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Alcon Inc. ( German: Alcon AG) is a Swiss-American pharmaceutical and medical device company specializing in eye care products. It has a paper headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland but its operational headquarters are in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, where it employs about 4,500 people. [2]
A notable early resident was Ransford Dodsworth Bucknam, a local mariner whose 19th century career took him all over the world including a post as an admiral in the Turkish Navy. Growth of the village slowed in the 1870s as the depletion of timber reserves ended the lumber trade and the arrival in 1869 of the Windsor and Annapolis Railway in ...
The Alcan–Beaver Creek Border Crossing ( French: Poste frontalier d'Alcan–Beaver Creek) is a border crossing point between the United States and Canada. It is located on the historic Alaska Highway, which was built during World War II for the purpose of providing a road connection between the contiguous United States and Alaska through Canada.
Defunct and relocated teams First First year in the NHL Last Last year in the NHL Record Win–loss–tie– overtime record Win% Winning percentage PA NHL (1918–1926) / Stanley Cup playoff (1927–present) appearances SC Stanley Cup wins * Denotes active franchise ^ City would later receive a new franchise Team First Last Relocated to Seasons Record Win% PA SC Reason for relocation ...
Area code. 907. FIPS code. 02-01390. Alcan Border, also known as Port Alcan, is a census-designated place in the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. Part of the Unorganized Borough, Alcan Border is the site of the Alcan - Beaver Creek Border Crossing, the main U.S. port of entry for persons arriving in Alaska by road.
This article contains a List of Facilities of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) in Canada. The BCATP was a major program for training Allied air crews during World War II that was administered by the Government of Canada, and commanded by the Royal Canadian Air Force with the assistance of a board of representatives from the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
Brett Somers (1922–2007), actress; born in Canada and raised in Portland; Susan Marr Spalding (1841–1908), poet; born in Bath; Aly Spaltro (born 1989), musician known professionally as Lady Lamb; began her recording career in Brunswick; Ellis Spear (1834–1917), Civil War lieutenant colonel of the 20th Maine Infantry Regiment
Alcan. Alcan was a Canadian mining company and aluminum manufacturer. It was founded in 1902 as the Northern Aluminum Company, renamed Aluminum Company of Canada in 1925, and Alcan Aluminum in 1966. It took the name Alcan Incorporated in 2001. During that time, it grew to become one of the world's largest aluminum manufacturers.