Thursday, November 18, 2010

how big companies are named...interesting-5


Epson - Epson Seiko Corporation, the Japanese printer and peripheral manufacturer, was named from "Son of Electronic Printer"


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Fanta- was originally invented by Max Keith in Germanyin 1940 when World War II made it difficult to get the Coca-Cola syrup to Nazi Germany. Fanta was originally made from byproducts of cheese and jam production. The name comes from the German word for imagination (Fantasie or Phantasie), because the inventors thought that imagination was needed to taste oranges from the strange mix.


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Fazer - named after its founder, Karl Fazer.


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Fiat- acronym of Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (Italian Factory of Cars of Turin).


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Fuji- from the highest Japanese mountain Mount Fuji.


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Google- the name is an intentional misspelling of the word googol, reflecting the company's mission to organize the immense amount of information available online.


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