As part of our on-going research activities, we are constantly investigating companies that come to our attention – -scouring lists, IPO filings, M&A activity are all part of the ever-changing landscape. In order to achieve & maintain a set of 5,000 companies, as mergers happen, we need to find new candidate companies. It is never a static process.
During May 2013, we added the following 30 companies.
- AbbVie, Inc.
- Ache Laboratorios Farmaceuticos
- Ardagh Group
- AsiaInfo-Linkage, Inc.
- BCBG Max Azria
- China Resources Enterprise, Ltd
- Corporate Executive Board
- Echo Entertainment Group
- Encore Capital Group, Inc.
- EverBank Financial Corporation
- Freedom Group
- FreightCar America
- Gildemeister AG
- Grupo Gigante
- Henan Shuanghui Investment & Development Co. Ltd.
- Huttig Building Products
- Investec plc
- ION Geophysical Corporation
- LeapFrog Enterprises
- Liberty Interactive Corporation
- Masan Group
- MBIA, Inc.
- Osram
- PBF Energy
- Potlatch Corporation
- rue21, Inc.
- Salini Construction
- Sears Hometown & Outlet, Inc.
- Shutterfly
- Telepizza
For more info about the full Global 5000 database, visit this page.
Also, be sure to take a look at this Infographic showing some interesting facts about The Global 5000 companies and this series starting with Asia Pac data.