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The William S. Haynes Flute Company is an American flute-manufacturing company, established in 1888 by William S. Haynes and George W. Haynes. Originating in Boston, the company has since relocated its main workshop to Acton, Massachusetts.
The East India Company (EIC) [a] was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. [4] It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the South and Southeast Asia), and later with East Asia.
eBay office in Toronto, Canada. eBay Inc. (/ ˈ iː b eɪ / EE-bay, often stylized as ebay or Ebay) is an American multinational e-commerce company based in San Jose, California, that allows users to buy or view items via retail sales through online marketplaces and websites in 190 markets worldwide.
Vans (originally called the Van Doren Rubber Company) is an American apparel, accessories, and skateboarding shoes brand, established in Anaheim, California, and owned by VF Corporation. The company also sponsors surf, snowboarding, BMX, and motocross teams. [3] From 1996 to 2019, the brand was the primary sponsor of the annual Warped Tour ...
The company was started in John Warnock's garage. [11] The name of the company, Adobe, comes from Adobe Creek in Los Altos, California, a stream which ran behind Warnock's house. [4] That creek is named because of the type of clay found there (Adobe being a Spanish word for Mudbrick).
Frigidaire was founded as the Guardian Frigerator Company in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and developed the first self-contained refrigerator, invented by Nathaniel B. Wales and Alfred Mellowes in 1916. In 1918, William C. Durant , a founder of General Motors , personally invested in the company and in 1919, it adopted the name Frigidaire.
The company launched in 2005 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and served multiple areas across the Middle East. [141] On March 28, 2017, Amazon acquired Souq.com for $580 million. [142] The company was re-branded as Amazon and its infrastructure was used to expand Amazon's online platform in the Middle East. [143]
The Hayes Manufacturing Company was established in British Columbia in 1920 [2] by Douglas Hayes, a parts dealer, and partner W. Anderson from Quadra Island, and was originally the Hayes-Anderson Motor Company Ltd. It was renamed Hayes Manufacturing Company Ltd. in 1928, [2] when the company built a large factory on the False Creek flats in ...