The original idea behind the very short “smart car” is that the vehicle is easy to park. It is short enough to allow it to be parked “nose-in” where a conventionally sized car would have to parallel park. Its length of 2.5m (98.4 in) equals the width of a truck or a regular parking slot, …
In 1971 Gilbeys of Ireland set out to create a uniquely Irish drink that would embrace two of the country’s finest products: fresh dairy cream and Irish whiskey, and celebrate one of Ireland’s finest traditions – just passing time and chilling out with friends. No one had managed to blend cream and whiskey before and …
There are four main companies in the history of GSK: Burroughs Wellcome & Company, Glaxo Laboratories, Beecham, and SmithKline and French. In 1880, Burroughs Wellcome & Company was founded. Wellcome Tropical Researches Laboratories was opened in 1902. McDougall & Robertson Inc. was bought by the Wellcome Company to be more active in animal health. Glaxo …
Hasselblad is a Swedish manufacturer of high-quality still photography cameras based in Gothenburg, Sweden. The company was established in 1841 as a trading company. In the 1890s, Hasselblad began distributing photographic products from Eastman. The photography branch grew, and during the second world war Victor Hasselblad was commissioned to develop an aerial camera for the …
Originally known as Walker’s Kilmarnock Whisky, the brand is a legacy left by John ‘Johnnie’ Walker after he started to sell whisky in his grocer’s shop in Ayrshire, Scotland. The brand became popular, but it was his son Alexander Walker and grandson Alexander Walker II who were largely responsible for establishing the whisky as a …
Melitta Coffee company began in 1908 when a young German housewife changed the way in which coffee was made. Melitta Coffee company founder was Melitta Bentz. She had a revolutionary idea. Why not use paper to filter out unwanted coffee residues? So she punctured the bottom of a brass pot and lined it with blotting …