History of Air India

Air India is India’s national Airline. Air India’s history can be traced to October 15, 1932. On this day J.R.D. Tata, the father of Civil Aviation in India and founder of Air India, took off from Drigh Road Airport, Karachi, in a tiny, light single-engine de Havilland Puss Moth on his flight to Mumbai via …

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History of Kleenex

In 1924, the Kleenex brand of facial tissue was first introduced. Kleenex tissue was invented as a means to remove cold cream. Early advertisements linked Kleenex to Hollywood makeup departments and sometimes included endorsements from movie stars who used Kleenex to remove the make-up with cold cream. By 1926, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, the manufacturer of Kleenex, …

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History of Frito-Lay

The potato chip was invented by George Crum in 1853. The snack food became popular during the 1920s following the mechanical potato peeler. In 1932 salesman Herman W. Lay opened a snack food operation in Nashville, Tennessee and, in 1938, he purchased the Atlanta, Georgia potato chip manufacturer “Barrett Food Company,” renaming it “H.W. Lay …

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History of Samsung:

Samsung Electronics(SEC) was founded in 1969 by the name of Samsung Electric Industries. It manufactured electronic appliances such as color TVs, calculators, refrigerators, air conditioners and washers. By 1981, the company had manufactured over 10 milion black-and-white TVs. In 1988, it merged with Samsung Semiconductor & Communications. It developed world’s first 64M DRAM in 1992. …

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History of Orange

At the time of its launch, in April 1994, Orange was the fourth entrant into an already crowded UK mobile phone market, with an ambitious aim: to become the mobile provider of choice by making communications an intuitive and easily accessible part of daily life. For everyone. To succeed, it had to establish itself as …

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History of Japan Credit Bureau (JCB)

Japan Credit Bureau – JCB, is a credit card company based in Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1961, JCB established dominance over the Japanese credit card market when it purchased Osaka Credit Bureau in 1968. JCB cards are now accepted by 11 million merchants in 189 countries, and are commonly accepted at hotels and upscale shopping …

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