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Colmar

a city in NE France: annexed to Germany 1871--1919 and 1940--45; textile industry. Pop.: 65 136 (1999)
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Colmar

a city in eastern France, in the eastern spurs of the Vosges, near the 111 River. Administrative center of the department of Haut-Rhin (Alsace). Population, 59,600 (1968). A transportation junction, it is linked by a branch canal with the Rhone-Rhine Canal. The city’s industries include textile manufacturing, the manufacturing of watches, and food enterprises.

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Colmar serves the needs of numerous industries including aggregate, manufacturing, food processing, HVAC and recycling.
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In time, as the company's reputation for manufacturing reliable and efficient equipment spread, Colmar's bright yellow machines captured 80 percent of the Italian market and a substantial share of the European market, particularly in the United Kingdom and France.
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Except for a brief exhibition at the Munich Pinakotech following the First World War, where it "calmed and comforted the "deeply distressed and exhausted German national soul," (10) the piece has been housed in the Musee d'Unterlinden in Colmar, Alsace.
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Colmar Continues to Grow into Industry Leader