Monday, 29 September 2014

Companies Named after,Origin of the name of the few famous companies and products.

1. Mercedes - Name of the  daughter of the founder.

2. Nokia - Name of city in Finland.

3. Pepsi - Named from the digestive enzyme pepsin.

4. Honda - From the name of its founder Soichiro Honda.

5. Sony - from the Latin word 'sonus' meaning sound.

6. Maggi - Food company named after its founder, Julius Maggi.

7. Suzuki - From the name of its founder, Michio Suzuki.

8. Samsung - Meaning 'three stars' in Korean.

9. Toyota - From the name of founder, Sakichi Toyoda.

10. Yamaha - After Torakusu Yamaha, who founded the company.

11. Adidas - From the name of the founder Adolf (Adi) Dassler (das).

12. Larsen & Toubro named after their founders Henning Holck-Larsen and Soren Kristian Toubro

13. I B M: International Business Machines.

14. AMUL: Anand Milk Union Limited.

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