The Van Doren Rubber Company, better known as “Vans”, has been, since 1966, a Southern California based manufacturer of sneakers, skate shoes and other shoe types catering primarily to the active youth market. They market heavily in the surfing and skateboarding areas. In more recent years, Vans has marketed additional items such as clothing and …
Over 60 years experience in the wool industry and expertise in textile innovation, technical research and development allows us to offer a range of benefits and opportunities to companies at all stages of the textile pipeline and beyond. We specialise in the commercialisation of wool technologies and innovations, technical consulting, business information and commercial testing …
Citrix was founded in 1989 by ex-IBM developer Ed Iacobucci. Citrix was originally called Citra but needed to change its name after an existing company claimed trademark rights. The Citrix name is made from Citrus and UNIX. Many of the original founding members were from the IBM OS/2 project. Ed’s vision was to build OS/2 …
The brand Durex is used for a number of unrelated products around the world. Most commonly, Durex is the trademarked name for a range of condoms made by UK-based multinational SSL International. The name, which the London Rubber Company trademarked in 1929, is a portmanteau of “Durability, Reliability, and Excellence”. Durex condoms represent around one …
HP was founded on January 1, 1939 as a manufacturer of test and measurement instruments, by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard, with an investment of 538 United States dollars. They had both graduated from Stanford University in 1934. The company originated in a garage in nearby Palo Alto while they were post-grad students at Stanford …
Motorolas role as pioneer, innovator and visionary in mobile communications is well-known. Originally founded as the Galvin Manufacturing Corporation in 1928, Motorola has come a long way since introducing its first product, the battery eliminator. For more than 75 years, Motorola has proven itself a global leader in wireless, broadband and automotive communications technologies and …