Post by Mr. Johnson on Aug 19, 2005 11:46:21 GMT -5
AAA Megacorporations[/color]
*Ares Macrotechnology:run by Damien Knight and headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, UCAS, is the seventh largest corporation in the world, the largest in the UCAS, and is the current leader in the defense and aerospace industries. Its five main divisions are AresSpace, Ares Global Entertainment, Ares Arms, Knight Errant Security Services and General Motors.
* Aztechnology:headquartered in Tenochtitlan, Aztlan, is the second largest corporation in the world and the largest corporation in North America. Aztechnology is the number one producer of consumer goods in the world. It is also number one in the Magical Industry. The corporation strongly supports the Aztlaner government, which in turn enacts a number of laws at the advantage of Aztechnology. The corporation is privately owned and does not disclose the names of its shareholders and board members. On the other hand, it heavily uses publicity to support its foods and consumer goods sales.
* Cross Applied Technologies:or CATCo, headquartered in Montreal, Québec, is the ninth largest corporation in the world, and the largest corporation in Québec. It is named after its founder and main shareholder Lucien Cross. Its four main business units are computers, electronics, multimedia products and biotechnology. Since 2059, the CATCo is a AAA Prime Megacorporation sitting a representative on the Corporate Court.
CATCo is the largest taxpayer in Québec and controls the state in a way similar to that of Aztechnology and Aztlan, though to a lesser extent. CATCo conducts all of its business in French, and language classes and chipjacks/linguasofts are offered free to all CATCo employees worldwide.
* Fuchi Industrial Electronics: is a defunct AAA megacorporation that specialized in Computers and Matrix technology. Many of the universal standards of the Matrix and cyberterminal construction were created by Fuchi or Fuchi subsidiaries, and the name was synonymous with Matrix technology until its dissolution in 2060.
Fuchi was well-known to be an alliance between three different and powerful factions, the Nakatomi, the Yamana, and the Villiers families, who walked a thin line between success and self-destruction. It was a merger that was too good to last, and the inter-corporate conflict within Fuchi is still being played out to this day between the remnants of the megacorporation.
* Mitsuhama Computer Technologies:or MCT, headquartered in Kyoto, Japan, is the fourth largest corporation in the world, and the second largest Japanese corporation. It deals primarily with computers and robotics, but also possess extensive holdings in heavy industry, multimedia and thaumaturgy. It owes its name to its founder Taiga Mitsuhama, who now holds about 2% of the stock with his son and current CEO of MCT Toshiro Mitsuhama.
MCT is the largest source of entertainment worldwide. Thus MCT stands completely in front in profit yielding ranges like the simsense industry, the trideo market and the Music Industry. MCT is number two in heavy industry just behind Saeder-Krupp and likewise is number two in the Magic Industry, behind Aztechnology.
MCT is connected closely with the Japanese Yakuza. When MCT was formed, capital was placed by the Yakuza into the organization , and therefore Yakuza members still sit on the board today. MCT provides enough money and money laundering to the Yukaza that MCT functions relatively independently without them.
MCT is considered very aggressive with regards to intruders. Their defense concept is known as Zero Zone. There is no penetration and no survival. MCT does not take prisoners. They shoot first and ask later. The magic defense is top class and each important asset is defended with riggers. In addition, they use paranormal critters more often than other corporations.
* Novatech:headquartered in Boston, Massachussetts, UCAS is the second largest corporation in the UCAS. Novatech controls JRJ International, one of the founding member of the Corporate Court.
* Renraku Computer Systems: headquartered in Chiba, Japan, is the fifth largest corporation in the world, and the third largest corporation in Japan. As the name implies, its business core is computer technology, especially memory storage and databases. Since it acquired one of the Corporate Court's original founders, Keruba International, Renraku permanently seats a representative on the Corporate Court.
* Evo: formerly known as Yamatetsu, is an AAA Megacorporation headquartered in Vladivostok, Russia. It is the largest Russian corporation. Evo is one of the main producers of biotechnology appliances, nano-machines and ergonomic goods for metahumans. Evo has a dominant presence in space, being the first corporation to successfully establish a base on Mars. It is also one of the largest members of the Pacific Prosperity Group. Subsidiaries include Crashcart Medical Services, MetaErgonomics, Pensodyne, Tsuruga International, and Xiao Technologies.
Evo's board of directors is a strange and diverse group of individuals, including a free spirit, an Ork (as Chairman), an eccentric space scientist, and a SURGE changeling.
* Horizon :(also known as the Horizon Group) is a AAA megacorporation which focuses on public relations, media, and entertainment. Its main headquarters is in Los Angeles. While Horizon is best known for its presence in all aspects of advertising, marketing, and entertainment, it also has subsidiaries in consumer goods and services, real estate and development, and pharmaceuticals. Subsidiaries include New Line, Polyaural, and Hisato-Turner.
Horizon first hit the "big-time" during 2063, when it scored several public relations contracts with heavy-hitters such as the Pueblo Corporate Council and Tir Tairngire. During the Matrix Crash 2.0, Horizon acquired Hisato-Turner (including NewsNet). Horizon also had exclusive contracts toward rebuilding much of the California Free State. With Cross Applied Technologies quickly losing assets to Ares, its Corporate Court seat was vacated, and Horizon was able to claim it, rising to top-tier status.
It is said that Horizon's corporate culture is much less hierarchical than the other megacorporations, focusing more on team-building and cross-tier "workgroups", which makes sense given its advertising and PR roots. Horizon also is reportedly meta- and Awakened-friendly (sota64.161). While Horizon possesses a more dynamic corporate culture than most, it is still quite successful and a force to be reckoned with in the Sixth World.
* NeoNET: is a AAA Megacorporation, formed from the merger of Transys Neuronet, Erika, and Novatech shortly after the Novatech IPO and Matrix Crash 2.0. Primarily responsible for the Wireless backbone of the new Wireless Matrix throughout the world, the influx of money brought on by the IPO and its lucrative wireless network contracts has allowed it to buy into a diverse group of businesses in almost every industry, including Matrix infrastructure, software, electronics, biotech, aerospace, small arms, and several others. NeoNET is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, UCAS.
* Saeder-Krupp:(Saeder-Krupp Heavy Industries Company), or S-K, headquartered in Essen, Germany, is the largest corporation in the world. It controls BMW, one of the seven founders of the Corporate Court and thus possesses permanent AAA prime megacorporation status. Since a leveraged buyout in 2038, S-K is wholly owned by the Great Dragon Lofwyr. S-K's main business interests lie in heavy industry, nuclear energy, oil, chemistry, aerospace and telecommunications.
* Shiawase Corporation:headquartered in Osaka, Japan, is the third largest corporation in the world and the largest Japanese corporation. It is generally considered the first Megacorporation, defined by the Shiawase decision in 2000. It was founded and is controlled by the Shiawase family. The three main divisions are Shiawase Biotech, Shiawase Envirotech and Shiawase Atomics.
* Wuxing: headquartered in Hong Kong, is one of the Big Ten AAA Megacorporations, and it is the largest Hong Kong/Chinese megacorporation. It is one of the newest members of the Corporate Court (along with Novatech and Cross Applied Technologies) and a founding member of the Pacific Prosperity Group. It is most heavily involved in finance, shipping, and consumer goods and services, but like most megacorporations, it has investments in other areas. Wuxing is well-known for its unique magical research, focusing on Spirits of the Elements and Wujen. Its influence with the Pacific Prosperity Group gives it power and influence out of proportion to its (relatively) small size, and it is starting to make waves in the Sixth World.
* Yamatetsu:headquartered in Vladivostok, Russia, is the sixth largest corporation in the world. Since its administrative and functional relocation from Japan to Russia, it is the largest Russian corporation. Yamatetsu is one of the main producers of biotechnology appliances, nano-machines and ergonomic goods for metahumans. It is also one of the largest members of the Pacific Prosperity Group (now known as Evo)
AA Megacorporations[/color]
* Aesa:is a megacorporation headquartered in Toulouse, France. As the name suggests, its core business is the aerospace sector. It is one of the member of the Airbus Consortium. It also built the G-Concorde in partnership with Saeder-Krupp.
* AG Chemie Europa:or simply AGC, is a consortium consisting of BASF, Degussa, Hoechst-Aventis, Solvay and Stern Pharma based in Frankfurt, AGS. This AA corporation is ranked at third-place in the global chemical industry (behind Zeta-ImpChem and Saeder-Krupp). Chemistry and genetics are the AGC's main fields of interest but it has subsidiaries in other fields.
AGC is a major player in the city of Frankfurt. Nearly all real estate in the Frankfurt and the surrounding area belongs to either AGC or one of its subsidiaries. The Frankfurt area not controlled by the AG is controlled by the FBV.
The security of AGC is very capable. Physical, Astral, and Matrix security are all comparable to The Big 10.
* Atlantean Foundation:was created in 2012 by Sheila Blatavska in Atlanta, CAS . Atlanta remains the HQ of the AF. Principal purpose of the AF is to regain the lost knowledge of old Atlantis. It leads many expeditions for this lost knowledge, and also find and supports similar projects.
The AF has millions of members worldwide. In a monthly electronic magazine, the AF discusses its current finds.
The foundation is one of the larger producers of Trideo world-wide and the largest in the CAS. In addition, since 2057 the company is very interested in everything that has to do with magic. In this direction there were also many expeditions.
The Atlantean Foundation was endowed with five million Nuyen by Dunkelzahn in its will. The money was a reward donated for their search for the truth. In addition, the genuine fingerbones of Saint Dunstan, an archbishop of Canterbury (961 - 980), were given to the AF.
The Atlantean Foundation has a seat on the Board of Directors in the Dunkelzahn Institute of Magical Research.
* Brackhaven Investments:A local Seattle corp run by the former candidate for UCAS President, Kenneth Brackhaven - UCAS Presidential Election 2057. Kenneth Brackhaven used the company as a vehicle to donate to various political causes in the Seattle area, buying political clout and allies for his eventual campaign bid.
* Chrysler-Nissan:is an automotive manufacturer currently headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It owns such brands as Dodge, Jeep, Mercedes-Benz, and Toyota, along with its eponymous brand. It is the world's largest automaker in terms of market share, but it has stiff competition from both Ares (after acquiring General Motors) and Saeder-Krupp.
Chrysler-Nissan was formed from the merger of the American Chrysler and the Japanese Nissan in 2038. Chrysler-Nissan assimilated Toyota in 2060 and owns Daimler-Benz as well. It was once part of the German conglomerate IFMU, but it withdrew due to IFMU's lagging financial debts. Chrysler-Nissan also recently lost a bid on the Messerschmidt-Kawasaki label to Saeder-Krupp. Nevertheless, Chrysler-Nissan is still going strong, with such popular models as the Jackrabbit.
* DocWagon:is an international AA Corporation, headquartered in Atlanta, CAS. It was a pioneer in the medical services industry by offering unique medical insurances including armed ambulance services and tracking/monitoring bracelets, colloquially known as "DocWagon(TM)-type services". It since has been joined by various competitors, including CrashCart Medical Services, but DocWagon has remained the leader of the fast point-of-service emergency medical service market.
* Erika:
* Esprit Industries:headquartered in Paris, France, is the second largest French corporation. Its core business is military systems development, with other branches handling civilian electronics, oil, chemistry and infrastructures building. Its major subsidiaries include Beretta, Egis Services, Esprit Electronics, Panhard, SEPER, Thales-Raytheon, and Total-Elf. Its CEO is Herbert de Vaucanson.
Esprit Industries started as a merger of GIAT, FN Herstal, and Thales. Saeder-Krupp later acquired GIAT in 2038, giving it a seat on the board. Monobe also acquired Fabrique Nationale, given it a seat on the board as well. Esprit currently markets many successful and diverse military products, among them in 2062 the Thales-Raytheon military network monitoring and analysis electronic suite, the Agas cruise missile, and the SEPER personal armor (used by MET2000 and the French Foreign Legion).
Esprit's board is a mix of many opposing and conflicting interests. The Chairman is André Fergern, a former French-Egyptian arms dealer who claimed the Chairmanship in 2058, and is reportedly connected to Aztechnology and French intelligence. Two major corporations have seats on the board, from Saeder-Krupp and Monobe. Mitsuhama, through its joint ventures with Esprit, also has some influence there, along with various militaries (national and private).
* ESUS:is a megacorporation headquartered in Paris, France. It primarily focuses on transport. Its subsidiaries includes SNCF (French national railway), EuroAir (airlines), Charger (freight), and it also has shareholding in Eurotunnel and EuroRail (the joint reservation and travel system of European railway companies). It also acquired several divisions of Alstom, manufacturing trains (especially the TGV), electrical equipment and construction of railways lines. It is part of the EuroRoutes building project.
ESUS was created by the amalgamation of several French public transportation companies, that the government effectively privatized, only retaining 28% of ESUS, which still makes it the single most important shareholders. Since it obtained AA rating from the Corporate Court, ESUS benefits from extraterritoriality applied to the railway and subway stations, airports and harbor terminals it operates.
* FBV:or Frankfurt Bank Association (FBA), headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, is a conglomerate of banks and insurances. It has been granted AA status by the Corporate Court.
Until June 2062, the Great Dragon Nachtmeister was the main shareholder and President of FBV. CEO Monika Stüeler-Waffenschmidt took his position and his stock's voting rights after his death.
* Federated Boeing:(Fed-Boeing or F-B), heaquartered in Seattle Downtown, Seattle State, UCAS, is the third aerospace company in the world, behind Ares Macrotechnology and Saeder-Krupp. It's the largest employer in Seattle. Fed-Boeing is a member of the Pacific Prosperity Group in spite of a bad reputation in Asia where it ruthlessly exploits aerospace facilities and mining deposits.
* Ford Motors: sometimes known as Ford Motor Company or FoMoCo, is an automobile manufacturer based out of Dearborn, Michigan, UCAS. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporate in 1903 and is historically known as the first moving assembly line using pre-made, interchangable parts, which allowed Ford to mass produce automobiles.
In the second half of the 21st Century, Ford is the last of the Big Three American automakers to remain an independent entity, with Chrysler merging with Nissan to form Chrysler-Nissan and General Motors being bought out by Ares Macrotechnology, and it remains so by playing the rivalries between Ares and Chrysler-Nissan. However, it is believed that Ford Motor Company may be owned, at least partially, by an offshore holding company in the Caribbean League.
Ford Motors has diversified by expanding into the vehicle components industry and the growth of Ford's presence in the international market via the European Motor Company, an umbrella holding company that owns various European motor brands such as Citroën, Jaguar, Opel, Peugeot, Range Rover, and Škoda, and the procruement of Asian automakers Mazda and Kia. Ford Motors also holds exclusive contracts for manufacturing certain vehicle lines for DocWagon and Lone Star.
* Frankfurter Bankverein (FBV): or Frankfurt Bank Association (FBA), headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, is a conglomerate of banks and insurances. It has been granted AA status by the Corporate Court.
Until June 2062, the Great Dragon Nachtmeister was the main shareholder and President of FBV. CEO Monika Stüeler-Waffenschmidt took his position and his stock's voting rights after his death.
* Gunderson Corporation:was a AA megacorporation that held a virtual stranglehold over the city of Miami in the Sovereign State of Florida. They were a diversified company that focused on manufacturing, shipping, and security personnel. Its subsidiaries included TransSea (shipping division), Atlantic Security, and Montclair Industries (specializing in prototype drones).
Due to the efforts of a certain Art Dankwalther in 2061, Gunderson Corporation fell from its AA status, becoming a shell of its former self. Dankwalther bought out most of TransSea's clients, causing its business to virtually vanish. To keep afloat, Gunderson had to sell off Montclair Industries (sold to Global Oil) and TransSea (sold to Wuxing). It currently claims less than 30 percent of its original assets, with a rapidly weakening grip on its headquarters in Miami.
* Hildebrandt-Kleinfort-Bernal:or HKB, headquartered in London, UK, is the largest British corporation, and the largest of the Eurobanks (second only to Zurich-Orbital Gemeinschaftsbank and Saeder-Krupp worldwide). The main shareholders are the Hildebrandt, Kleinfort and Bernal family and the Great Dragon Rhonabwy, and the current president is Paul Bernal II. It operates banking, insurances, trading and security business, and is a stockholder of various corporations including Transys Neuronet and Regulus Joint Industries.
The recent loss of Transys Neuronet's helm to the Great Dragon Celedyr has caused HKB to lose favor in the world market, but its diversified interests keep it very much alive and afloat.
* Kolkota Integrated Talent and Technologies :(also known as KITT) is India's only AA Megacorporation, headquartered in Kolkota, India. Its CEO is Vasant Almavala. It focuses on service and consulting, outsourcing the customer service, software development, and other technology-focused areas for other corporations. It has hundreds of corporate clients, and it has the unique position of having a business relationship with all but one of the AAA Megacorporations (the exception being Aztechnology).
* Lockheed:is a megacorporation resulting from the merger of Lockheed, Martin Marietta, Northrup (Northrop Aircraft Company), and Grumman. It is mostly known in the aerospace and defense industries for it fixed-wing combat and military transport aircraft and avionic components. Its main competitor is Federated-Boeing, while both have Ares Macrotechnology as a subcontractor.
Lockheed is the most important industrial group in Los Angeles, though the effect of the city annexation by Pueblo in 2061 has yet to be evaluated. Lockheed also possess important assets in CAS, especially in Texas.
* Lone Star Security Services:(or LSSS), headquartered in Austin, Texas, CAS, is one of the most prominent public security companies in North America. It has contracts of municipal police from Corpus Christi to Seattle. It also has a federal contract with the UCAS government to survey illicit drugs trade as a replacement of the Drug Enforcement Administration, and a national contract with Quebec through its subsidiary Gendarmerie SA operating as state police and border guard. LSSS also deals with the private sector, mainly for Matrix security. In most parts of North America, Lone Star thought to be synonymous with "the law", "the cops", or "the police", even though it remains, at its heart, simply a major security corporation.
* Lusiada:is a AA megacorporation headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal. Its CEO is Emmanuel Salles. It has close ties with the Portugal government, with the Board of Lusiada practically running the country. The major shareholders include the government, four major shareholding families, Saeder-Krupp, and Wuxing.
* Maersk:or simply Mærsk is a AA megacorporation based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Its president is Peter Frödin. Its major interests are in oil, naval yards, and shipping, but Mærsk has a diverse group of subsidiaries ranging from Matrix to medicine. Many give Mærsk credit as the first proto-mega corp.
*Ares Macrotechnology:run by Damien Knight and headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, UCAS, is the seventh largest corporation in the world, the largest in the UCAS, and is the current leader in the defense and aerospace industries. Its five main divisions are AresSpace, Ares Global Entertainment, Ares Arms, Knight Errant Security Services and General Motors.
* Aztechnology:headquartered in Tenochtitlan, Aztlan, is the second largest corporation in the world and the largest corporation in North America. Aztechnology is the number one producer of consumer goods in the world. It is also number one in the Magical Industry. The corporation strongly supports the Aztlaner government, which in turn enacts a number of laws at the advantage of Aztechnology. The corporation is privately owned and does not disclose the names of its shareholders and board members. On the other hand, it heavily uses publicity to support its foods and consumer goods sales.
* Cross Applied Technologies:or CATCo, headquartered in Montreal, Québec, is the ninth largest corporation in the world, and the largest corporation in Québec. It is named after its founder and main shareholder Lucien Cross. Its four main business units are computers, electronics, multimedia products and biotechnology. Since 2059, the CATCo is a AAA Prime Megacorporation sitting a representative on the Corporate Court.
CATCo is the largest taxpayer in Québec and controls the state in a way similar to that of Aztechnology and Aztlan, though to a lesser extent. CATCo conducts all of its business in French, and language classes and chipjacks/linguasofts are offered free to all CATCo employees worldwide.
* Fuchi Industrial Electronics: is a defunct AAA megacorporation that specialized in Computers and Matrix technology. Many of the universal standards of the Matrix and cyberterminal construction were created by Fuchi or Fuchi subsidiaries, and the name was synonymous with Matrix technology until its dissolution in 2060.
Fuchi was well-known to be an alliance between three different and powerful factions, the Nakatomi, the Yamana, and the Villiers families, who walked a thin line between success and self-destruction. It was a merger that was too good to last, and the inter-corporate conflict within Fuchi is still being played out to this day between the remnants of the megacorporation.
* Mitsuhama Computer Technologies:or MCT, headquartered in Kyoto, Japan, is the fourth largest corporation in the world, and the second largest Japanese corporation. It deals primarily with computers and robotics, but also possess extensive holdings in heavy industry, multimedia and thaumaturgy. It owes its name to its founder Taiga Mitsuhama, who now holds about 2% of the stock with his son and current CEO of MCT Toshiro Mitsuhama.
MCT is the largest source of entertainment worldwide. Thus MCT stands completely in front in profit yielding ranges like the simsense industry, the trideo market and the Music Industry. MCT is number two in heavy industry just behind Saeder-Krupp and likewise is number two in the Magic Industry, behind Aztechnology.
MCT is connected closely with the Japanese Yakuza. When MCT was formed, capital was placed by the Yakuza into the organization , and therefore Yakuza members still sit on the board today. MCT provides enough money and money laundering to the Yukaza that MCT functions relatively independently without them.
MCT is considered very aggressive with regards to intruders. Their defense concept is known as Zero Zone. There is no penetration and no survival. MCT does not take prisoners. They shoot first and ask later. The magic defense is top class and each important asset is defended with riggers. In addition, they use paranormal critters more often than other corporations.
* Novatech:headquartered in Boston, Massachussetts, UCAS is the second largest corporation in the UCAS. Novatech controls JRJ International, one of the founding member of the Corporate Court.
* Renraku Computer Systems: headquartered in Chiba, Japan, is the fifth largest corporation in the world, and the third largest corporation in Japan. As the name implies, its business core is computer technology, especially memory storage and databases. Since it acquired one of the Corporate Court's original founders, Keruba International, Renraku permanently seats a representative on the Corporate Court.
* Evo: formerly known as Yamatetsu, is an AAA Megacorporation headquartered in Vladivostok, Russia. It is the largest Russian corporation. Evo is one of the main producers of biotechnology appliances, nano-machines and ergonomic goods for metahumans. Evo has a dominant presence in space, being the first corporation to successfully establish a base on Mars. It is also one of the largest members of the Pacific Prosperity Group. Subsidiaries include Crashcart Medical Services, MetaErgonomics, Pensodyne, Tsuruga International, and Xiao Technologies.
Evo's board of directors is a strange and diverse group of individuals, including a free spirit, an Ork (as Chairman), an eccentric space scientist, and a SURGE changeling.
* Horizon :(also known as the Horizon Group) is a AAA megacorporation which focuses on public relations, media, and entertainment. Its main headquarters is in Los Angeles. While Horizon is best known for its presence in all aspects of advertising, marketing, and entertainment, it also has subsidiaries in consumer goods and services, real estate and development, and pharmaceuticals. Subsidiaries include New Line, Polyaural, and Hisato-Turner.
Horizon first hit the "big-time" during 2063, when it scored several public relations contracts with heavy-hitters such as the Pueblo Corporate Council and Tir Tairngire. During the Matrix Crash 2.0, Horizon acquired Hisato-Turner (including NewsNet). Horizon also had exclusive contracts toward rebuilding much of the California Free State. With Cross Applied Technologies quickly losing assets to Ares, its Corporate Court seat was vacated, and Horizon was able to claim it, rising to top-tier status.
It is said that Horizon's corporate culture is much less hierarchical than the other megacorporations, focusing more on team-building and cross-tier "workgroups", which makes sense given its advertising and PR roots. Horizon also is reportedly meta- and Awakened-friendly (sota64.161). While Horizon possesses a more dynamic corporate culture than most, it is still quite successful and a force to be reckoned with in the Sixth World.
* NeoNET: is a AAA Megacorporation, formed from the merger of Transys Neuronet, Erika, and Novatech shortly after the Novatech IPO and Matrix Crash 2.0. Primarily responsible for the Wireless backbone of the new Wireless Matrix throughout the world, the influx of money brought on by the IPO and its lucrative wireless network contracts has allowed it to buy into a diverse group of businesses in almost every industry, including Matrix infrastructure, software, electronics, biotech, aerospace, small arms, and several others. NeoNET is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, UCAS.
* Saeder-Krupp:(Saeder-Krupp Heavy Industries Company), or S-K, headquartered in Essen, Germany, is the largest corporation in the world. It controls BMW, one of the seven founders of the Corporate Court and thus possesses permanent AAA prime megacorporation status. Since a leveraged buyout in 2038, S-K is wholly owned by the Great Dragon Lofwyr. S-K's main business interests lie in heavy industry, nuclear energy, oil, chemistry, aerospace and telecommunications.
* Shiawase Corporation:headquartered in Osaka, Japan, is the third largest corporation in the world and the largest Japanese corporation. It is generally considered the first Megacorporation, defined by the Shiawase decision in 2000. It was founded and is controlled by the Shiawase family. The three main divisions are Shiawase Biotech, Shiawase Envirotech and Shiawase Atomics.
* Wuxing: headquartered in Hong Kong, is one of the Big Ten AAA Megacorporations, and it is the largest Hong Kong/Chinese megacorporation. It is one of the newest members of the Corporate Court (along with Novatech and Cross Applied Technologies) and a founding member of the Pacific Prosperity Group. It is most heavily involved in finance, shipping, and consumer goods and services, but like most megacorporations, it has investments in other areas. Wuxing is well-known for its unique magical research, focusing on Spirits of the Elements and Wujen. Its influence with the Pacific Prosperity Group gives it power and influence out of proportion to its (relatively) small size, and it is starting to make waves in the Sixth World.
* Yamatetsu:headquartered in Vladivostok, Russia, is the sixth largest corporation in the world. Since its administrative and functional relocation from Japan to Russia, it is the largest Russian corporation. Yamatetsu is one of the main producers of biotechnology appliances, nano-machines and ergonomic goods for metahumans. It is also one of the largest members of the Pacific Prosperity Group (now known as Evo)
AA Megacorporations[/color]
* Aesa:is a megacorporation headquartered in Toulouse, France. As the name suggests, its core business is the aerospace sector. It is one of the member of the Airbus Consortium. It also built the G-Concorde in partnership with Saeder-Krupp.
* AG Chemie Europa:or simply AGC, is a consortium consisting of BASF, Degussa, Hoechst-Aventis, Solvay and Stern Pharma based in Frankfurt, AGS. This AA corporation is ranked at third-place in the global chemical industry (behind Zeta-ImpChem and Saeder-Krupp). Chemistry and genetics are the AGC's main fields of interest but it has subsidiaries in other fields.
AGC is a major player in the city of Frankfurt. Nearly all real estate in the Frankfurt and the surrounding area belongs to either AGC or one of its subsidiaries. The Frankfurt area not controlled by the AG is controlled by the FBV.
The security of AGC is very capable. Physical, Astral, and Matrix security are all comparable to The Big 10.
* Atlantean Foundation:was created in 2012 by Sheila Blatavska in Atlanta, CAS . Atlanta remains the HQ of the AF. Principal purpose of the AF is to regain the lost knowledge of old Atlantis. It leads many expeditions for this lost knowledge, and also find and supports similar projects.
The AF has millions of members worldwide. In a monthly electronic magazine, the AF discusses its current finds.
The foundation is one of the larger producers of Trideo world-wide and the largest in the CAS. In addition, since 2057 the company is very interested in everything that has to do with magic. In this direction there were also many expeditions.
The Atlantean Foundation was endowed with five million Nuyen by Dunkelzahn in its will. The money was a reward donated for their search for the truth. In addition, the genuine fingerbones of Saint Dunstan, an archbishop of Canterbury (961 - 980), were given to the AF.
The Atlantean Foundation has a seat on the Board of Directors in the Dunkelzahn Institute of Magical Research.
* Brackhaven Investments:A local Seattle corp run by the former candidate for UCAS President, Kenneth Brackhaven - UCAS Presidential Election 2057. Kenneth Brackhaven used the company as a vehicle to donate to various political causes in the Seattle area, buying political clout and allies for his eventual campaign bid.
* Chrysler-Nissan:is an automotive manufacturer currently headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It owns such brands as Dodge, Jeep, Mercedes-Benz, and Toyota, along with its eponymous brand. It is the world's largest automaker in terms of market share, but it has stiff competition from both Ares (after acquiring General Motors) and Saeder-Krupp.
Chrysler-Nissan was formed from the merger of the American Chrysler and the Japanese Nissan in 2038. Chrysler-Nissan assimilated Toyota in 2060 and owns Daimler-Benz as well. It was once part of the German conglomerate IFMU, but it withdrew due to IFMU's lagging financial debts. Chrysler-Nissan also recently lost a bid on the Messerschmidt-Kawasaki label to Saeder-Krupp. Nevertheless, Chrysler-Nissan is still going strong, with such popular models as the Jackrabbit.
* DocWagon:is an international AA Corporation, headquartered in Atlanta, CAS. It was a pioneer in the medical services industry by offering unique medical insurances including armed ambulance services and tracking/monitoring bracelets, colloquially known as "DocWagon(TM)-type services". It since has been joined by various competitors, including CrashCart Medical Services, but DocWagon has remained the leader of the fast point-of-service emergency medical service market.
* Erika:
* Esprit Industries:headquartered in Paris, France, is the second largest French corporation. Its core business is military systems development, with other branches handling civilian electronics, oil, chemistry and infrastructures building. Its major subsidiaries include Beretta, Egis Services, Esprit Electronics, Panhard, SEPER, Thales-Raytheon, and Total-Elf. Its CEO is Herbert de Vaucanson.
Esprit Industries started as a merger of GIAT, FN Herstal, and Thales. Saeder-Krupp later acquired GIAT in 2038, giving it a seat on the board. Monobe also acquired Fabrique Nationale, given it a seat on the board as well. Esprit currently markets many successful and diverse military products, among them in 2062 the Thales-Raytheon military network monitoring and analysis electronic suite, the Agas cruise missile, and the SEPER personal armor (used by MET2000 and the French Foreign Legion).
Esprit's board is a mix of many opposing and conflicting interests. The Chairman is André Fergern, a former French-Egyptian arms dealer who claimed the Chairmanship in 2058, and is reportedly connected to Aztechnology and French intelligence. Two major corporations have seats on the board, from Saeder-Krupp and Monobe. Mitsuhama, through its joint ventures with Esprit, also has some influence there, along with various militaries (national and private).
* ESUS:is a megacorporation headquartered in Paris, France. It primarily focuses on transport. Its subsidiaries includes SNCF (French national railway), EuroAir (airlines), Charger (freight), and it also has shareholding in Eurotunnel and EuroRail (the joint reservation and travel system of European railway companies). It also acquired several divisions of Alstom, manufacturing trains (especially the TGV), electrical equipment and construction of railways lines. It is part of the EuroRoutes building project.
ESUS was created by the amalgamation of several French public transportation companies, that the government effectively privatized, only retaining 28% of ESUS, which still makes it the single most important shareholders. Since it obtained AA rating from the Corporate Court, ESUS benefits from extraterritoriality applied to the railway and subway stations, airports and harbor terminals it operates.
* FBV:or Frankfurt Bank Association (FBA), headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, is a conglomerate of banks and insurances. It has been granted AA status by the Corporate Court.
Until June 2062, the Great Dragon Nachtmeister was the main shareholder and President of FBV. CEO Monika Stüeler-Waffenschmidt took his position and his stock's voting rights after his death.
* Federated Boeing:(Fed-Boeing or F-B), heaquartered in Seattle Downtown, Seattle State, UCAS, is the third aerospace company in the world, behind Ares Macrotechnology and Saeder-Krupp. It's the largest employer in Seattle. Fed-Boeing is a member of the Pacific Prosperity Group in spite of a bad reputation in Asia where it ruthlessly exploits aerospace facilities and mining deposits.
* Ford Motors: sometimes known as Ford Motor Company or FoMoCo, is an automobile manufacturer based out of Dearborn, Michigan, UCAS. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporate in 1903 and is historically known as the first moving assembly line using pre-made, interchangable parts, which allowed Ford to mass produce automobiles.
In the second half of the 21st Century, Ford is the last of the Big Three American automakers to remain an independent entity, with Chrysler merging with Nissan to form Chrysler-Nissan and General Motors being bought out by Ares Macrotechnology, and it remains so by playing the rivalries between Ares and Chrysler-Nissan. However, it is believed that Ford Motor Company may be owned, at least partially, by an offshore holding company in the Caribbean League.
Ford Motors has diversified by expanding into the vehicle components industry and the growth of Ford's presence in the international market via the European Motor Company, an umbrella holding company that owns various European motor brands such as Citroën, Jaguar, Opel, Peugeot, Range Rover, and Škoda, and the procruement of Asian automakers Mazda and Kia. Ford Motors also holds exclusive contracts for manufacturing certain vehicle lines for DocWagon and Lone Star.
* Frankfurter Bankverein (FBV): or Frankfurt Bank Association (FBA), headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, is a conglomerate of banks and insurances. It has been granted AA status by the Corporate Court.
Until June 2062, the Great Dragon Nachtmeister was the main shareholder and President of FBV. CEO Monika Stüeler-Waffenschmidt took his position and his stock's voting rights after his death.
* Gunderson Corporation:was a AA megacorporation that held a virtual stranglehold over the city of Miami in the Sovereign State of Florida. They were a diversified company that focused on manufacturing, shipping, and security personnel. Its subsidiaries included TransSea (shipping division), Atlantic Security, and Montclair Industries (specializing in prototype drones).
Due to the efforts of a certain Art Dankwalther in 2061, Gunderson Corporation fell from its AA status, becoming a shell of its former self. Dankwalther bought out most of TransSea's clients, causing its business to virtually vanish. To keep afloat, Gunderson had to sell off Montclair Industries (sold to Global Oil) and TransSea (sold to Wuxing). It currently claims less than 30 percent of its original assets, with a rapidly weakening grip on its headquarters in Miami.
* Hildebrandt-Kleinfort-Bernal:or HKB, headquartered in London, UK, is the largest British corporation, and the largest of the Eurobanks (second only to Zurich-Orbital Gemeinschaftsbank and Saeder-Krupp worldwide). The main shareholders are the Hildebrandt, Kleinfort and Bernal family and the Great Dragon Rhonabwy, and the current president is Paul Bernal II. It operates banking, insurances, trading and security business, and is a stockholder of various corporations including Transys Neuronet and Regulus Joint Industries.
The recent loss of Transys Neuronet's helm to the Great Dragon Celedyr has caused HKB to lose favor in the world market, but its diversified interests keep it very much alive and afloat.
* Kolkota Integrated Talent and Technologies :(also known as KITT) is India's only AA Megacorporation, headquartered in Kolkota, India. Its CEO is Vasant Almavala. It focuses on service and consulting, outsourcing the customer service, software development, and other technology-focused areas for other corporations. It has hundreds of corporate clients, and it has the unique position of having a business relationship with all but one of the AAA Megacorporations (the exception being Aztechnology).
* Lockheed:is a megacorporation resulting from the merger of Lockheed, Martin Marietta, Northrup (Northrop Aircraft Company), and Grumman. It is mostly known in the aerospace and defense industries for it fixed-wing combat and military transport aircraft and avionic components. Its main competitor is Federated-Boeing, while both have Ares Macrotechnology as a subcontractor.
Lockheed is the most important industrial group in Los Angeles, though the effect of the city annexation by Pueblo in 2061 has yet to be evaluated. Lockheed also possess important assets in CAS, especially in Texas.
* Lone Star Security Services:(or LSSS), headquartered in Austin, Texas, CAS, is one of the most prominent public security companies in North America. It has contracts of municipal police from Corpus Christi to Seattle. It also has a federal contract with the UCAS government to survey illicit drugs trade as a replacement of the Drug Enforcement Administration, and a national contract with Quebec through its subsidiary Gendarmerie SA operating as state police and border guard. LSSS also deals with the private sector, mainly for Matrix security. In most parts of North America, Lone Star thought to be synonymous with "the law", "the cops", or "the police", even though it remains, at its heart, simply a major security corporation.
* Lusiada:is a AA megacorporation headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal. Its CEO is Emmanuel Salles. It has close ties with the Portugal government, with the Board of Lusiada practically running the country. The major shareholders include the government, four major shareholding families, Saeder-Krupp, and Wuxing.
* Maersk:or simply Mærsk is a AA megacorporation based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Its president is Peter Frödin. Its major interests are in oil, naval yards, and shipping, but Mærsk has a diverse group of subsidiaries ranging from Matrix to medicine. Many give Mærsk credit as the first proto-mega corp.