Beginnings and Bourne Corp
Based in New York City, Bourne Corp was found in the seventeenth century as a merchant house, eventually becoming a large multinational conglomerate. The company opened new subsidiaries, such as Bourne Shipping, Bourne Chemicals and Bourne Aerospace, while shutting down others, such as Bourne Manufacturing.
Branches
Bourne Technologies
Bourne Technologies, also Known as Bourne/Scorpio Tech , is the biggest division of Bourne Enterprises. It is involved in the retrieval and research of alien technology. Its main rival is LexCorp. The subsidiary is sometimes used by Bourne as a means to aquire new technologies or to use the medical facilities.
Other subsidiaries of BourneTech include: Holt Holdings Inc., (the company formerly owned by Michael Holt, Bourne Biotech, Bourne Pharmaceuticals, and Bourne Healthcare, which runs New York City's healthcare system.
Bourne Biotech
Bourne Biotech is the company mostly responsible for the New York City healthcare system. The company itself is a facility for researching and developing new medical procedures and systems. It also trains and teaches a huge number of people annually. Bourne Chemicals and Bourne Pharmaceuticals work closely with Bourne Biotech to develop medicines for different diseases.
The current research at Bourne Biotech is focused on finding the cure for cancer. Since the human genome has already been unlocked, Bourne Biotech is studying cloning to produce organs for future transplants. The company is involved in research into brain surgery methods, the fight against AIDS and HIV , and reconstructive plastic surgery. Bourne uses Bourne Biotech as a research tool for finding medical information, patient histories and information on illnesses.
Bourne Foods
Bourne Foods is a little known subsidiary of BourneTech mostly baased in New York City. It runs farms and cattle ranches in Midwest United States, and imports beef from Argentina and other countries. Bourne Foods produces specialized products like ecological foods and natural lines with no additives and controlled growing. Bourne uses Bourne Foods as a means to keep tabs on the food produce market. In recent times, Bourne Foods has concentrated development efforts on organic produce, as a result of changing fashion and consumer demand.
Bourne Shipping
Bourne Shipping owns dozens of freighters and handles three and a half billion tons of freight each month and is used by Bourne to gain ain inside view on smuggling and drug trafficking. In 1986 Bourne Shipping merged with PAAL Ship Corporation, creating the worlds largest commercial shipping operation for precious metals. The former PAAL CEO, Andreas Milanic, successfully floated Bourne Shipping on the New York Stock Exchange in 1988. The Bourne /Scorpio Family currently owns 57% of the company, with Milanics second son Dragoslav, owing 20% (with the remaining 23% in public ownership). Despite a lack of investment in Bourne Shipping since the merger took place, the company still remains an important player in world ocean transportation.
Bourne Steel
Bourne Steel is one of the oldest steel mills and metal refineries in New York and supplies steel for shipbuilding. It also studies and replicates alien technology. This also led to Bourne getting priority on technology and alloys for him to study. Bourne Steel's alliance with the US Navy and the government has produced numerous contacts for Bourne Enterprises.
Bourne Shipbuilding
Bourne Yards is responsible for the building of a large number if naval warships, commercial, and private ships and is currently building a Nimitz class aircraft carrier in New York. BourneSteel and BourneYards facilities repair a large number of cruises and destroyers and also has contacts with upper pylons of the Navy and the global maritime business.
Bourne Aerospace
Bourne Aerospace builds luxurious and exclusive corporate and private jets and airliners. Its experimental aviation branch produces experimental and research planes built for the United States government and NASA. The military aviation branch designs and manufactures jet fighters and helicopters for the US military. The most notable models of these are the W-4 Wraith fighter and the Kestrel attack helicopter. Bourne Aerospace maintains competition with other aerospace corporations like Ferris Air and LexAir.
Bourne Chemicals