[WORLDKINGS] Top 500 Constant World Records (P. 402) Asa Coast Railway (Japan): World's first company to operate Dual-mode Vehicle (DMV) for railway tracks and roads
17-01-2023
(worldkings.org) In December 2021, Asa Coast Railway started on Saturday the world's first commercial operation of a dual mode vehicle (DMV) capable of running on both roads and railway tracks. On January 24th, 2023, World Records Union (WorldKings) officially declared Osaka University as “world's first company to operate Dual-mode Vehicle (DMV) for railway tracks and roads”.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) Kraljevica Shipyard: Oldest continuously operational shipyard in the world
30-12-2022
(WorldKings.org) The shipyard was founded in 1729 and is claimed to be the oldest continuously operational shipyard in the world.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) Nordisk Film: Oldest movie production company in operation in the world
06-12-2022
(WorldKings.org) Nordisk Film is the fourth-oldest film studio in the world behind the Gaumont Film Company, Pathé, and Titanus, and the oldest studio to be continuously active.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) Conservas Ramirez: World’s oldest fish cannery still in operation
01-12-2022
(WorldKings.org) Founded in 1853, Ramirez is a family-owned business that is the world’s oldest fish cannery still in operation and is also home to some of the most modern and eco-friendly production units in the sector.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) Crédit Agricole Group: World's largest financial cooperative
21-11-2022
(WorldKings.org) The world's largest financial cooperative was the French Crédit Agricole Group. The Group's total assets reached around 2.71 trillion U.S. dollars in 2020.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) Faber-Castell: World's oldest pencil company still operating
10-11-2022
(WorldKings.org) Founded in 1761, Faber-Castell is the world's oldest pencil manufacturer.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - America Records Institute (AMRI) Little Prince Cinema: Smallest purpose-built cinema in operation in the world
21-10-2022
(WorldKings.org) Tucked between The Red Rabbit restaurant and Dmitri's Shoe and Leather Repair shop in downtown Stratford, Ontario is the smallest purpose-built cinema in operation in the world.
WORLDKINGS - On This Day - October 20, 2022 - The Sydney Opera House is opened by Elizabeth II after 14 years of construction in 1973
20-10-2022
(Worldkings.org) The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the 20th century's most famous and distinctive buildings.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) Götheborg: World's largest operational wooden sailing ship
17-10-2022
(WorldKings.org) Götheborg of Sweden is a sailing replica of the Swedish East Indiaman Götheborg I, launched in 1738 (not to be confused with the larger Götheborg II built some decades later). All sailors survived when the original ship sank off Gothenburg, Sweden, on 12 September 1745, while approaching the harbor on her return from a third voyage to China.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) Aero Club Como: World’s oldest seaplane flight operation
23-09-2022
(WorldKings.org) The Aero Club Como, founded in 1930, is the oldest seaplane flight operation in the world.
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