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Encyclopedia > List of Argentine companies

This article intends to list the most important companies of Argentina.

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Food

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Grupo Arcor (Arroyito Córdoba) is a foods company specialized in candies founded on July 5, 1951 in the city of Arroyito, Córdoba, Argentina. ... Bunge y Born was an Argentinian-based multinational corporation. ... Cervecería y maltería Quilmes is an Argentine Brewery founded in 1888 in Quilmes, Buenos Aires Province, by Otto Bemberg, a German immigrant. ...

Aeronautics

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Aero Boero S.A. is an Argentine aircraft manufacturer, established in 1952 by the brothers Hector and Caesar Boero in Córdoba. ... The Fábrica Militar de Aviones (FMA, or Military Aircraft Factory) was Argentinas main manufacturer of military aircraft. ...

Energy and engineering

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Enarsa (or all-uppercase ENARSA), in full Energía Argentina Sociedad Anónima, is a company managed by the national state of Argentina for the integral exploitation of petroleum and natural gas, and the production, industralization, transport and trade of these and of electricity. ... Technical Intelligence (TECHINT) is intelligence about weapons and equipment used by the armed forces of foreign nations. ... Galileo can refer to: Galileo Galilei, astronomer, philosopher, and physicist (1564 - 1642) the Galileo spacecraft, a NASA space probe that visited Jupiter and its moons the Galileo positioning system Life of Galileo, a play by Bertolt Brecht Galileo (1975) - screen adaptation of the play Life of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht...

Clothing

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Topper Company Logo Topper is a sportswear brand owned by Argentine Alpargatas group, and founded in 1975, with business in South America, but mainly in Argentina. ... A Pair of Havaianas Rubber Sandals A pair of Havaianas being worn Havaianas is a Brazilian sandal brand (also known as Flip-flop) that is exported internationally, for example, being featured at the popular Urban Outfitters store chain in the United States. ...

High Technology

  • INVAP (high technology and energy)
  • Teltron
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INVAP S.E. (Investigaciones Aplicadas, Sociedad del Estado - Aplied Investigations, State Society) is a high-technology Argentine company dedicated to research and development in areas of high complexity such as nuclear energy, space technology, industrial technology, and medical and scientific equipment, indirectly owned by the Argentine government. ...

Media

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Television networks

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A television network is a distribution network for television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many television stations. ... Canal 13 is an Argentine television network. ... Canal 9 is an Argentine television network based on Buenos Aires. ... Televisión Federal S.A., better known as Telefé, is an Argentinan television network. ...

Newspapers

  • Clarín
  • La Nación
  • Página 12
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Clarín is a major newspaper in Argentina, founded by Roberto Noble on August 28, 1945. ... La Nación is an Argentine daily newspaper. ... Página/12 is a newspaper based in Buenos Aires, Argentina founded in May 25, 1987 by journalist Jorge Lanata. ...

Transport

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Airlines

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A Boeing 747-400 of Virgin Atlantic Airways, one of the UKs largest airlines. ... Aero VIP is an airline based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ... Aerolíneas Argentinas A340-200. ... American Falcon is an insolvent [airline]] based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... CATA Línea Aérea is an airline based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ... LADE - Lineas Aereas Del Estado is an airline based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ... LAPA (Lineas Aereas Privadas de Argentina), was an Argentine airline. ... Líneas Aéreas Federales is an airline based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ... Servicios de Transportes Aéreos Fueguinos (STAF) is a cargo airline based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ... Southern Winds Airlines (or SW Airlines) was founded as a domestic airline in Argentina in 1996. ...

Railways

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Ferrocarriles Argentinos (FA) was a public company that managed the entire Argentine railway system for nearly 45 years. ... Argentine railroad company that helped settle the village of Banfield in the Buenos Aires Province in the 1880s through a rail station created in 1873, when Edward Banfield was executive of the company. ... NCAs headquarters on Alberdi Avenue, Rosario. ...

Others

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Worker controlled companies

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A recovered factory (fábrica recuperada) is a company in which its workers have taken over control, commonly after mass redundancy or intentional bankruptcy by the managment. ... FaSinPat, formerly known as Zanon, is a worker-controlled ceramic tile factory in the southern Argentine province of Neuquén, and one of the most prominent in the recovered factory movement of Argentina. ... Brukman is a textile factory in Balvanera, Buenos Aires, Argentina, which came to attention as the first recovered factory in this country. ... The Hotel Bauen The Hotel Bauen is a recuperated business in Buenos Aires run collectively by its workers, serving both as a hotel and as a free meeting place for Argentine leftist and workers groups. ... Tandanor is an Argentine workers-controlled Shipyard. ...

Stores

  • Gasparino (furniture)


 

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