Panasonic is a Japanese multinational corporation that produces electronics. It is Japans largest maker of electrical goods and the 89th biggest company in the world. The company was founded in 1918 by Konosuke Matsushita. It was called Matsushita De...
Pampers is a brand of baby products that started out as a manufacturer of disposable diapers (nappies). They are now part of the Procter Gamble group of companies. Pampers were created in 1961. The company has diversified its product range so parents...
Nivea is one of the most trusted names in skin care. It is owned by the German company Beiersdorf, which was established in 1911 when pharmacist Carl Paul Beiersdorf developed the Nivea skin cream. The word nivea is Latin for snow-white. A key produc...
Nissan is one of the worlds largest car manufacturers. It started as the Kwaishinsha Motorcar Co. in 1918 and then the DAT Motorcar Co. The company became Nissan in the 1930s. It became a major supplier of equipment to Japans military before WWII. Ni...
Nintendo is a Japan-based multinational video game manufacturer and developer. It was founded in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi as a maker of Japanese handmade hanafuda cards. The company tried various industries over the next century before turning to to...
Nike is one of the worlds leading sportswear and equipment manufacturers. It leads the world in sales of athletic shoes. The company was founded in 1964 by Bill Bowerman and Philip Knight. Its first name was Blue Ribbon Sports but that changed to Nik...
The NBA (National Basketball Association) is the professional body that controls basketball in the U.S.A. and Canada. It consists of 30 franchised teams, of which 29 are in the U.S. and one is in Canada. It was founded in 1946 as the Basketball Assoc...
MTV is perhaps the most famous music video TV channel in the world. It started life as Music Television on August 1, 1981. The first words spoken on the channel were, ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll. The first music video shown on MTV was Video K...
Motorola is a manufacturer of wireless mobile phones, two-way radios, microprocessors and wireless network infrastructure equipment. Its website says: Motorola is a global communications leader powered by a passion to invent and an unceasing commitme...
Mo?t et Chandon is a French winery famous for its champagnes. It is also co-owner of the luxury goods company Mo?t-Hennessy. It was founded in 1743 by wine trader Claude Mo?t, who began shipping his wine from the Champagne region to King Louis XV in...
