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Fear for & Olufsen of the name of its founders,
fear for and
Olufsen from of the initials of its founders,
block and
Quayle.Bally original "Lion Manufacturing", changed to Bally after the success of its first popular Flippers
Ballyhoo.BASF aniline and
soda in former times
of Baden factory (aniline for the synthesis of colors, soda is used is used for glass processing) for their names. Soda and aniline were the first products the enterprise Bavarian after the founder Friedrich Bavarian (to 1972 Farbenfabriken Bavarian AG) .BayWa
Bavarian goods switching AG. 1923 separated the Bavarian central credit bank their goods business from the financial transaction ab.BEA system from the first initials of the three firm founders:
Bill Coleman,
OD Scott and
Alfred Chuang.BenQ "
Bringing Enjoyment and
quality ton life" (about: Joy and quality brings in the life) .bft
federation to free TankstellenBIC abbreviation of the surname of the firm founder Marcel
BichBILLA of cheap shop, based from Karl Wlaschek (largest Austrian supermarket chain) BIPA
cheap , based from Karl Wlaschek (Austrian drugstore market chain) Bizerba surname of the firm founder
Bizer, company headquarters
BalingenBlackstone of the firm founders Stephen Schwarzman stood godfather for
Black and the joint founder Peter Peterson, whose name on Greek stone means,
stone BMW
Bavarian MotorenwerkeBOB steered
Bavarian OberlandbahnBP in former times: The
British petroleum CompanyBridgestone designated after the founder Shojiro Ishibashi. The surname Ishibashi means "stone bridge" and/or "bridge from stone" (English: "stone bridge" or "bridge OF stone") bulletins the
Compagnie of the machines bulletin created in Paris used the patents for punch card machines, secured of Norwegian engineer, Frederik Rosing
bulletin.C
C&A initials of the brothers
Clemens &
August Brenninkmeijer, those the textile company 1841 in the Netherlands
computer AssociatesCanon of
Kannon, the Japanese name of the Buddhisten Bodhisattva of the grace. The name was changed to Canon, in order to avoid that religious groups were insulted. Casio of the name of its founder Kashio Tadao, which had furnished the company Kashio Seisakuja as subcontractor factory. Ciba-Geigy Ciba is called
chemical Industry ''' Ba ''' sel, fused with a company, which was designated after its founder Johann Rudolf Geigy
Merian. Later after a fusion with Sandoz renamed to Novartis.Cintis (
short form) short for
Consulting (
English),
information,
Networking,
technology,
integrating and
software of CINTIS internationally Limited Cisco short for San Fran '' Cisco ''. It is in addition, possible that it was "Cisco" -
computer information S ervices was the department of the Stanford university, in that the founders worked. Coca-Cola Coca-Cola comes from the name of the Coca sheets and the Kola fruits, which were processed for the taste. Coca Cola inventor John S. Pemberton changed the "K" from Kola to "C", so that the name looked better. Coleco caught
Leather company as ''' CO ''' nnecticut on (about: Connecticut leather company). Colgate Palmolive developed from the fusion of the soap manufacturers Colgate & Company and Palmolive Peet.
Peet was painted 1953.
Colgate was designated after William Colgate, an English immigrant, who established 1806 a strengthening, a soaping and a candle enterprise in New York town center.
Palmolive was designated after the two oils, those in its production used wurden.COLT by
town center OF London Telecom.Compaq of "Comp" for computers and "luggage" for a small object. Another explanation is
Compatibility and quality (compatibility and quality). Corel of the name of the founder Dr. Michael Cowpland. Corel stands here for
Cowpland Research Laboratory (Cowpland research lab). Cray Research designated after the founder Seymour Roger ''' Cray ''', the 1997 by a car accident around the life kam.CVS abbreviation for
Consumer VALUE net curtain (about: Article of consumption shops).
D
Daewoo of the firm founders Kim Woo Chong called the company in such a way, because Daewoo resulted to DAF
Doorne' s
Automobiel factories (gegr. of stroke van Doorne) into Korean "large universe" bedeutet.DB
German course AG (since 1991, before
German Federal Railroads, in marketing also the
course) DaimlerChrysler from the fusion of
Daimler Benz AG and the
Chrysler corporation. Daimler Benz again sets itself together from the names of the founders of the predecessor companies Daimler engine society and Benz & Cie.DEA
German oil AG, 2002 of Shell for Daimler Benz interservices AGDebian of the project founders
Ian Murdock designated it and its friend
Debra.DEC Digital Equipment corporation, computer manufacturer Dell designated after the founder Michael ''' Dell '''. The company changed its names 2003 to Dell computer delta air LINEs in Atlanta, GA resident airline to their first priority target area, for the Mississippi - is delta, designated. DEMAG
German mechanical engineering AktiengesellschaftDetecon German Telekom ConsultingDHL the company was created Larry
Hillblom and Robert
Lynn, whose last initials constitute the name by Adrian
Dalsey. Degussa
German gold and silver ScheideanstaltDow Chemical company designated after the founder Herbert Henry ''' Dow ''' .dreihundertzehn German advertising agency, whose name is a Running Gag: The rounded up dissolution for the optimal result of a picture in the 60-Punkt-Raster in the offset printing. Normally 304.8 is dpi, rounded up 310.DUAL once manufacturers of high-quality record players. The name attributes to the binary drive (feather/spring and electric motor) the record player built at that time.
E
EADS
European Aeronautic Defence and
space Company.Ebay Pierre Omidyar, which created the commercial platform, had placed a Internet Consulting company named "echo Bay Technology Group" on the legs. "Echo Bay" did not refer to the city in Nevada in the natural landscape at the Lake Mead (artificial lake of the Hoover dam) or to any other material existing place. "It sounded simply well" by Omidyar is reported. When it tried to register EchoBay.com it found out that the echo Bay mine company, a gold mine company, had the domain already secured. Therefore Omidyar registered the name, which he regarded as the secondarybest: eBay.com .EDEKA 1911 was formed from the abbreviation
EdK,
purchasing association ''' of the K ''' more until today valid company and label name the EDEKA. Eduscho after the founder
Eduard SchopfEHI euro of trade institute eleven French:
Essences et
Lubrifiants (or "de
France"; French fuels and lubricant) EMC2 corporation the company by Richard ''' E was created ''' gan and Roger ''' M ''' arino. There was for a long time the rumor that there was originally a further partner
C, which was responsible for the third letter. From other reports it follows that
C only for company (English: Company) stands, thus:
E +
M +
company = EMC. Since the company in the technology sector would work, it took over the EMC2 way of writing of the famous Einstein equation E=mc2.Epcos
electronics parts and
ComponentsEpson Epson Seiko corporation, the Japanese printer and periphery manufacturer, after "
Son OF
electronics printer" (= son of the electrical printer) was designated. Erdal after the company headquarters in the Erthalstrasse in Mainz (in the discussion of the Mainzer dialect) ESA
European space AgencyEscom Erich Schmitt computer society ltd. Esso of the initials S.O. (standard oil OF new jersey), which results in expressed "Esso" (today ExxonMobil). Exxon a name, which was invented into the early 1970ern von Esso, in order to have a neutral however clear brand name for the company. Only days after the announcement of the name Exxon the "double cross company" was called, which diminished however later.
F
FAG
Fischer AGFegime abbreviation of Europenne of the Grossistes (European federation of the independent electrical wholesale dealers). Fiat abbreviation of
Fabbrica Italiana Automobili
Torino (Italian: Italian autofactory Turin); Joke detention also:
Incorrectly into all partial Ford engine company designated after its founder Henry Ford, which devised 1913 the automobile mass production. Firestone designated after its founder Harvey Firestone.Fraport
Frankfurt air haven services WorldwideFuji of the highest Japanese mountain Fujisan.