It is because of the growing number of potential investments that 3i is opening four new offices in Germany.

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Evening that out would spell a large profit spike, so LinkedIn in the past year has opened sales offices in Germany, Japan, Brazil, India, Spain and Hong Kong.

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With the offices now in Germany, U.K. and the U.S., Fab can now cross-sell more products internationally from, say, designers in Germany to customers in the U.S. and U.K., and vice versa.

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Aside from Israel, SolarEdge already has offices in California, Germany, Italy and Japan.

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RSI, with 300 employees, is still growing, this year expanding with offices in the UK, Germany and Russia.

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The company, which is still family-run in Sheffield, is now a global manufacturer with 200 employees and offices in New York, Germany and Hong Kong.

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Garmin has dedicated automotive OEM offices in the United States, Germany, China and Japan.

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This worldwide expansion resulted in strategically located offices in England, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain and Mexico.

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Founded in 2002 and based in Hamilton, Bermuda, Aspen operates through wholly-owned subsidiaries and offices in Bermuda, France, Germany, Ireland, Singapore, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.

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In Nokia's case, the meeting involved gathering about 100 engineers and product managers from offices as far-flung as Massachusetts and China in a hotel ballroom in Mainz, Germany, two people who attended the meeting recall.

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