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The first settlement was called El Sol. In 1936, they changed its name to Helios, the Greek meaning of Sun. Hennes & Mauritz (H & M): In 1947, the Swede Erling Persson opened a clothing store for women only, called Hennes (in Swedish means for her) in which clothing store model reproduced based on large volumes of sale allowing to keep prices low, developed in the United States. In 1968, Mauritz Widforss acquired the company and renamed Hennes & Mauritz. Pravia's hay: this is a long story and emerges during a trip. Back in 1903, Salvador Echeandia Gal is lost by Asturian lands and is literally captivated aroma that leaves the Hay freshly cut in the village of Pravia.

Once back to Madrid, says with Lesmes Sainz de Vicuna, his partner in the founding of Perfumeria Gal what had become an obsession: capture memories that kept Pravia Hay aroma in a perfume. No doubt jumped both on the name of a product, then imaginary, that faithful to the image recorded on the mind of Salvador Echeandia was going to be green, like hay, and with a yellow wrapper, in the image and likeness of the color of the Hay dry. IKEA: The company was founded by in one of the poorest regions of Sweden by Ingvar Kamprad, born in the city of Elmtaryd Agunaryd, when he was only 17 years old in 1943. The name Ikea is formed by the initials of his name and surname (IK) and the detection of its place of origin (EA). Intel: Intel was born from the hand of Gordon Moore and Robert Noyle in 1968. The original name was to be Moore-Noyce, but given that in English it sounds very similar to more noise (more noise) opted for the abbreviation of Integrated Electronics. Jacuzzi: Seven Italian brothers Jacuzzi, that sold water pumps for farms, built in 1956 a submersible pump for bathtubs.