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Future Indirect Fires Conference | IDGA
21 Nov 2024
As part of its modernization strategy, the US Army is recapitalizing its Howitzer portfolio over the next 5 years. Across active and reserve components of the Army, this will include the initial field
International Defence Exhibition & Conference - IDEX 2025
04 Oct 2024
IDEX and NAVDEX 2025 is the most strategically important tri-service defence exhibition in the world. From 17 to 21 February 2025 at ADNEC.
AM General: Military & Commercial Automotive Manufacturer
06 May 2024
AM General is an automotive manufacturer that builds military & commercial vehicles including the Humvee, tactical vehicles, enhanced tactical kits, and more.
DLA Supply Chain Alliance Conference & Exhibition
03 Apr 2024
DLA Supply Chain Alliance Conference & Exhibition
Modern Day Marine - April 30 - May 2, 2024 Washington D.C.
03 Apr 2024
Modern Day Marine is the largest military equipment, systems, and technology expo targeted to the USMC. Wargaming, PME Opportunities, Spouses Events, and more!
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Future Artillery Conference – Defence IQ
03 Apr 2024
Join Future Artillery to tackle top challenges and opportunities faced by gunners, military planners, and commanders from NATO land forces.
Eurosatory 2024: The Global Event for Defence and Security
03 Apr 2024
Discover Eurosatory, the Mondial de la Défense et de la Sécurité, with more than 1,700 exhibitors and 62,000 visitors. Innovations, conferences and networking for a safer world.
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Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
How Quaker Oats grabbed customers’ attention
By Kiron Kasbekar | 07 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats, the American food products giant that was created in 1901 through the merger of many older oat millers, and was acquired by a bigger foods giant, Pepsi, in 2001, has been an innovative company. One example of its innovativeness shows in its packaging – the cereal box it launched in 1915.
Company story – Cunard Line
By Kiron Kasbekar | 12 Jan 2024
The Cunard Line started its life in Glasgow in 1839 as the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company when Samuel Cunard was awarded the first British transatlantic steamship mail contract.
Samuel Slater – textile tycoon or traitor?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Dec 2023
Samuel Slater is a name that holds significant importance in the annals of American industrial history. Often referred to as the ‘Father of the American Factory System’, Slater's contributions played a pivotal role in shaping the nation’s industrial landscape.
Underwood Typewriter Company – an icon of the past
By Kiron Kasbekar | 21 Dec 2023
You’ve probably never heard of Underwood typewriters. For the company folded up in 1963 – 60 years ago. You may not even have seen and handled a typewriter, unless someone in your family owned one.
The rise and fall of Chrysler
By Kiron Kasbekar | 16 Dec 2023
A century ago, the American automobile industry was more crowded than a vegetable market on a Sunday morning, with such a wide variety of stuff on sale that buyers were spoilt for choice. Buyers could pick and choose, bargain, pay up and drive out with the newly purchased vehicle.
TRW – the tide turned
By Kiron Kasbekar | 13 Dec 2023
There used to be an American company called Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc. This company, which was a global supplier of automotive systems, modules, and components to car and truck manufacturers, started small, as most companies do. Then, as the automotive industry grew bigger, so did TRW.
The rise and fall of Nokia
By Aniket Gupta | 07 Dec 2023
My interest is stories about dominant companies that failed all of a sudden. These companies were once etched into people’s minds but have since become a symbol of nostalgia. One such company, which was the biggest in its industry before it failed catastrophically, is Nokia.
Yahoo!: The first king of the internet
By Aniket Gupta | 01 Dec 2023
The year is 1994. You go to the internet to search for a particular website, but there is no Google that could be used to search your desired website. What do you do? The answer is that you use Yahoo.
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