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Europe's Hot Growth Companies


  SPECIAL REPORT - EUROPE'S HOT GROWTH COMPANIES

What's Red-Hot And Green All Over?

Eco tech outfits are among the up-and-comers thriving with help from their governments

Slide Show: Europe's Hot Growth Companies

From a Norwegian maker of winches to a Russian pharmaceutical outfit, these 10 small European companies have shown the fastest growth over the past three years

Table: Hot Growth Europe 2008

An interactive list of all 100 European Hot Growth companies, including key financial metrics and links to snapshots

Betsson Plays Online Gambling for Growth

Its gaming Web site has pushed the Swedish outfit up to No. 14 on BW's list of Europe's fastest-growing small companies

Cairn Energy Reaches Far Beyond Scotland

The oil and gas explorer will more than double its oil output, with new fields in India's Rajasthan. And it has drilling rights around Greenland

NG2 Is Poland's Footwear Superstar

The shoe store chain has been racing ahead since 1990 and is now the largest homegrown Polish retailer

Kapsch TrafficCom Automates Toll-Taking

Because governments like to increase toll revenues in recessions, the Austrian company's business looks strong—though its stock is dragging

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