schaeffler, a family-owned firm that makes bearings, was almost felled by the loans it took on to take over continental, a car-parts company three times its size.
从事轴承生产的家族企业,舍弗勒公司,在收购了规模相当于自己三倍的汽车零件大陆公司之后,几乎被巨额贷款击倒。
heavey joined tullow engineering in 1981, a small family-owned firm based near dublin.
哈维在1981年加入塔诺机械,当时还是一个座落在都柏林附近的家庭式的小公司。
it would also be a natural step for a family-owned firm of this size, bankers say.
银行家认为,对于如此规模的家族企业来讲,上市本是必经之路。