Do you know what these big brands started from?
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Hermes - harness
Hermès is a French high-end harness shop that started out manufacturing and distributing harness supplies. The founder was Thierry Hermès, who founded a harness brand named after his surname in Paris in 1837. Now, Hermès' main business includes luggage, watches, jewelry, clothing, shoes, silk scarves and other luxury goods, and is famous all over the world for its high quality and meticulous workmanship.
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Lamborghini - Tractor
Lamborghini was founded in 1963 as an Italian company that started as an agricultural machinery manufacturer. Founder Ferruccio Lamborghini started out as a successful manufacturer of agricultural machinery and started his career in this field after World War II. With his business acumen and technical prowess, Lamborghini became a large manufacturer of agricultural machinery, producing tractors and other agricultural implements, well-known in the field. But at some point, Ferruccio Lamborghini became interested in performance vehicles and decided to enter the field, and Automobili Lamborghini was born.
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Nokia - Pulp
The original Nokia company was founded in 1865 by a Finnish engineer named Frederick Edelstein, and was mainly engaged in the production of pulp and paper business. Subsequently, Nokia has set foot in many fields such as leather boots, tires, chemicals, rubber, cables, pharmaceuticals, natural gas, oil, and military affairs. Nokia as we know it now originated from the telecommunications department established by the group in the 1960s.
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Three stars—dried fish
The Samsung Group started on March 1, 1938, when Samsung founder Li Bingzhe established the "Samsung Chamber of Commerce" in Daegu. The chamber’s capital is only 30,000 won, and its main business is to export dried fish from Pohang and fruits from Daegu to northern China. In November 1948, "Samsung C&T Co., Ltd.", the predecessor of the Samsung Group, was formally established in Seoul and began to engage in international trade in the true sense. products, sugar, sewing machines and fertilizers.
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Sony - Electrical Products
Sony's origins can be traced back to 1946. Tokyo Communication Industry Co., Ltd. was founded by Ibuka and Morita Akio and others, mainly engaged in the repair and sales of electrical products. Since then, Sony has continued to grow and develop, launching many leading electronic products, including radios, tape recorders, televisions, VCRs, digital cameras, and more. Among them, Sony's contribution to the development of the portable music player Walkman was recognized, and this product became one of the cultural symbols of the 1980s. At the same time, Sony is also actively pursuing a globalization strategy. In 1960, Sony Corporation of America was registered and established in the United States, and the American market was regarded as a very important market.
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Toyota - automatic textile machine
Toyota started in 1933, and Mr. Toyoda Kikuji founded "Toyota Motor Corporation". At the beginning of its establishment, Toyota Motor Corporation was mainly engaged in the production and sales of textile machinery. After World War II, Toyota Motor Corporation began to focus on the automobile manufacturing business, and in 1947 launched the first small passenger car "Toyota AA Sedan". Since then, Toyota has continued to innovate, introduced advanced production technology and management concepts, and established the Toyota Production System (TPS) of standardized and lean production, which has attracted extensive attention and learning from global companies. Today, Toyota has become one of the world's well-known auto manufacturers, and its products cover many fields such as cars, trucks, and motorcycles.
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