Founded in 1837 by a blacksmith named John Deere in Grand Detour, Illinois, the company manufactures agricultural, construction, forestry machinery, diesel engines, lawn care equipment, and many more. The creation of a steel plow for the farmers of the village gave John Deere a breakthrough in 1837. The reason for the increased popularity of this […]
Read moreMichelin is a French multinational company involved in the manufacture of tires. The company was founded by Edouard Michelin in 1889 and was named “Michelin et Cie”. The company invented the first detachable pneumatic tire in 1891. The inspiration for the detachable tire came from a cyclist, who got his cycle to the factory to […]
Read moreThe company Heinz got its name from its founder, Henry J. Heinz. It all started when Henry J. Heinz started selling packed foodstuff like pickles, vinegar, horseradish and a variety of sauces near Pittsburgh, in 1869 (151 years ago). Heinz used to sell the foodstuff in clear glass bottles so that the consumers can check […]
Read moreSafeway was founded in April 1915 (104 years ago) in American Falls, Idaho, U.S by Marion Barton who was an American businessman and leading member of the Skaggs Family of retailers who expanded the predecessor of Safeway into a major supermarket chain. The logo of Safeway is a stylized white “S” (under which it operates) […]
Read moreSonic is the nation’s largest chain of drive-in fast-food restaurants. The corporation evolved from the Top Hat Drive-In (later Sonic) in Shawnee, Oklahoma, a restaurant founded in 1953 by Troy Smith. Restaurant founder Troy Smith tried his hand at running a number of restaurants, from diners and steakhouses to a root beer stand in Shawnee, […]
Read moreNordea is the result of the successive mergers and acquisitions of the Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian banks of Nordbanken, Merita Bank, Unibank and Kreditkassen (Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse) that took place between 1997 and 2000.The name Nordea comes from the Swedish bank Nordbanken, the name is also a contraction of the words Nordic and ideas. […]
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