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Credit Suisse
Today we visited Credit Suisse in Raleigh, at their Center of Excellence. Credit Suisse was founded in 1856 with its headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. There are over 530 offices and 22 booking centers located in over 50 countries and a total of 46,400 employees. Credit Suisse does private banking, wealth management and investment banking for both corporations and individuals. It … Continue Reading
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VF Corporation
Today we visited VF Corporation in Geensboro, where they focused on jeanswear. VF was origanized in 1899, and is a worldwide leader in branded lifestyle apparel, footwear, and related products. VF’s 5 largest brands are The North Face, Vans, Timberland, Wrangler, and Lee which bring in over 1 billion in revenue each. They have nearly doubled their revenue in the … Continue Reading
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Sandvik
Today we visited Sandvik in Mebane, and it was a very impressive company. Sandvik is a world-leading high technology engineering group, that was founded in 1862 in Sandviken, Sweden. They manufacture advanced special alloys and ceramic materials, with subsidiaries in over 60 countries and are represented in more than 130 countries worldwide. Sandvik has five divisions throughout out the whole … Continue Reading
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Elon
Today we learned about the financial side of Elon University and what the plans for the future are. For most students like myself, I only really knew Elon from its admissions and academic perspectives and really had no idea what the money situation was like and where the university spend its money. Just a little background on Elon, it was … Continue Reading
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Honda
Today we visited Honda Manufacturing in Swepsonville. They have a very busy and well-organized system for making their products. They make motors for lawnmowers, go-carts, leaf blowers, pressure washers and snow throwers. Honda is a global company and this one here in Swepsonville is the biggest, flowed by the Jialing-Honda and then the Thai Honda. Honda mass produces these motors … Continue Reading
SAS
Today we visited SAS in Carry on their 900-acre headquarters campus. SAS stands for statistical analytical software and they are the leaders in advanced analytical software and have a commanding 36.2% market share. One unique aspect of SAS is that they do not sell their software, but rather lease it so that the customers can just switch it out when … Continue Reading
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Center for Creative Leadership
Today we visited the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro. They have a beautiful facility that is landlocked by the watershed, but they have designed the center to look like a college campus which gives it an inviting feel. The center is a nonprofit organization, despite how it does not come off like it only runs off of peoples donations. … Continue Reading
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Proximity Hotel
Today we visit the revered Proximity in Greensboro. Proximity is an environmentally friendly hotel that prides itself on its ability to have an elite hotel that can leave the environment in the same condition it is today, one hundred years from now. The hotel has a very natural and organic feel, that can be seen through the way they did … Continue Reading
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Glen Raven
Today we visited Glen Raven where they have a strong passion for great quality product that has made them an elite company. Glen Raven is a bred of its own, where it has been owed and managed through four generations of the Grant family who originally founded the company. Now over the next four years the company will be transitioning … Continue Reading
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LabCorp
LabCorp is a company that has everything going for it and has found a way to be as efficient as possible and still produce the highest quality of work. Today for Field Experience in Business we visited LabCorp and learned exactly what the company does from Mike Roberts, who was incredibly well versed in all the aspects of the company … Continue Reading
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