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Hooglandt and Company |
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Founded: |
1864 |
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Ceased: |
ca1964 |
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Updated: 4 May 2007
Notes:
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Stelling, Hooglandt & Co. traded, in Singapore, from 1860 to 1864. They were the precursor of Hooglandt & Co. [H06p398-99]
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Begun 1860 by Jan Daniel Hooglandt and Johann Rudolf Riedtmann, and acted as agent to many Dutch companies. Hooglandt retired to Amsterdam in 1882 and a later the manager was W. H. Diethelm. It represented the Dutch oil industry at one time. [Additional information from John Wilson 20 November 2006. [M04]]
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Origianlly a Dutch firm [H06p398]
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Hooglandt & Co. [W05p669]
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They had an extensive agency business representing banks, insurance companies, and overseas firms.
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They had business ties with Amsterdam.
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In the late 1860s a Swiss, Wilhelm Heinrich Diethelm settled in Singapore.
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In 1871 Wilhelm Heinrich Diethelm joins Hooglandt & Co. in Singapore
- In 1876 he is made a partner. [H06p399]
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In 1887, he acquires the majority of shares of Hooglandt & Co., Singapore.
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In 1887 he founds Diethelm & Co. Ltd. in Singapore and in 1889 sees the founding of Diethelm Saigon. In 1906 sees the founding of Diethelm & Co., Zurich with branch office in Bangkok.
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Trading representatives for the Asiatic Petrol, Royal Dutch and Diethelm [A01], Singapore.
- PERFINS 1882-1894 [G01]?
- Being a Swiss and thus neutral firm, they and their sister firm of Diethelm & Co. remain open during the Japanese occupation. They did much to suppy internees with good. [H06p399]
- In 1964 Diethelm creates a holding company (Diethelm Holding Ltd.) According to the DKSH website "Hooglandt & Co. still exists today - for nostalgic reasons we have kept the company alive all those years albeit it has not been operative for many." I suspect that we can take 1964 as a date operatins ceased.
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