ALSO Holding ALSO Holding ALSO Holding AG is a listed distribution and logistics company based in Emmen, Switzerland. ALSO Holding is Europe's third largest (after Ingram Micro and Tech Data), broad line information technology, consumer electronics and telecommunications (ICT) distributor. In 2016, ALSO had a turnover of 8.0 billion euros. ALSO is active in 15 European countries: Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Finland, France, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland and Slovenia; and is the market leader in its core markets of Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Switzerland. ALSO was founded in 1984 and has been listed on the
Latvia states of Northern and Eastern Europe were divided into German and Soviet "spheres of influence". In the north, Latvia, Finland and Estonia were assigned to the Soviet sphere. A week later, on 1 September 1939, Germany and on 17 September, the Soviet Union invaded Poland. After the conclusion of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, most of the Baltic Germans left Latvia by agreement between Ulmanis' government and Nazi Germany under the Heim ins Reich programme. In total 50,000 Baltic Germans left by the deadline of December 1939, with 1,600 remaining to conclude business and 13,000 choosing to remain in Latvia. Most of