The L’Oréal Group, headquartered in Clichy, France, is the world\'s largest cosmetics and beauty company with consolidated sales totaling €15.8 billion in 2006. As a global leader in cosmetics, L’Oréal distributes 19 unique brands in 130 countries worldwide, with offices in 58 countries. L’Oréal focuses on 5 key expertises: hair care, hair color, skin care, make-up, and fragrances.
The basis of L’Oréal’s mission is to promote individual choices of hairstyle, skincare, make-up and perfume, which express the uniqueness of each person. As a result, their products aim to match the personal diversity of the consumer base. The 19 brands are categorized by their targeted markets, which are mass market, professional, luxury, and active.
L’Oréal (China) Co., Ltd., established in 1996, reported a sales value of 1.5 billion yuan (180 million US dollars) in 2003, an increase of 70% from the previous year. The growth in sales on the Chinese market was the highest of all L’Oréal companies in various parts of the world.
'; } else if (compName == 'IPB'){ string = 'In March 2001, Shanghai Intellectual Property Service Center (SIPSC) was created to take over a portion of the service functions of Shanghai Intellectual Property Administration (SIPA), which is a strong indication of the Municipality’s emphasis on intellectual property.
As the first public service agency of its kind in China, SIPSC has been making great efforts to provide excellent services to government and enterprises, so that better facilitation of IP creation, implementation and protection has been achieved, and it has now formed an initial service chain of IP training, consulting, evaluation, and implementation. Facing the new challenges of knowledge innovation in the 21st century, Shanghai Intellectual Property Service Center, under the Municipality’s strategy of "science-and-education-driven development", is determined to further improve the IP environment in Shanghai, and ensure the most favorable business surroundings for enterprises, domestic and international alike. "To stand firm in Shanghai, face up to the Yangtze Delta, and provide services nationwide" is the new objective in the new era, and all businesses are welcome to conduct business in Shanghai, which is the most dynamic and vigorous economic region in China.
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TBWA is an advertising agency headquartered in New York City but operating globally with 258 offices in 75 countries and over 9,700 employees. The Agency is a unit of Omnicom Group, the world\'s largest advertising agency holding company. It was founded in 1970 in Paris, France, as a merger between four companies whose names provided the initials for the new organization.TBWA follows two practices that attempt to differentiate itself from its competitors - Disruption and Connections.
Creatively speaking, the agency has become one of the most renowned agencies in the world, winning copious quantities of awards and becoming one of the most sought-after destinations for copywriters and art directors. In 2005 it was named by The Gunn Report as the most awarded agency network in the world. Then in 2006, ADWEEK named TBWA to be Global Agency Network of the Year.
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Infosys Technologies Limited is a multinational information technology services company headquartered in Bangalore, India. Started by seven people with $250 US, it is one of India\'s largest IT companies today, with nine development centers in India and over 30 offices worldwide. Infosys employs over 88,601 professionals (as of December 31, 2007) covering 66 nationalities. Its annual revenues for the fiscal year 2006-2007 exceeded US$3.1 billion with a market capitalization of over US$30 billion.
Infosys\'s service offerings span business and technology consulting, application services, systems integration, product engineering, custom software development, maintenance, re-engineering, independent testing and validation services, IT infrastructure services and business process outsourcing.
In 2005, Infosys Technologies (Shanghai) Company Ltd. signed letters of intent with Shanghai Zhangjiang (Group) Company Ltd. and with the Administrative Commission of Hanghzhou Hi-Tech Development Industry Zone-Hangzhou, to set up software development centers in China. The new centers, to be located in Shanghai and Hangzhou, will see a total investment of $65 million in the next five years and will accommodate 6000 engineers. The Shanghai centre, to be built on 25,000 sq meters of land will get an initial investment of $10 million in the next two years. On the Hangzhou project, Infosys plans to invest $15 million for a centre on 100,000 sq meters of land, in the next two years.
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Established in 1995 as a strategic partnership among prestigious Chinese and international financial institutions and corporations, CICC is the first joint venture investment bank in China and has a registered capital of US$125 million. Headquartered in Beijing, CICC has established offices in strategic in China, such as Hong Kong, Shanghai and Shenzhen. With such a domestic service network close to the Chinese stock exchanges, CICC is well positioned to feel the pulse of the capital market and best serve its clients in China.
CICC’s business has been expanding since its incorporation. Today its core business departments include Investment banking, Capital Markets, Sales & Trading, Research, Fixed Income, Asset Management and Private Equity. These core businesses are enhanced by internal risk control and information technology systems as well as other supporting departments. CICC is licensed or authorized by the governmental to engage in domestic and foreign stock/bond trading (brokerage, proprietary and underwriting); fund and asset management; advice on corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions and investments; foreign currency trading and asset management; inter-bank lending and borrowing.
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As the world\'s leading provider of business software, SAP delivers products and services that help accelerate business innovation for our customers. In doing so, the companies hopes to unleash growth and create significant new value – for their customers, SAP, and ultimately, entire industries and the economy at large. Today, more than 46,100 customers in more than 120 countries run SAP applications – from distinct solutions addressing the needs of small businesses and midsize companies to suite offerings for global organizations.
SAP Labs China was officially established in November 2003. It has developed into one of the eight largest SAP Labs, and is one of the fastest growing SAP subsidiaries, with more than 200 employees from all over the world. With the on-going constructing of the brand-new SAP Labs China campus located in Shanghai Pudong Software Park, SAP Labs China will further strengthen its commitment to the regional and local market, and its position of a world class R&D center, while growing to 350 to 400 employees in 2005 with a target of around 1500 in 2009.
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DMG(Digital Media Group) is China’s leading operator of digital media networks inside subway systems. It is registered in the British Virgin Islands, and the head office is located in Shanghai. DMG installed China’s first multimedia passenger information display system in the Shanghai subway in 2003. The system provides updated train and emergency information, to passengers, together with information and advertising, and in this way helps subway authorities to operate more effectively.
DMG now has offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjing, Nanjing Shenzhen and Chongiqng. There are over 13,000 flat panels displays in DMG’s network, reaching more than 28 million people each week. Through this network the metro operating companies are able to ensure the public is fully informed, and advertisers can gain access to the public to transmit their message.
DMG’s shareholders include Oak Investment Partners, Sierra Ventures, NIF SMBC Ventures, Gobi Partners,NTT, DoCoMo, Dentsu and IBM investing through Gobi indirectly. These associates provide support to DMG, for example on technical matters, on business operations, and by capital investment.
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Shanghai Genomics, Inc is a drug discovery/development company founded in August 2001, by returnees Dr. Ying Luo and Dr. Jun Wu, with funding of 43 million RMB from Shanghai Venture Capital Company and Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park Corp. In 2005, the company merged with GNI. Currently, the company employs more than 100 people with about 80% in R&D, including 17 Ph.D. scientists. Shanghai Genomics occupies 40,000-square-foot buildings located in the dynamic metropolitan Shanghai, one of the most modern laboratory facilities in China. The company went public on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on August 31, 2007.
Shanghai Genomics has received extensive coverage by worldwide media such as the Wall Street Journal, Asian Wall Street Journal and many other well-known media in China for its well-trained technical staff and outstanding research capabilities.
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Located in Shanghai\'s financial district, SinoLatin Capital is the first merchant bank focused exclusively on cross border transactions between China and Latin America. The Firm has two core businesses: financial advisory and private equity.
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Logic Solutions, Inc. specializes in web application development, web sites and custom software applications. Based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with offices in Shanghai, Beijing and Nanjing, China, Logic uses its global reach to provide customers with unparalleled cost effectiveness. Whether they are launching a social network, deploying a mobile application, building a complex eLearning web application or finding better ways to manage the web development process, Logic helps companies cost-effectively realize their business goals.
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The idea behind Greennovate came from a simple want: to combine business and social potential to do something meaningful in China. This simple want evolved into a social business that is constantly pushing the barriers, integrating sustainable concepts into traditional business and community practices.
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