNA tests. It is Gene by Gene, Ltd. that now operates the Genomics Research Center (GRC) lab in Houston, Texas. Family Tree DNA Family Tree

neg: 451 Group industry confusion and drive accountability. 451 Group 451 Group has two operating components: 451 Research was founded in 2000 2000-founded 451 Research's parent company, The 451 Group, subsequently acquired: Over a period of time, parent company 451 Group acquired a number of other companies. Today, 451 Research and Uptime Institute are the two operating divisions of the 451 Group. 451 Research is an information technology industry analyst firm, headquartered in New York with offices in London, Boston, Washington DC, and San Francisco. The company claims over 250 employees, over 100 industry analysts and over 1000 clients. The company produces qualitative

neg: 451 Group 451 Group 451 Group has two operating components: 451 Research was founded in 2000 2000-founded 451 Research's parent company, The 451 Group, subsequently acquired: Over a period of time, parent company 451 Group acquired a number of other companies. Today, 451 Research and Uptime Institute are the two operating divisions of the 451 Group. 451 Research is an information technology industry analyst firm, headquartered in New York with offices in London, Boston, Washington DC, and San Francisco. The company claims over 250 employees, over 100 industry analysts and over 1000 clients. The company produces qualitative and quantitative research, across thirteen

neg: Electric Lightwave Electric Lightwave Electric Lightwave, formerly known as Integra was a privately owned provider of fiber-based, carrier-grade networking, communications and technology solutions, headquartered in Vancouver, Washington, United States. In 2016, the company split into two divisions, Electric Lightwave and Integra, and changed its parent company name to Electric Lightwave. In early 2017, Electric Lightwave was acquired by Zayo Group Holdings (NYSE: ZAYO) for $1.4 billion. Founded by Ted Berns and Dudley Slater in 1996, the company was a facilities-based provider of communication and networking services and served 35 metropolitan markets across eleven states. The company expanded to serve businesses of all

neg: Toyota November 2014, Toyota USA enlisted a recall involving defective inflaters and propellant devices that may deploy improperly in the event of a crash, shooting metal fragments into vehicle occupants. More than 7 million vehicles are potentially affected in the United States. This recall only affects vehicles equipped with Takata airbags released after the year 2000 in North America. The airbags were manufactured by Takata automotive manufacturing. Toyota is offering a free repair to all affected vehicles worldwide. The fault in the Takata air bags also affected other North American automobile manufacturers. In December 2018, Toyota USA announced a recall of

neg: Leonardo S.p.A. started a process of profound change for the Group, both in terms of strategic choices and organizational structure. The goal was to create a more cohesive and efficient group in which all processes (research, marketing and sales, engineering, procurement, strategies and governance) are centralized and integrated and can interact more effectively. This encompasses the 100% owned companies of the core aerospace and defence business (AgustaWestland, Alenia Aermacchi, Oto Melara, Selex ES and WASS) being transformed into seven new Finmeccanica divisions. The current holding company will then become an operating company based on seven major business areas, maintaining its parent company

neg: Cellport Systems filed two sets of patent validity challenges against two of Cellport's patents. Toyota was unsuccessful in these two invalidity attempts. On April 11, 2016, the Toyota matter was resolved. In July 2016, BMW licensed the MNT portfolio thereby resolving patent litigation. Cellport Systems Cellport Systems, Inc., is an American company specializing in the invention, prototype development, patenting, and licensing of wireless connectivity technologies for Internet-connected vehicles and mobile devices. Cellport also develops vehicle gateways using secure blockchain technology. Cellport licenses its technologies to vehicle and wireless device manufacturers worldwide. Cellport Systems was founded in 1992 as Cellport Labs by a

neg: Fila (company) the global Fila brand and all its international subsidiaries were acquired by Fila Korea from SBI, which made it the largest South Korean sportswear company. Fila Korea currently holds all of the rights to the worldwide use of footwear and clothing brands of the parent firm. In 2009, ANTA Sports acquired the rights to use the brand in China (the company "Full Prospect"), from Belle International, Fila Korea still owned 15% shares of the joint venture company "Full Prospect". In May 2011, Fila Korea Ltd. acquired global golf equipment maker Acushnet Company, becoming the new owner of leading golf brands

neg: Central Motors began producing light commercial vehicles for Toyota in 1956. In 1959, Toyota acquired the company and moved the production from Kamata to Sagamihara which would later also become the headquarters base. The company opened various facilities for auto parts production. A new assembly plant and headquarters were built in Ohira, Miyagi. The new facility started production in January 2011 and the Sagamihara plant was closed later that year. On 1 July 2012, three Toyota subcontractors (Central Motors, Toyota Motors Tohoku, and Kanto Auto Works) were combined into a single company, with all their manufacturing facilities and assets renamed as Toyota

neg: Qualcomm Qualcomm Qualcomm Incorporated is an American multinational semiconductor and telecommunications equipment company that designs and markets wireless telecommunications products and services. It derives most of its revenue from chipmaking and the bulk of its profit from patent licensing businesses. The company headquarters is located in San Diego, California, United States, and has 224 worldwide locations. The parent company is Qualcomm Incorporated (Qualcomm), which includes the Qualcomm Technology Licensing Division (QTL). Qualcomm's wholly owned subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. (QTI), operates substantially all of Qualcomm's R&D activities. Qualcomm was created on July 1, 1985 by seven former Linkabit employees led by Irwin

neg: Matt Kobyluck is the first Native American to win a championship in the series. Kobyluck then finished off his 2008 season in January 2009 by winning a second Toyota All-Star Showdown. Kobyluck is also the president of a large construction, site development, and trucking company based in Connecticut. Matt Kobyluck Matt Kobyluck (born February 19, 1970) is a driver in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, a regional stepping-stone series to NASCAR's national divisions. Kobyluck, who celebrated his 10th season in the NCWS East in 2008, is one of the few drivers left that competed under the old Busch North Series banner,

neg: InnSuites Hospitality is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. The company owns and operates five hotels. In addition, it provides management services for eight hotels. For nine hotels it also extends licensing and trademark services. Presently, the company is operating with three divisions: InnSuites Hotels & Suites, InnSuites Hotels Inc. and InnDependent Boutique Collection (IBC). As of August 2016, the IBC Hotels worldwide membership network has over 20,000 hotels. The RRF Limited Partnership and the InnSuites Hotels, Inc. are the affiliates of the trust. InnSuites Hotels & Suites: InnSuites Hotels and Suites is a subsidiary of the trust. It handles the management of all

neg: Disney Publishing Worldwide In February 2007, Disney merged its kids and family focused television, online, radio, and publishing businesses' advertising sales and promotion teams into Disney Media Advertising Sales and Marketing Group, all of which were overseen by the presidents of Disney Channels Worldwide, Walt Disney Internet Group, and DPW. DPW canceled "Disney Adventure" with its November 2007 issue. By 2009, Disney Publishing Worldwide was organized into three divisions: Global Book Group, Disney English, and Global Magazines with four revenue areas: Global Magazines, Global Books, U.S. Magazines, and Disney English. Disney Publishing Worldwide (India), a division of Walt Disney Company (India), announced a

neg: Rawleigh Warner Jr. recruited to join Socony-Vacuum Oil Company as the assistant to the vice president of finance in one of the company's divisions based in Fort Lee, New Jersey. He later transferred to the parent company as its economics department manager. Later he managed Socony’s Middle East department and was named a regional vice president of Mobil International Oil Company, one of Socony's divisions. After only twelve years working for Socony, Warner was named president of the renamed Socony Mobil Oil Company in 1965. In 1966, the company again changed its name to Mobil. Rawleigh Warner Jr. Rawleigh Warner Jr. (February 13,

neg: W Holding Company to improve its services and to better represent its future plans and strategy. This reorganization created the parent company, W Holding, and converted its main divisions, such as Westernbank, into wholly owned subsidiaries. In July 2000, the company was officially converted into a financial holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act, which allowed it to engage in all financial related activities, including those with stricter regulatory standards than banking such as insurance and market securities. In 2001, W Holding created Westernbank Insurance Corp., a general insurance agent. This move diversified the company's services while at the same time improving

neg: Sony Pictures Classics structure within Sony, all other divisions of Sony (including the parent company) cannot force Sony Pictures Classics to release any film that the division does not want to release. The following films have been announced by Sony Pictures Classics, but have "to be determined" release dates. Sony Pictures Classics Sony Pictures Classics (abbreviated as SPC) is an American film production and distribution company that is a division of Sony Pictures. It was founded in 1992 by former Orion Classics heads Michael Barker, Tom Bernard, and Marcie Bloom (similar to Fox Searchlight Pictures and Focus Features). It distributes, produces and acquires

neg: Galderma Galderma Galderma S.A. is a pharmaceutical subsidiary specializing in the research, development and marketing of dermatological treatments. The company became a wholly owned subsidiary of Nestlé in 2014. Galderma was formed in 1981 as a joint venture between Nestlé and L'Oréal. The company, headed by President & CEO Humberto C. Antunes, has 33 affiliates in 100 countries with a worldwide network of distributors and employs more than 5,000 people. The parent company is based in Lausanne, Switzerland, with Corporate Services in Paris-La Défense, France. "The Galderma Code of Ethics" lists all applicable legal requirements in the countries where Galderma operates.

neg: Hitsville U.S.A. studios, which had produced a long string of worldwide hits, is now the Motown Museum. The following year, he reorganized the company into Motown Industries, an entertainment conglomerate that would include record, movie, television and publishing divisions. Many Motown fans believed the company's heart and soul were lost following the move and that its golden age of creativity ended after its 13 years in Detroit. Esther Gordy Edwards refused to move to California and was put in charge of what was left of Motown's Detroit office in the Hitsville building. Edwards received several requests for the Hitsville building to receive