Farbengesellschaften
English translation: market leaders
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| 18:34 Dec 17, 2002 |
| German to English translations [PRO] Bus/Financial - Petroleum Eng/Sci / petroleum | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: gcaddy United Kingdom Local time: 14:14 | ||||||
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| 5 +2 | There are several opportunities |
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| 4 +1 | Market leaders / Leading Brands |
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| 4 | gasoline stations |
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15 mins confidence: 
gasoline stations Explanation: The one Google reference that might make sense had this: ... Farbengesellschaften (Tankstellen)... and, as gas stations have to store different types of fuel, this might apply to your context. Unfortunately, you cannot go directly to the link below, but if you get the 'Cached' page from google, you can read all about it. My take on it from the USA. www.loyalty-hamburg.de/newsletter/ 4_2000/news_4_2000.html |
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20 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2There are several opportunities Explanation: First a reference in German: "Es ist die selbe Ware wie das Markenheizöl der Farbengesellschaften (so werden die bekannten Markengesellschaften genannt), denn es stammt aus den selben Raffinerien wie deren Heizöl. Zum Markenheizöl wird Heizöl erst durch die Aufschrift auf dem Tankwagen." From here, it's clear that "Farbengesellschaften" are the market makers/major companies/globl players on the oil markets (ARAL,BP, SHELL,ELF, CHEVRON, STATOIL a.o.) which you would recognize immediately by their typical "Farben"= colours. I don't think this can be translated word-by-word. Correct me if I#M wrong, fellows. Reference: http://www.esyoil.com/s31_haendler.php |
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3 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
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