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Re:Voyager 1 Breaks Its Silence with NASA via Radio Transmit... by II2II on Sunday November 17, 2024 @11:11PM (#42169653)
I was thinking about companies approaching 200 years old since I knew my point would be more difficult to make if I said 100 years (and because they had a launch window that comes up roughly once every 200 years, though I checked that out and it is 175 years). That said, you're right about my basically overlooking companies that weren't based in technology.

Exxon is a cute example though. At one point, they owned Zilog.

Re:Voyager 1 Breaks Its Silence with NASA via Radio Transmit... by goldfishgold on Sunday November 17, 2024 @11:23PM (#42169695)
Fair enough. 100yr old companies are pretty easy to come up with, 200yr old companies are much harder.
Re:Voyager 1 Breaks Its Silence with NASA via Radio Transmit... by oniony on Monday November 18, 2024 @04:18AM (#42170933)
You would pretty much have to turn to Japan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_companies
Re:Voyager 1 Breaks Its Silence with NASA via Radio Transmit... by lgeorget on Monday November 18, 2024 @04:37AM (#42171018)
The other day, I saw a sign on a building for a painting supply manufacturer "since 1748": https://www.tollens.com/la-marque/histoire. I found that quite amazing.