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unusual facts about brand name



Cronut

Cronut is the brand name of a croissant-doughnut pastry sold by Dominique Ansel Bakery in New York City, conceived by chef Dominique Ansel.

Doripenem

It was launched by Shionogi Co. of Japan under the brand name Finibax in 2005 and is being marketed outside Japan by Johnson & Johnson.

La Lechera

La Lechera, which means Milkmaid in Spanish, is a Nestlé brand, producing various dairy products.

Paper cup

Dixie Cup is the brand name for a line of disposable paper cups that were first developed in the United States in 1907 by Lawrence Luellen, a lawyer in Boston, Massachusetts, who was concerned about germs being spread by people sharing glasses or dippers at public supplies of drinking water.

Tofurky

Tofurky is the brand name of an American vegetarian turkey replacement (also known as a meat analogue, or, more specifically, tofurkey) made from a blend of wheat protein and organic tofu.


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Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development

Under the brand name Serena, TPS constructs and maintains a multitude of resorts, hotels and other tourist attractions that serve to stimulate local economic growth through increased employment, development of a skilled workforce, increased productivity of local businesses (particularly in the design and craft spheres) and the general development of given areas.

Anna's Swedish Thins

In North America, the company Anna's of North America has a bakery in High River, 50 kilometers south of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and sells the biscuits under the brand name Anna's Swedish Thins.

ArrayComm

The company's hardware solutions enjoyed their greatest commercial successes in Australia and South Africa under the iBurst brand name which continues to be owned by Kyocera.

Barr and Stroud

The Barr and Stroud brand name was then bought by Eastleigh-based Optical Distribution Services Ltd who re-registered as Barr and Stroud Ltd in 2008.

Bolloré Bluecar

By early 2013 the Bolloré Group announced plans to launch a similar carsharing service in Lyon and Bordeaux, but under a different brand name and with no cost to the cities.

Canadian Museum of Rail Travel

The Canadian Museum of Rail Travel, or its brand name "Trains Deluxe", is located in Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada, a city of about 25,000 on the west side of the Rocky Mountains.

Charleston Tea Plantation

Owned by the Bigelow Tea Company, it grows the tea sold under the brand name American Classic Tea from the Camellia sinensis plant.

Codral

Codral is a brand name of cold and flu medication manufactured by Johnson & Johnson and sold primarily in Australia & New Zealand.

Continental Express

In the past, Trans-Colorado Airlines of Denver, CO, Royale Airlines of Shreveport, LA, Air New Orleans, of Birmingham, AL, Mid-Pacific Airlines, of Honolulu, HI, City Express, of Toronto, Ontario, Colgan Airways, of Manassas, VA, Southern Jersey Airways, of Atlantic City New Jersey, and Gull Air, of Hyannis, MA, have operated non-jet aircraft using the Continental Express brand name.

Dafo

DAFO (Dynamic Ankle Foot Orthosis), a brand name for some lower extremity braces that provide thin, flexible, external support to the foot, ankle and/or lower leg

Dbx, Inc.

From 1979 until 1989, the brand name was also used for consumer audio equipment such as speakers, CD players and amplifiers.

Doxylamine

In Commonwealth countries, such as Australia, Canada, South Africa and the United Kingdom, doxylamine is available prepared with paracetamol (acetaminophen) and codeine under the brand name Dolased, Propain Plus, Syndol, or Mersyndol, as treatment for tension headache and other types of pain.

Enocitabine

Enocitabine (INN, marketed under the brand name Sunrabin) is a nucleoside analog used as chemotherapy.

Friden, Inc.

In 1965 the company was purchased by the Singer Corporation, but continued operation under the Friden brand name until 1974.

Gerald Wiegert

Wiegert has revived the Vector brand name as of 2008 and is seeking investors for the new Vector Motors Company.

Gjensidige

The brand name Gjensidige was first taken into use in 1976 when Livsforsikringsselskapet Gjensidige, originally Christiania almindelige gjensidige forsørgelsesanstalt was merged with Samtrygd.

Horry Telephone Cooperative

HTC Cablevision is the brand name of cable television service from HTC.

Ibanez

The Ibanez brand name dates back to 1929 when Hoshino Gakki began importing Salvador Ibáñez guitars from Spain.

IBM Global Services

The beginning of IBM’s involvement in IT services can be traced back at least to 1989 when Eastman Kodak Company and IBM completed an agreement by which IBM designed, built and managed a new state-of-the-art data center for Kodak in Rochester, New York under the brand name ISSC, Integrated Systems Solution Corporation.

Ideal Jawa

Ideal Jawa (India) Ltd was an Indian motorcycle company based in Mysore, sold licensed Jawa and ČZ motorcycles beginning in 1960 under the brand name Jawa and later Yezdi.

Indus Towers

Vodafone Group offers telecom services in India under the brand name "Vodafone", Bharti Group under the brand name "Airtel" and Aditya Birla Group offers its services under brand name "Idea".

Intas Biopharmaceuticals

Erythropoietin injection, under the brand name of Erykine, for anemia due to critical illness like chemotherapy, was introduced in Aug 2005 and Interferon α2b, under the brand name of Intalfa, was launched in April 2007.

Jimenez Arms

It produced firearms variously branded as Jennings Firearms at its Irvine, California facility, as well as under the brand name of Bryco Arms at its former Carson City, Nevada facility, and at its Costa Mesa, California facility.

Jovo

JOVO Click 'N Construct is a brand name of a construction toy system invented by Josef Volgger and produced by JOVO International of Helsinge, Denmark.

Leyland Titan

Leyland Titan is a brand name used by British Leyland on two occasions.

Liskeard and Looe Railway

The line remains open for passenger traffic, which is (2013) operated by First Great Western under the brand name "The Looe Valley Line".

Magnesium hydroxide

The term milk of magnesia was first used for a white-colored, aqueous, mildly alkaline suspension of magnesium hydroxide formulated at about 8%w/v by Charles Henry Phillips in 1880 and sold under the brand name Phillips' Milk of Magnesia for medicinal usage.

Malcolm A. S. Moore

Dr. Moore is a noted oncologist and hematologist primarily known for being the Principal Investigator in the development of filgrastim, marketed by Amgen under the brand name of Neupogen.

Neutersol

Neutersol is a brand name for Zinc gluconate (neutralized by Arginine), a compound used to produce infertility in the male dog by chemical disruption of the testicle, intended as an alternative to surgical neutering.

NT Card

"NT Card" is a brand name for a memory card which is used by C-Map / Jeppesen company for their line of electronic nautical charts.

Onix Audio

Onix Audio started assembly of the ONIX brand of Onix hi-fi in Brighton England in 1984, two years after a small number of unlabeled and unbranded head amplifiers ( No brand Name printed on them or used ) had been sold to niche dealers in the UK by Craig Hill via Brighton HiFi where he worked with his father.

Parilla

A brand name belonging to kart engine maker Italian American Motor Engineering, including the 100 cc Parilla Reedjet for use in the ICA class and the 125 cc Leopard TaG

Pellicle

Pellicle (material), a brand name for a very resistant synthetic material used for covering different surfaces, such as that of the Aeron chair

Pennzoil

This hasn't happened, but the three company-owned Pennzoil gas stations in the New Castle, Pennsylvania area began co-branding themselves with 7-Eleven in 2003, with more emphasis placed on the 7-Eleven brand name than Pennzoil itself.

Phenytoin

In the 2013 science fiction film Elysium, the protagonist (played by Matt Damon) takes Miporol, a fictional brand name for diphenylhydantoin, after having been exposed to a lethal dose of radiation.

Pierre Hermé

In 1998, he started his own brand name Pierre Hermé Paris with a pastry boutique in Tokyo's New Otani Hotel, followed in July 2000 by a Salon de Thé in the Tokyo Disney shopping area Ikspiari.

Rabeprazole

Rabonik in India, and Zechin in Pakistan.In Bangladesh Rabeprazole is sold under the brand name of Acifix by Beximco Pharma

Real Digital

Real Digital is the brand name for a digital satellite television and radio service in the United Kingdom which was transmitted from SES S.A.'s Astra satellites located at 28.2° east (Astra 2A/2B/2D/1N) and Eutelsat's 28A satellite at 28.5°E.

Rogaine

Minoxidil, a hair-regrowth medication marketed under the brand name Rogaine

Saga 105.2 FM, Glasgow

This was a brand name being used by GMG for its soul stations in London and the North-West of England and would also be adopted by Saga's sister stations in the Midlands.

Solé Bicycle Co.

The bikes are semi-customizable and offer brand name components from Oury, WellGo, and others.

Super H

SuperH, a brand name of a certain microcontroller and microprocessor architecture

Syarikat Prasarana Negara

Rapid Rail – operates the operational 60 stations along the Ampang Line, Kelana Jaya Line and Monorail Line consists of the LRT and monorail network in Kuala Lumpur under brand name of Rapid KL.

Systemax

On May 13, 2009, Circuit City announced it would sell its intellectual property, including its trademarks, brand name, and internet domain, to Systemax for $14 million.

Tick Tack

Tic Tac, the brand name of small, hard mints manufactured by the Italian confectioner Ferrero

Tous Designer House

Kylie Minogue has been one of several celebrity “images” of the brand name and have contributed to consolidating TOUS' international popularity.

Univox

Per Frank Kosinsky, Unicord's Chief Engineer in the late 1970s, as told to Rick Reinckens, a short-term employee, the brand name developed a market reputation as "cheap" because Unicord copied designs from companies like Shure and Electro-Voice instead of doing major original research and development.

Virgin Unite

In the next 30 years or so I can make an enormous difference to a lot of people's lives just by using the strength of my own brand name and being able to pick up the phone and get through to the President of Nigeria or Thabo Mbeki.

Wertheim vacuum cleaner

The Wertheim brand name is owned by Godfreys and sold in Australia and New Zealand exclusively through Godfreys.