Polar's

"White-hot growth" in orders for the company's tank trailers, which ferry goods such as sand, flour and chemicals, and expansions to the network of centers to service those trailers, have led to a burst of hiring this year, said Ted Fick, Polar's president and chief executive.

Job Engine Shifts to Higher Gear Sara Murray 2011

Chávez threatened Empresas Polar, claiming the company is not indispensable and he had the power to nationalize any company, perhaps still reeling from Polar's refusal to intervene during the national strike of 2002.

U.S. Needs To Deal With Chavez 2010

Weeks later, a decree expropriating Polar's warehouses and offices in an industrial zone of Barquisimeto was signed.

Venezuelans oppose Chávez attempt to nationalize private food company 2010

The government has characterized the struggle with Polar as one between good and evil, with Chávez giving several speeches in which he has mocked Polar's owner, Lorenzo Mendoza, who is one of Latin America's richest men.

Opposition to government takeovers intensifies in Venezuela 2010

The government has characterized the struggle with Polar as one between good and evil, with Chávez giving several speeches in which he has mocked Polar's owner, Lorenzo Mendoza, who is one of Latin America's richest men.

Venezuelans oppose Chávez attempt to nationalize private food company 2010

BARQUISIMETO, VENEZUELA -- As in all major government takeovers of private companies in Venezuela, President Hugo Chávez declared that seizing beer-and-food giant Polar's facilities here would mark another victory for the poor in the country's march toward socialism.

Opposition to government takeovers intensifies in Venezuela 2010

Weeks later, a decree nationalizing Polar's warehouses and offices in an industrial zone of Barquisimeto was signed.

Opposition to government takeovers intensifies in Venezuela 2010

Until now, Chávez has only moved against Polar's warehouses in Barquisimeto.

U.S. Needs To Deal With Chavez 2010

As in all major government takeovers of private companies in Venezuela, President Hugo Chávez declared that seizing beer-and-food giant Polar's facilities here would mark another victory for the poor in the country's march toward socialism.

Venezuelans oppose Chávez attempt to nationalize private food company 2010

Polar's spot showed the family-owned company's longtime mascot -- a polar bear named Orson -- lobbing a familiar red can toward a trash can marked keep the arctic pure.

The Battling Bears: Orson Vs. The Twins 2008