Вопрос № 224083 - Английский язык

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Adriano Olivetti started working for the company Olivetti in 1924 and later he became the boss. He introduced a standard speed for the production line of typewriters and he employed technology and design specialists. The company developed new and better typewriters and then calculators and accounting machines. In 1959 Olivetti produced the ELEA computer system. This was the first mainframe computer designed and manufactured in Italy.
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What did Olivetti produce during Adriano Olivetti’s time?

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The engineer Camillo Olivetti was 40 years old when he started the company in 1908. At his factory in Ivrea, he designed and produced the first Italian typewriter. Today the company headquarters are still in Ivrea, near Turin, but the company is much larger than it was in those days and there are offices all around the world.
By 1930 there was a staff of 700 and the company produced 13,000 machines a year. Some went to customers in Italy, but Olivetti exported more typewriters to other countries.
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What did Camillo Olivetti produce at his factory?

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In 1978, Carlo de Benedetti became the new boss of the company Olivetti. Olivetti increased its distribution and service networks and made agreements with other companies to design and produce more sophisticated office equipment. Soon Olivetti became one of the world’s leading companies in information technology and communications. There are now five independent companies in the Olivetti group – one for personal computers, one for other office equipment, one for systems and services, and two specializing in telecommunications.
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How many independent companies are there in the Olivetti group now?

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Cadbury Schweppes Plc is one of the oldest and largest family businesses in the world today.
The business was started by John Cadbury, who began making chocolate in the 1830s. He was joined in 1847 by his brother, Benjamin, and then John’s sons continued the business. A new factory was opened in 1879 and two years later the company began to export its products. Cadbury’s Dairy Milk, a milk chocolate bar, was introduced in 1905 and remains popular now. In 1922 the Cadbury Brothers started to manufacture products overseas and after the Second World War the company was still the most successful chocolate manufacturer in Britain. The company was also known for its advanced working conditions and for the comfortable houses that were built around its factory outside Birmingham for people of all classes.
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What is Cadbury Schweppes Plc famous for?

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Schweppes Limited was named after Jacob Schweppe, who was born in Germany but later moved to Britain. He started producing mineral water in the 1790s. The company was sold in 1799 but the name was kept by the new owners. New products were introduced – other soft drinks such as tonic water and lemonade, and later jams and tea.
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Who started Schweppes Limited?

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Jenny
“I left school at sixteen and did a secretarial course. Then I joined the company. It was all right at first, but after eight years I’m still doing the same job and I’m really bored. When I apply for promotion, they say that I haven’t got the right qualifications. I can transfer to another department, but secretarial tasks are the same in any department. I don’t know what to do. What do you think? Should I leave? Should I give up secretarial work?”
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When did Jenny join the company?