Talk:Stark Industries

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Could someone add what Stark Industries actually does? 212.178.69.130 (talk) 13:23, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Stark Industries - Eureka
Stark Industries was also the name of the company Nathan Stark ran in the episode "Once in a Lifetime", it was supposed to be an affectonate reference to this stark industries but I'm not sure where it should go. Any ideas? - 121.44.121.94 (talk) 09:36, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

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I removed a lot of inuniverse staffing information from the article but have preserved it here should a limited amount of it be viable to go back in. Cabe 6403  (Talk•Sign) 11:00, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Functions
The company is a technology company that develops and manufactures advanced weapon and defense technologies. The company manufactures the armor worn by Iron Man and War Machine. It builds the helicarriers used by S.H.I.E.L.D. It produces the Quinjets used by the Avengers.

Staff

 * Tony Stark - CEO/President
 * Carla Italia - Executive Officer
 * Happy Hogan - Chauffeur to CEO
 * Pepper Potts''' - Secretary to CEO
 * '''Dr. Gray Armond - Head Designer.
 * Harmon Furmintz - Member of Stark Industries' biochemical division. He worked for Genetech and was born around 1918. He was a child prodigy and recruited as candidate for Super Soldier Project, but was rejected due to having hemophilia. He attempted to gain the power of Terrax, but his body and mind were destroyed by Terrax and reformed into duplicate of his own.
 * Jacob Fury (Scorpio) - Former research scientist.
 * Sally McIntyre
 * Eddie March - Former part of the Iron Legion.
 * Kevin O’Bryan
 * Ralph Roberts
 * Anton Vanko (Crimson Dynamo) — Former Head Scientist and Chief Developer
 * Arwyn Zurrow - Head of the Miami facilities.

Subsidiaries

 * Project: Caribbean (staff unknown) - Stark Industries made an effort to start a plant in Haiti, however it was destroyed by Night Phantom.

Stark International
Originally Stark Industries, the name was changed when the company ceased manufacturing munitions, with Tony handing over the CEO position to James Rhodes. Eventually the company was taken over by Obadiah Stane after a hostile takeover and he renamed it Stane International.

Staff

 * Tony Stark - Original Head
 * James Rupert Rhodes (War Machine) - Acting CEO
 * Bambi Arbogast - An executive assistant.
 * Yvette Avril - Worked for the French branch of Stark International and was brought to the USA to become vice president of the Long Island facility. She unsuccessfully attempted to save the company when Tony Stark went on a major drinking binge and quit after takeover by Obadiah Stane.
 * Bethany Cabe
 * Dianne Carruthers
 * Morley Erwin - Owned Circuits Maximus as well as working Stark International. He is the brother of Clytemnestra Erwin. He also assisted Jim Rhodes in learning to use the Iron Man armor, helped form Circuits Maximus, killed when Obadiah Stane had the Circuits Maximus building bombed
 * Abe Klein - Director of Engineering. - Tony Stark's old electrical engineering professor; killed by Mordecai Midas
 * Scott Lang (Ant-Man)
 * Kristine "Krissy" Longfellow - Secretary. She Posed as Tony Stark's secretary to be close to him without involving him with a criminal.
 * Harold Marks (Techno-Killer) - A research technician. He left to work for author James Spencer; built an armor in order to gain respect and vengeance from perceived lack of appreciation
 * Vincent "Vic" Martinelli - A security guard. He was a former soldier and architect. Worked for Williams Innovations before working at Stark International. He remained with Obidiah Stane after his hostile takeover due to difficulty in finding a new job.
 * Artemus "Artie" Pithins - Director of Public Relations. He is currently a White House Press Secretary. Quit Stark International after Obadiah Stane took over.
 * Erica Sondheim - Medical Director.
 * Carl Walker -
 * Cherry Wood - A scientist. She studied Doctor Octopus' Adamantium arms and dated Stark. She was taken hostage by Doctor Octopus.

Stane International
A subsidiary of Stark Enterprises and formed by Obadiah Stane, Stane wrestled control of Stark International from James Rhodes after a hostile takeover. Stane renewed the munitions manufacturing. However after Stane was killed, the company was run by a mysterious cartel which was eventually bought out and reabsorbed by Stark Enterprises.

Staff

 * Obadiah Stane - CEO of Stane International.
 * Joel Arons - He was involved in a project that kidnapped Myron MacLain. He stole Captain America’s proto-adamantium shield
 * Joseph "Joe" Faulkner - General Manager.
 * Dr. Edward "Edwin" Earl Hawkins - Designed the Mass Acquisition Unit. He aided Giant Man (Bill Foster) in battling Doctor Nemesis.
 * Karaguchi Inoyawa - Sought to rebuild the Red Ronin for peaceful purposes.
 * Joseph "Joe" Kilman - After being fired for unknown reasons, he sought revenge by trying to take control of Red Ronin
 * Vic Martinelli
 * Michael Craig Stockton (Dr. Nemesis) - Sought to coerce Dr. Hawkins into creating a mass acquisition warhead.

Stark Enterprises
After buying out and reabsorbing Stane International, Tony based Stark Enterprises in Los Angeles.

Staff

 * Tony Stark - CEO and Founder/Emeritus President
 * James Rhodes - Former CEO (when Stark was in suspended animation following his first "death"; quit upon Stark's revival); former pilot
 * Felix Ricardo Alvarez - Former lawyer, vice-president and CEO. Alvarez defended Tony Stark in the trial of Kathy Dare.
 * Bambi Arbogast
 * Veronica Benning/Victoria Michelle - Tony Stark's physiotherapist
 * Bethany Cabe - Security Chief and former bodyguard of Tony Stark
 * Diane Carruthers
 * Lee Clayton
 * Ed Deal - Worked on the VLS-2980 Project
 * Phillip Grant - Computer hacker.
 * Chester "Chet" Harrigan - Former chauffeur to Tony Stark.
 * Bert Hindel - Former lawyer of Stark Enterprises. He was fired after he failed to clear up the Government civil suits brought on during the Armor Wars. He also unsuccessfully defended Kathy Dare.
 * Happy Hogan
 * Heuristically Operative-Matrix-Emulation Rostrum (HOMER) - Nearly intelligent computer of Tony Stark.
 * Sarah Jennings - Accounts & Marketing
 * Kylie Normandy
 * Dr. Cal Oakley - Former employee of Cordco. Oakley assisted in rebuilding Tony Stark's nervous system following his being shot by Kathy Dare.
 * Marcia Jessica "Marcy" Pearson - Former Director of Public Relations and later Vice-President. Rhodes fired her when she resented his being named Stark's successor as CEO.
 * Garrison Quint - Chief of security
 * James Simpson - Security guard. He allowed Edgar Elliot to sabotage Tony Stark's experimental rocket.
 * Dr. Erica Fredrika Sondheim - Medical Director; former surgeon
 * Wayne Unnier
 * Nick Walcek
 * Atha Williams - Secretary
 * Roderick Withers - Director of Public Relations
 * Abraham Paul "Abe" Zimmer - Research director and former member of the board of directors at Accutech. He was killed by Calico.

Subsidiaries

 * Accutech - Research and Development company, based in California, that was bought out as a subsidiary.  The company produced and designed a Beta Particle Generator which was sabotaged by the Ghost. Known staff members include Gilbert O’Connor and Abe Zimmer.
 * Barstow Electronics > - Subsidiary of Stark Enterprises based in California. It employed Carl Walker after Force's faked death.
 * Cordco - Bought out by Stark Enterprises to force Dr. Cal Oakley to implant a biochip in Tony Stark’s spine after he was shot by Kathy Dare. Known staff members include Addison Drexel, Edwin Cord. Dr. Cal Oakley, and Basil Sandhurst.
 * Stane International - It was reacquired by Stark from Justin Hammer, who owned SI following Obidiah Stane's death. The company reproduced Stark's original Guardsman armor for use at the Vault.

Stark/Fujikawa
Created by a merger of Stark Enterprises and Fujikawa Industries following apparent death of Iron Man/Anthony Stark.

Staff

 * Kenjiro Fujikawa - CEO - founder of Fujikawa Industries, father of Rumiko
 * Yu Kurin
 * Tobi Kanigawa
 * Rumiko Fujikawa - Daughter of Kenjiro. She was a skilled businesswoman. Played the role of party-girl to annoy her parents. She was slain by an Iron Man impostor named Clarence Ward.
 * Morgan Stark - Cousin of Tony Stark. Became General Manager of Stark-Fujikawa after Tony's "death".

Subsidiaries

 * Fujikawa Industries - The previous version of this company helped form Stark-Fujikawa. A Japanese firm which took over Stark Enterprises following seeming death of Tony Stark. Known employees include Tso Fwon, Yu Kurin, Tobi Kanigawa and Wilson Fisk.
 * Oracle Incorporated - Formed by Namor, the company was sold to Stark-Fujikawa. Formerly served as the headquarters of Heroes for Hire. After Tony's "death", Bambi Arbogast seconded here. Known employees include Caleb Alexander (who was killed), Carrie Alexander, Allison Grain, Jim Hammond (Human Torch), Robert Losey, Kent Maitland, Phoebe Marrs, Leon McKenzie, Namor McKenzie (former CEO), Rihanna O'Connor, Dr. Anita Savvy, Dr. Richard Savvy, Bambi Arbogast, Josef Went and James "Jimbob" Roberts.
 * Parallel Conglomerate - Subsidiary of Oracle Inc. (which would make it a subsidiary of Stark-Fujikawa). Known employees are Captain Holten Gamble (who was killed on board an oil tanker owned by Parallel Conglomerate) and Oliver Russell.
 * Rand-Meachum - A company formed by Harold Meachum and Wendell Rand, became a subsidiary of Stark-Fujikawa. Known employees include Daniel Rand (Iron Fist), Wendell Rand-K'ai, Leon McKenzie, Harold Meachum, Ward Meachum, Joy Meachum, Jason Quartermaster, Peregrin Took, Martina Tereshkova and Dr. Ilya Faro

Stark Solutions
The fifth company run/owned by Tony Stark and was founded after his return from another dimension. It was shut down by Tony after he was defamed by Tiberius Stone who was subliminally influencing him.

Staff

 * Tony Stark - CEO
 * Happy Hogan
 * Pepper Potts

Stark Resilient
After the events of "The Five Nightmares" and "World Most Wanted" story arcs, Stark Industries went bankrupt and has closed down. After "Stark Disassembled," Tony begins to rebuild his company as an alternative energy manufacturer under the name of Stark Resilient. It is currently based in Aberdeen, Washington and Broxton, Oklahoma.

Staff

 * Anthony E. "Tony" Stark/Iron Man - Founder, CEO, President and Main Shareholder
 * jithin vijayan kanyakumari - Vice President
 * Virginia "Pepper" Potts/Rescue - COO
 * Bethany Cabe - Head of Security.
 * Bambi Arbogast - General Manager and Executive Assistant to CEO
 * James Rhodes/War Machine - Security Liaison to USAF
 * Timothy Cababa - Head of Computer Terminal Division
 * Walter Macken - Main Developer and Chief Engineer
 * Leonard "Pim" Pimacher - Head of Electronics


 * Maybe this should be added to http://marvel.wikia.com with a link to it from this page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.158.236.17 (talk) 22:58, 1 June 2013 (UTC)