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Preussag AG

LC control no.n 88167188
Descriptive conventionsrda
Corporate name headingPreussag AG
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Variant(s)Preussag Aktiengesellschaft
Preussag (Firm)
See alsoSuccessor: TUI AG
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Beginning date1964
Ending date2002
Associated countryGermany
LocatedHannover (Germany)
Field of activityTourism Mineral industries
Found inLöser und Schaumünzen, 1980?: t.p. (Preussag AG Hannover)
Handb. dt. Aktiengesellsch., 1984/1985 (Preussag AG Berlin/Hannover)
Its Annual report 1978: t.p. (Preussag Aktiengesellschaft) p.2 of cover (Preussag AG) cover (Preussag) ; 2002: t.p. (TUI Aktiengesellschaft) p.1 (in 2002, Preussag became TUI, a result of its transformation from an industrial conglomerate into a tourism group)
Von der Preussag zur TUI, 2005: t.p. (TUI) p. 5 (... Preussag AG seit 2002 TUI AG)
TUI AG website, viewed 18 Nov. 2014: under Group heritage (following the decision by the Prussian Parliament in 1923 to convert state-run coal mines, steel mills and salt mines not located in the Ruhr into stock corporations, the "Preussische Bergwerks- und Hütten-Aktiengesellschaft" embarked on its activity as a mining and steel company in 1924, operating from Berlin; in July 1964, the already familiar abbreviation "Preussag" was adopted officially as the new company name; in 1997, it acquired the Hamburg-based Hapag-Lloyd AG, a global player in transport and tourism, who owned 30% of the travel company Touristik Union International GmbH & Co KG, TUI, based in Hannover; TUI became Hapag Touristik Union (HTU), then renamed TUI Group with effect from the start of 2000, and is now the family name for all the travel interests and brands; Preussag was renamed TUI AG in June 2002)
Wikipedia, viewed 18 Nov. 2014: under Preussag (Preussag AG was a German mining company which later operated in a variety of industries; incorporated on 9 October 1923 as Preussische Bergwerks- und Hütten-Aktiengesellschaft, Prussian Mine and Foundry Company; on 1 July 2002 Preussag AG was renamed as TUI AG) under TUI AG (until 2001, an industrial and transportation company named Preussag AG, which in the mid-1990s decided to reinvent itself as a tourism, shipping, and logistics company)
Associated languageger eng