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Browsing by founded year lets a visitor compare companies established at the same time.1940sConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)1940sFilter Results246 entriesIndustryAllAerospace Industry (18)Agriculture Industry (1)Airline Industry (13)Alcoholic Beverage Industry (2)Aluminum Industry (2)Amusement Park Industry (1)Asset Management Industry (1)Automotive Industry (15)Banking Industry (2)Beer Industry (5)Biotechnology Industry (1)Broadcasting Industry (1)Bus Manufacturing Industry (1)Chemical Industry (5)Conglomerate Industry (1)Construction Industry (6)Construction Materials Industry (1)Consumer Electronics Industry (1)Cosmetics Industry (1)Courier and Parcel Delivery Industry (1)Dairy Industry (1)Defense Industry (11)Electric Power Industry (1)Electrical Equipment Industry (1)Electronics Industry (2)Energy Industry (2)Fast Food Industry (1)Film Industry (5)Financial Services Industry (10)Firearms Industry (4)Food and Beverage Industry (3)Food Processing Industry (2)Healthcare Industry (3)Home Construction Industry (1)Hospitality Industry (2)Industrial Gas Industry (1)Information Technology Industry (1)Insurance Industry (1)Investment Banking Industry (1)Legal Services Industry (4)Luxury Goods Industry (1)Machinery Industry (1)Manufacturing Industry (1)Media and Entertainment Industry (5)Medical Device Industry (2)Mining Industry (1)Natural Gas Industry (2)News Media Industry (15)Nuclear Power Industry (1)Petroleum Industry (4)Pharmaceutical Industry (6)Publishing Industry (1)Railroad Industry (14)Real Estate Industry (5)Restaurant Industry (3)Retail Industry (12)Shipbuilding Industry (2)Shipping and Logistics Industry (3)Software Industry (1)Space Industry (3)Sporting Goods Industry (1)Sports Industry (2)Steel Industry (3)Supermarket Industry (1)Technology Industry (3)Telecommunications Industry (3)Textile Industry (1)Tobacco Industry (1)Tourism Industry (1)Toy Industry (2)Transportation Industry (1)Utilities Industry (5)Water Industry (1)Weapons Industry (8)Company TypeAllAdvertising agency (1)Airline (6)Aktiengesellschaft (1)American aluminum producer (1)American gas and electric utility holding company (1)American multinational cosmetics company (1)American multinational medical technologies corporation (1)American naval ordnance plant (1)American-Irish medical device company (1)Anonim Şirket (2)Brewery (2)Brick and mortar (1)Business (2)Canadian manufacturer of business jets (1)Clothing store chain (1)Co-operative federation (1)Company limited by guarantee (1)Cooperative (4)Cooperative Federation (1)Credit union (1)Facility of the US Army Joint Munitions Command (1)Fashion label (1)Federal State Unitary Enterprise (1)Film production company (1)Flag carrier airline of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (1)French multinational electric utility company (1)Gmbh (1)Government agency (1)Government-owned corporation (1)Horse stud farm (2)Hotel chain (1)Israeli defense technology company (1)Italian firearms manufacturing company (1)Italian luxury sports car manufacturer (1)Japanese commercial vehicle and diesel engine company (1)Julkinen osakeyhtio (2)Law firm (4)Limited (1)Mexican multinational food company (1)Ministry (1)Multinational conglomerate (1)News agency (8)News division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (1)Non-profit cooperative (1)Nonprofit cooperative news agency (1)Not-for-profit cooperative (1)Oilfield service company (1)Photo library (1)Private (6)Private 501(c)(3) corporation (1)Private employee-owned KK (1)Privately held company (1)Public (35)Public (Aktieselskab) (1)Public (K.K) (2)Public (Kabushiki gaisha) (1)Public (SE) (2)Public Company (7)Public company (kabushiki kaisha) (1)Public company (NYSE: CF), demutualized 2002, IPO 2005 (1)Public KK (1)Public Limited Company (3)Public limited company, real estate investment trust (1)Publishing house (1)Railway company (6)Real estate investment trust (REIT) (1)rocket design bureau based in Reutov, Russia (1)Russian aerospace engineering company (1)Russian aerospace manufacturer and spacecraft design bureau (1)Russian company based in Vyatskiye Polyany (1)Russian missile design company located in Miass, Russia (1)Russian research and production company (1)Russian rocket engine design and manufacturing company (1)Russian small arms design bureau based in Tula, Russia (1)Shipyard (1)Sociedad Anónima (3)Sociedad Anónima (S.A.) 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