On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Trei, Peter wrote: > I think you meant the *Beretta* family, who > have been making fine fireams since the 1520's.
Yup, my spelling sucks :-) > Other really old companies: > > Stora Enso Oyj of Helsinki, Finland, a > paper and board maker, began as a > copper mine in central Sweden in 1288. > > Sumitomo Corp. of Tokyo was founded > as a book and medicine shop in Kyoto in > the early 1600s by Masatomo Sumitomo. Cool. Nice to know it's a world wide trend :-) Patience, persistence, truth, Dr. mike
