Gabriel 150 years - Flipbook - Page 10
Chronological table
1851-2001
Kjærs Mølle and Gabriel
Denmark and the rest of the world
±π∂±: Kjærs Mølle is founded
±π∂±: Denmark wins the ±st Schleswig War
±π∂∂: Fire at the factory
±π∂∏: The first synthetic dye is marketed
±∫∞±: ∂∞th anniversary in a period of prosperity
±∫∞±: The liberal party, “Venstre”, comes to power
±∫±π: Growth culminates in a ∂∞% dividend
±∫±µ-±π: World War I
±∫≤±-≥∏: Years of crisis
±∫≤∫: The Wall Street stock market crash
±∫µ∞-µ∂: Poor quality wool or none at all
±∫≥∫-µ∂: World War II
±∫µπ: Odense Kamgarnsspinderi takes over
±∫µπ: The Marshall Plan for rebuilding
Kjærs Mølle
Western Europe
±∫∂±: ±∞∞th anniversary and crisis due to the
±∫∂∞-∂≥: The Korean War
Korean War
±∫∂µ: French defeat at Dien Bien Phu in
±∫∂µ-π∞: M. Zacho becomes managing director.
Fashionable fabric for women's clothing
Viet Nam
±∫∑π: Youth revolt in countries of the west
From circa ±∫∑π: Woollen upholstery fabric
– limited but expert production
±∫∏∫: Islamic revolution in Iran
±∫∏∫: Employees and the Gabriel family take
over Kjærs Mølle
±∫π∞: War between Iran and Irak. The police
±∫π∞: Søren Gabriel becomes managing director
remove squatters from a Copenhagen play-
±∫π±: Poul H. Lauritsen chairman of the board.
Emphasis on woollen upholstery fabric
ground
±∫π≥: Poul Schlüter's Liberal-Conservative
±∫π≥: Gabriel takes over Kjærs Mølle
government comes to power
±∫πµ: Gabriel goes public. Focus on exports
±∫πµ: Soviet premier Andropov dies
±∫π∂: Jørgen Kjær Jacobsen becomes managing
director
±∫π∂: Mikhail Gorbatjov becomes president of
the Soviet Union
±∫π∑: Gabriel and Kjærs Mølle merge
±∫π∑: The Danish government introduces
±∫π∏: Gabriel suffers in a period of recession
financial constraints
±∫π∫: ≥≥% of goods manufactured are exported
±∫π∏: International stock market crash
±∫∫±: ISO ∫∞∞± certification. Pension funds
±∫π∫: Fall of the Berlin Wall
purchase Gabriel family shares
±∫∫±: Collapse of the Soviet Union.
±∫∫≤: Gabriel's progress is slowed by European
market decline
The Gulf War
±∫∫≤: European monetary cooperation breaks
±∫∫∑: More than ∂∞% of goods manufactured
down
are exported
±∫∫∑: Bill Clinton wins a ≤nd term as US
±∫∫∏: Businessmen purchase a controlling
president
interest
±∫∫∏: “Dolly” the sheep, the first cloned animal,
±∫∫∫: ≥ sales divisions: Contract, Home and
is born
Transport
±∫∫∫: NATO operations against Yugoslavia
≤∞∞∞: Record results for the ∂th year in a row.
∏∂% of goods manufactured are exported
≤∞∞∞: George W. Bush is elected US president
≤∞∞±: ±∂∞th anniversary
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