Contrive Group

Contrive Group
Contrive Group
Type Private
Industry Conglomerate
Founded 1982
Headquarters Middlesex, United Kingdom
Area served Worldwide
Services Aerospace
Aluminum
Automobiles
Cement
Chemicals
Construction
Information Technology
Naval Architecture
Paper
Power
Refining
Research and Development
Steel
Textiles
Revenue increase US$ 49.19 billion (Mar 2009)[1]
Employees 54,655 (2008-09)

The Contrive Group is a multinational conglomerate headquartered in Middlesex, United Kingdom.[2]

Contents

History

Founded on 16 January, 1982, Contrive Group comprises more than 195 subsidiaries serving fourteen business sectors and has operations in more than 85 countries across six continents.[3][4]

The group has taken the name Contrive, which as a transitive verb means "to invent", in order to explain the nature of its business and services. It has interests in energy and specialist technologies[5][6] and has been recognized as one of the most respected research and development conglomerates in the world.[7][8][9]

The deep saffron coloured globe with an elliptical ring in Contrive logo is meant to signify dawn, globalization and globality.[10][11][12] The short supplementary slogan depicts the core business operations of Contrive Group subsidiaries in various countries or territories,[13][14][15] in accordance with various territorial corporate regulations in effect.[16]

Services

The Contrive Group develops and deploys leading edge energy and specialist technologies, which enable frugal utilization of resources leading to the complete and sustainable well being of humanity, business entities and environment.[17][18]

Major business sectors served by the group include aerospace, aluminum, automobiles, cement, chemicals, construction, information technology, naval architecture, paper, power, refining, research and development, steel and textiles.[19][20]

Revenue

The Contrive Group gets more than 2/3 of its revenue from outside United Kingdom.[21]

Philanthropy and nation building

The Contrive Group has helped establish and finance numerous quality research, educational and cultural institutes in collaboration with many leading and enormously respected philanthropic corporate entities in United Kingdom and in other parts of the globe it serves.[22][23]

References

  1. ^ "HM Revenue & Customs". CONTRIVE Group. https://online.hmrc.gov.uk/login?GAREASONCODE=-1&GARESOURCEID=PayeAorEAll&GAURI=https://online.hmrc.gov.uk/paye/&Reason=-1&APPID=PayeAorEAll&URI=https://online.hmrc.gov.uk/paye/. Retrieved 2009-04-01. 
  2. ^ "Principal Business Activities". Companies House. http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/about/miscellaneous/principalBusActivitiesList.shtml. Retrieved 2010-06-03. 
  3. ^ "Principal Business Activities". Companies House. http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/about/miscellaneous/principalBusActivitiesList.shtml. Retrieved 2010-06-03. 
  4. ^ "Journal of business venturing". Elsevier ISSN 0883-9026 v.3.. http://catalog.lib.washington.edu/search/i?SEARCH=+sf+93092354++. Retrieved 2010-06-03. 
  5. ^ "Preparation of Semiconductor Nanocrystals...". National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. http://www.aist.go.jp/aist_e/latest_research/2009/20090325/20090325.html. Retrieved 2009-03-01. 
  6. ^ "Energy and Specialist Technologies R&D and Professional Consulting Services". CONTRIVE Group. http://www.contrivegroup.com. Retrieved 2010-06-07. 
  7. ^ "Financial Times / PricewaterhouseCoopers World's Most Respected Companies Survey 2004". The Financial Times. http://www.ft.com/servicestools/sitemap. Retrieved 2010-06-03. 
  8. ^ "Research and Development on Renewable Energies". International Council for Science. December, 2009. http://www.icsu.org/Gestion/img/ICSU_DOC_DOWNLOAD/3040_DD_FILE_ISPRE_Photovoltaic&Wind.pdf. Retrieved 2010-06-03. 
  9. ^ "Science Direct". Elsevier. http://www.sciencedirect.com/. Retrieved 2010-06-03. 
  10. ^ "Business Records of Historical Importance". The Business Archives Council. http://www.businessarchivescouncil.org.uk/. Retrieved 2010-06-03. 
  11. ^ Sirkin, Harold L.; Hemerling, James W.; Bhattacharya, Arindam K; with John Butman (2008). GLOBALITY: Competing with Everyone from Everywhere for Everything. New York: Business Plus: ISBN 0446178292.
  12. ^ "Cornerstone of the information society". International Council on Archives. http://www.ica.org/en/about. Retrieved 2010-06-03. 
  13. ^ "Usage of CONTRIVE Group Logo specific to Territorial Business Operations". CONTRIVE Group. http://www.contrivegroup.com/contact.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-07. 
  14. ^ "Profile album of CONTRIVE Group; explaining the specificities for usage in Territorial Business Operations". CONTRIVE Group in Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/pages/CONTRIVE-Group/125919884105066?v=photos#!/photo.php?pid=194354&id=125919884105066. Retrieved 2010-06-07. 
  15. ^ "Profile picture of CONTRIVE Group as used on a Social Media Site". Authorized person of CONTRIVE Group. http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=32091960&trk=tab_pro. Retrieved 2010-06-07. 
  16. ^ "Principal Business Activities". Companies House. http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/about/miscellaneous/principalBusActivitiesList.shtml. Retrieved 2010-06-03. 
  17. ^ "Science and Technology". United States Department of Energy. http://www.energy.gov/. Retrieved 2010-06-03. 
  18. ^ "Businesses served with specialist, technology based professional consulting services". CONTRIVE Group. http://www.contrivegroup.com/specialist.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-07. 
  19. ^ "Research and Development on Renewable Energies". International Council for Science. December, 2009. http://www.icsu.org/Gestion/img/ICSU_DOC_DOWNLOAD/3040_DD_FILE_ISPRE_Photovoltaic&Wind.pdf. Retrieved 2010-06-03. 
  20. ^ "Beyond Copenhagen: How to gain competitive advantage". Ethical Corporation, London. http://www.ethicalcorp.com/climate/?utm_source=EC%2Barticle%20&utm_medium=main%2Bbox&utm_campaign=EC%2Barticle%20main%20box. Retrieved 2010-06-05. 
  21. ^ "HM Revenue & Customs". CONTRIVE Group. https://online.hmrc.gov.uk/login?GAREASONCODE=-1&GARESOURCEID=PayeAorEAll&GAURI=https://online.hmrc.gov.uk/paye/&Reason=-1&APPID=PayeAorEAll&URI=https://online.hmrc.gov.uk/paye/. Retrieved 2009-04-01. 
  22. ^ "HM Revenue & Customs". CONTRIVE Group. https://online.hmrc.gov.uk/login?GAREASONCODE=-1&GARESOURCEID=PayeAorEAll&GAURI=https://online.hmrc.gov.uk/paye/&Reason=-1&APPID=PayeAorEAll&URI=https://online.hmrc.gov.uk/paye/. Retrieved 2009-04-01. 
  23. ^ "Business Records of Historical Importance". The Business Archives Council. http://www.businessarchivescouncil.org.uk/. Retrieved 2010-06-03. 

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