IX. Language Notes. What can you say about The Kovyktinskoye gas-condensate field? Use the phrases below:

Where it is:

• The company is based in …

• The head office is in …

• The subsidiary/ factory/ office is located in….

Product and services:

• My company specialized in …

• Our main products are …

• We manufacture/produce/ make …

• We sell …

Size

• We have annual sales of …

• Our annual turnover is …

• We employ …

Presenting Your Company

LEAD – IN

I. Here some facts about Starbucks. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words below.

Located, based, sells, sales, employs, manufactures, specialized

1. The company produced a brand of coffee. It manufactures a brand of coffee.

2. In particular, we produce high-quality coffee. We … in high-quality coffee.

3. Starbucks’s customers buy their coffee in 400 stores. Starbucks … coffee in 400 stores.

4. Our turnover for this year is $207 million. We have … of $207 million this year. The head office of the company is in Seattle. The company is … in Seattle.

5. We have many of our stores on the West Coast. Many of our stores … n the West coast.

6. 6,000 people work for the company. The company … 6,000 people.

II. Language Notes. Company structure

ICL is a subsidiary of Fujitsu.

Fujitsu is the t parent company of ICL.

The group

consists of is maid up of is divided into operates

twenty-nine companies three divisions six target markets

Would you prefer to work for a big multinational company or a small company? Why?

P arent Company
S ubsidiary
D ivision		Division			D ivision
Company	Company	Company	Company	Company	Company	Company	Company

III. Listen to the text, and then complete it using the words below.

Divided into, retail, subsidiary, manufactures, division, employs

ICL is (1)… of Fujitsu, which is an 82% shareholder in the company. The company (2) … a total of 24,000 people.

ICL group consists of twenty-nine autonomous companies. Each company has its own Managing Director. The group is (3) … three divisions. The first is Industry systems. This division produces business solutions (software) for ICL’s customers. The second is Technology, which (4) … computers and components. The third (5) … is Services, which sells computer services, like maintenance and training.

ICL operates in six different target markets: (6) … - that’s shops, supermarkets and so on; financial services; local and central government; healthcare; manufacturing; and travel and transport.