Ex.8. Complete the description of Nokia Corporation, with one word for each space.
Group together the words with similar meaning from the above list.
Ex.7. The following nouns are useful to describe large companies and their parts.
Ex.6. Ask and answer questions about the following companies.
Ex.5. Read the above information about the companies again and make up a company profile chart as shown below.
| Company name | Multimedia Solutions Inc | ||
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| Location: Head office Subsidiaries | Head office in Guilford, near London; offices in Birmingham, Manchester and Edinburgh, as well as agencies in Dublin, Paris, Rome and Madrid | ||
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| Number of employees | 200 full-time Internet consultants and web designers | ||
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IBM Corporation – Computer hardware, software, IT services and consulting. Founded in June 1911. Headquartes – Armonk, New York, U.S. Area served – worldwide. Employees – 426,751 (2010).
SONY Corporation – Founded 7 May 1946. Headquarters – Minato, Tokyo. Area served – worldwide. Products – consumer electronics, telecommunications, communication & information equipment, films, television, music. Services – financial services, insurance, banking, credit finance and advertising agency. Employees – 168,200 (2011).
Nestlé – Food processing. Founded in 1866. Headquarters – Vevey, Switzerland. Operation – 86 countries around the world. Products – Baby food, coffee, dairy products, breakfast cereals, confectionery, bottled water, ice cream, pet foods. Employees – 281,000 (2010).
Draftfcb – Advertising agency. Founded in 1873 (as Lord & Thomas). Headquarters – New York, Chicago. Number of locations – 96 countries. Services – Marketing communications. Employees – 9,200.
Agency, parent company, enterprise, headquarters, plant, subsidiary, group of companies, branch, department, factory, main office, production facility, warehouse, chain, business, distribution centre, firm, office, multinational, conglomerate, franchise, company, division, head office, sister company, section
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Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications (1) __________, which is (2) __________ in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki. Nokia is engaged in the (3) __________ of mobile devices and in converging Internet and communications industries. With over 123,000 __________ in 120 countries, sales in more than 150 countries and global annual revenue of over €42 billion as of 2010, it is the world's largest manufacturer of mobile phones. Nokia offers Internet (4) __________ such as applications, games, music, maps, media and messaging through its Ovi platform.
The Nokia Research Center, (5) __________ in 1986, is Nokia's industrial research unit consisting of about 500 researchers, engineers and scientists. It has sites in seven countries: Finland, China, India, Kenya, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. Nokia operates a total of 15 (6) __________ located in Finland, Brazil, Romania, China, Hungary, India, Mexico and South Korea.
On 11 February 2011, Nokia announced a (7) __________ with Microsoft where all future Nokia smartphones will be powered by the Windows Phone (WP7) operating system.