The German subsidiary separated from its American parent company in 1998, through a management buyout.

For some time, Olschewski has also been trying to change the image of the German subsidiary from being a hardware manufacturer to a service provider.

The German subsidiary had already been sold eight years before.

It is unclear how many other American companies have German subsidiaries that used forced laborers.

Sales in its British and German subsidiaries increased by 300 percent, to $75 million.

Nestle's German subsidiaries are receiving about a dozen threats a year.

Part of the total compensation will probably come from American companies with German subsidiaries that used forced labor in the war.

Alexion's German subsidiary has been providing those patients with Soliris free of charge.

Bonelli hopes his German subsidiary will break even by the end of next year.

After the war, the German subsidiary recovered at extraordinary speed.