What does S.A. mean after a company name ??

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Metz
06/06/2002 at 11:19
We have LTD for limited companies and PLC for public limited companies....but all thse foreign companies have S.A....seems to be comon accross Europe...what does it stand for?? anyone know ??
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Dingbat
06/06/2002 at 11:26
IIRC, its 'Societe Anonyme'. Equivalent to PLC.


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Dragon
06/06/2002 at 11:31
It's not common accross Europe. Most countries have their own equivalent. In Germany (and Sweden and some others) it's GMBH. Hence AEG is Algemein Electronische GMBH.

Maybe that explains the Swedish company. A shop near me has some of their products, but who on earth would buy a fridge labelled "SMEG"
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Gazboz
06/06/2002 at 11:38
Mmmm...often wondered this too.


Also what does TIR?...(I think), mean that you see on backs of lorries
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06/06/2002 at 11:54
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Lob Rockster
06/06/2002 at 11:54
I think S.A. is the French-speaking version and GmbH is the German version - Limited Company, basically - reflecting the liability of the company and it's directors, employees, etc.

Silk Speed
06/06/2002 at 11:57
Metz wrote

We have LTD for limited companies and PLC for public limited companies....but all thse foreign companies have S.A....seems to be comon accross Europe...what does it stand for?? anyone know ??




Whats a Limted /public company mean?

Really, i've always wanted to know
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RBZ
06/06/2002 at 11:58
TIR stands for Transportation International des Routiers or something vaguely similar (I don't know French ).
What it means is that a TIR marked vehicle must not leave dedicated transit routes (in countries that have such routes) or unseal/open its loading doors between start and finish of the journey. In return TIR marked vehicles sometimes get preferential customs treatment as well as lower/no duty and toll charges.
This was a lot more popular & useful in the days when they still had border checks inside the EU and lots of countries (like, all of the Eastern bloc) used to operate dedicated transit routes.

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06/06/2002 at 12:00
RatBikeZone wrote

TIR stands for Transportation International des Routiers or something vaguely similar (I don't know French ).
What it means is that a TIR marked vehicle must not leave dedicated transit routes (in countries that have such routes) or unseal/open its loading doors between start and finish of the journey. In return TIR marked vehicles sometimes get preferential customs treatment as well as lower/no duty and toll charges.
This was a lot more popular & useful in the days when they still had border checks inside the EU and lots of countries (like, all of the Eastern bloc) used to operate dedicated transit routes.


I seriousy thought it meant Total Internal Reflection, something to do with the mirrors and the lengthof the truck.

Must be a bit dazed me.
Metz
06/06/2002 at 12:01
Silk Speed wrote





Whats a Limted /public company mean?

Really, i've always wanted to know



In theory, a LTD company has it's liability 'limited' to the assets of the company. (That is until they decide to come after you.....which they do )

A PLC is listed on a stock exchange, and public shareholders effectively 'own' the company.
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Silk Speed
06/06/2002 at 12:04
Metz wrote




In theory, a LTD company has it's liability 'limited' to the assets of the company. (That is until they decide to come after you.....which they do )

A PLC is listed on a stock exchange, and public shareholders effectively 'own' the company.



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Gazboz
06/06/2002 at 12:09
RatBikeZone wrote

TIR stands for Transportation International des Routiers or something vaguely similar (I don't know French ).
What it means is that a TIR marked vehicle must not leave dedicated transit routes (in countries that have such routes) or unseal/open its loading doors between start and finish of the journey. In return TIR marked vehicles sometimes get preferential customs treatment as well as lower/no duty and toll charges.
This was a lot more popular & useful in the days when they still had border checks inside the EU and lots of countries (like, all of the Eastern bloc) used to operate dedicated transit routes.


Cool!

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Flossy
06/06/2002 at 12:24
Here are the equivelents of ltd in other countries

GmbH = Germany
Oy = Finland
AS = Norway
AB = Sweden
PTY = South Africa & possibly America
PTE = Singapore

Although LTD is the most commonly used world wide.
Ben Cope
06/06/2002 at 12:25
You forgot Holland!

B.V in Holland
Dodgy Geezer
06/06/2002 at 12:28
RT in Hungary
FG.
06/06/2002 at 12:28
[QUOTE][color=black]Originally dribbled by RatBikeZone
[B]TIR stands for Transportation International des Routiers

Any idea what STG 1 , 2 or 3 means on heavy haulage trucks?
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RBZ
06/06/2002 at 13:04
Farmer Giles wrote

Any idea what STG 1 , 2 or 3 means on heavy haulage trucks?


they deliver to StarGaTe 1, 2 or 3?

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vangelis
30/03/2011 at 17:04
It depends on which law standars each coutry follows. There are two big law patterns (french and German) on which the rest countries of europe stand on. So if you see SA it is based on the french pattern, "Societe Anonyme" as mentioned above.
In greece it is A.E. "?????ยต? ?ta??e?a" and when translated we use S.A.
gedge
30/03/2011 at 18:06

You would think after 9 yrs they would have lost interest

In case Farmer Giles hasnt had his answer yet.

STG stands for Special Type General Order with the 3 different classes and relates to abnormal loads and specialist types of  vehicles ..  http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1998/contents/made

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Edited: 30/03/2011 at 18:13
ani326
01/04/2011 at 04:30
I agree with "[b]Lob Rockster[/b]"
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