In the 1920s, the predecessor company to Libbey-Owens-Ford helped perfect the process of lamination to make windshields that didn't shatter into pieces.

上世纪20年代，利比-欧文斯-福特公司（Libbey-Owens-Ford）的前身公司完善了层压工艺，使汽车档风玻璃不致被粉碎。

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In an ironic twist, Deloitte was the auditor of a Per Se predecessor company called MedaPhis.

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Mr Phillips-Davies joined Perth-based SSE's predecessor company Southern Electric in 1997 before becoming energy supply director in 2002.

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In September 2001, GeoEye's predecessor company, Orbimage, put up a satellite that failed to make it into orbit.

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