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See the wiki page for a list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_champions

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The real hidden champions are naturally not included in that list.

This scene from Cocktail includes some other ideas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHdUl8hHwKY

(None of those examples are on that list.)

I was lucky enough to tour the Flugelbinder estate just last year. The gardens were breathtaking.

Interestingly, the only two companies I know from that list are in the field of aviation: Embraer and NetJets.

I knew ARRI, Embraer, Höganäs, from their old school kitchen ware) and Enercon.

I thought I knew "International SOS", but I actually knew "SOS International", another entity altogether.

Jamba certainly takes me back.

I'd heard of Bobcat, De La Rue, Embraer, McIlhenny, Petzl, Tandberg (famous for reel-to-reel tape-recorders). I do think it's wonderful that the list includes a company known for "wristwatch hands".

Molex is a pretty well-known name because of the eponymous connector, but I'd never considered whether it might be a company.

I'm not sure I would consider Embraer a hidden champion. It's a fairly large aerospace conglomerate in Brazil with very high level of public awareness (especially among the global flying crowd).

It has a revenue of R$20m, which falls within the arbirary hidden-champion revenue cut-off of US$5b only due to the poor BRL-USD exchange rate right now.

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