Ekman & Co AB - 200 Years - Gothenburg, Sweden
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200th anniversary of Ekman & Co AB
Waymark Code: WMEWH7
Location: Västra Götaland, Sweden
Date Posted: 07/14/2012
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Gothenburg is the second largest city in Sweden with approximately 500,000 inhabitants (2008) in the municipality. It is situated on Sweden's west coast at the outlet of the Göta river.
Ekman is one of the world´s leading sales and marketing organizations, focusing on the global forest industry.
Although Gothenburg's reputation as an industrial and trading centre has been severely eroded in recent years – as evidenced by the motionless cranes in the shipyards – the British, Dutch and German traders who settled here during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries left a rich architectural and cultural inheritance. The city is graced with terraces of grand merchant houses, all carved stone, stucco and painted tiles, while the trade between Sweden and the Far East brought an Oriental influence, still visible in the chinoiserie detail on many buildings.
Anniversary Year: 200
Year of Event, Organization or Occurance: 1802
Address:
Christina Nilssons gata 1
Gothenburg, Sweden
Website: [Web Link]
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