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The Bank of China (BOC) has its sights set on global conquest -- of the financial kind. One of the largest banks in the world's most populous country, BOC is a financial giant. It has more than 10,000 domestic branches as well as foreign offices in about 30 countries. Commercial banking (including corporate and retail banking and treasury operations) accounts for about 90% of its revenues. BOC Investment provides investment banking services in China, the UK, the US, and Singapore. BOC Group Insurance sells general and life insurance products in China. The group provides aviation financing through BOC Aviation. China's government owns about 70% of BOC, one of the nation's four state-owned commercial banks.

When it comes to selling office equipment in Asia, Fuji Xerox decided two heads might be better than one. The company provides digital imaging and printing equipment to the Asian market. Its products include digital printers, digital copiers, multi-function machines, projectors, engineering plotters, image processing systems, fax machines, and related software. The company counts convenience store chain Seven-Eleven Japan among its customers. It gets nearly two-thirds of sales from customers in Japan. A 50-50 joint venture when it was founded in 1962, Fuji Xerox is owned by FUJIFILM (75%) and Xerox (25%).

Like the aluminum products it manufactures and sells, Norwegian industrial giant Norsk Hydro is both nimble and flexible. The company focuses almost exclusively on aluminum production, though it still has a toehold in renewable energy. It produced about 1.4 million metric tons of aluminum in 2010. Its operations include casthouse products, building systems, extruded and rolled products, and automotive and transport products, distributed worldwide. Norsk Hydro ranks among the world's top aluminum producers, along with Canada's Rio Tinto Alcan, Russia's RUSAL, and the US's Alcoa. In 2011 Norsk Hydro acquired the Brazilian bauxite mining and alumina refining units of Vale SA for $5.7 billion.

Automated Systems Holdings Limited (The ASL Group) helps Asian companies in need of tech services. The company serves customers in service areas such as telecommunications, transportation, education, finance, and utilities across Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and Thailand. The company's information technology services include consulting, software development, maintenance support, systems integration, and help desk support. The ASL Group, founded in 1973, is a subsidiary of Computer Sciences Corporation. Its operating companies include ELM Computer Technologies, CSA Automated (Macau), and ASL Automated (Thailand).