The Netherlands

Rooted in 19th-century Dutch East Indies trade, ABN AMRO Holding, NV has grown into a major international bank with…

Founded: 1923 Employees: 10,018 Sales: EUR 2.6 billion ($3 billion) (2003) Stock Exchanges: Euronext Amsterdam NAIC:…

Koninklijke Grolsch BV, or Royal Grolsch NV, is the second largest beer brewer in The Netherlands.

1592: An Amsterdam brewery known as De Hooiberg (The Haystack) is established.

Wolters Kluwer NV is one of the worldwide leaders in publishing, and the Netherlands' second largest publisher after…

The Netherlands' Getronics NV is European leader and one of the world's top five providers of Information &…

Arcadis NV is an internationally operating engineering consulting and project firm with an emphasis on environmental…

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Fast-growing Royal Numico N.V.

1950s:The company sets up PAM oil company as the coal market shrinks.

KPMG International is the third-largest accounting firm in the world.

DSM N.V.

Wegener NV is one of the Netherlands' leading newspaper publishing groups.

Hagemeyer N.V., inheritor of the great Dutch trading houses of the 19th century, is reinventing itself for the 21st…

Publicity-shy Granaria Holdings B.V.

Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.

Early 20th Century:Company exits from the cheese, seed, and grain trades and begins focusing on processed products.

Few names evoke the romance of flight like that of Fokker.

Royal Packaging Industries Van Leer N.V.

Gucci Group N.V.'s designs and clothing have become one of the most-recognized labels in the retail industry.

If the adage 'two heads are better than one' applies to business, then certainly Unilever is a prime example.

Vebego International BV is a private, family-owned holding company specializing in the services industry.

Koninklijke Ahold N.V.

With its headquarters located in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Head N.V.

Royal (Koninklijke in Dutch) Ten Cate N.V.

Randstad Holding n.v.

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Assets: Dfl 150.9 billion (US$84.9 billion) (1987) Stock Index: Amsterdam Basel Brussels Dusseldorf Franfurt Geneva…

The Netherlands' publishing group VNU N.V.

PCM Uitgevers NV is one of the Netherland's leading newspaper and publishing groups.

Mammoet Transport B.V.

Total Assets: Nfl 550 billion ($ 261.9 billion)(1999) NAIC: 52211 Commercial Banking Rabobank Group, known in the…

Ticker Symbols: IST US; IST NA NAIC: 331111 Steel Mills In just ten years Ispat International N.V.

Indigo NV is a pioneering developer and manufacturer of digital printing systems using patented liquid ink technology.

The Baan Company is one of the world's top producers of enterprise business management and client/server software…

Rodamco N.V.

AEGON N.V., one of the world's ten largest listed life insurance groups, is a prime example of the move toward larger…

ASML Holding N.V.

Trader Classified Media N.V.

Triple P N.V.

Ticker Symbols: KPN NAIC: 51331 Wired Telecommunications Carriers; 51333 Telecommunications Resellers; 513332 Cellular…

MIH Limited (MIHL) operates pay-television services internationally in three regions: Africa, the Mediterranean, and…

New Holland N.V.

Buhrmann NV is the world's largest business-to-business provider of office products, paper, and graphics systems.

Netherlands-based Nutreco Holding N.V.

Not content with becoming one of Europe's largest cable television companies, with more than seven million subscribers,…

Prada Holding B.V.

Friesland Coberco's acquisition of Nutricia enabled it to claim the number two position among European dairy groups,…

The merger/takeover of The Netherlands' ODME by Sweden's Toolex Alpha in October 1997 created Toolex International…

Vedior NV ranks among the world's largest international and temporary staffing services providers, behind leaders…

Ticker Symbols: EQU (Euronext); ENT (NYSE) NAIC: 334290 Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing; 334111 Electronic…

Created from the merger of Dutch logistics specialists Van Ommeren and Pakhoed NV in 1999, Royal Vopak NV is the…

European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS N.V.