Ciekawostka: Spain leads the world in cork production

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From a Portuguese Small Firm to World Leader in the Cork Business: The Role of the Internationalisation of Corticeira Amorim to Spain. Ce papier retrace la longue histoire d’une entreprise familiale portugaise, la Corticeira Amorim , depuis un petit atelier avec une poignée de travailleurs, à la fin du XIXè siècle, jusqu’à devenir une grande multinationale et un leader mondial de l’industrie de la transformation du liège, aujourd’hui. Dans cette trajectoire remarquable, de nombreux obstacles ont été surmontés et beaucoup d’avantages ont été explorés, qui font du succès de cette firme familiale une intéressante étude de cas. Un des facteurs les plus déterminants de ce succès fut la décision…

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Environmental analysis of the production of natural cork stoppers in southern Europe (Catalonia – Spain)

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The World Is Not Enough is a 1999 spy film, the nineteenth in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions and the third to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It was directed by Michael Apted, from an original story and screenplay by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, and Bruce Feirstein. It was produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. The title is the translation of the motto on the Bond family coat of arms, first seen in On Her Majesty's Secret Service. The film's plot revolves around the murder of billionaire businessman Sir Robert King by the terrorist Renard, and Bond's subsequent assignment to protect King's daughter Elektra, who was previously held for…

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Spain remains world leader in organ donation for 32 consecutive years

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The Crown Cork & Seal Company was founded in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1892, for the purpose of manufacturing metal bottle caps (the "crown cork"), a technology invented in Baltimore. The invention was so successful that by 1920 the company supplied half the world's bottle caps at the rate of millions and eventually billions per year. The Crown Cork factory was one of the largest manufacturing concerns in the United States, a sprawling city within a city. The 66-year Baltimore period, from the invention in 1892 to 1958, was a significant part of the city's cultural, technological, and industrial history. The company reorganized, diversified and moved the headquarters to Philadelphia in 1958.…

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