Companies and their Headquarter

Companies

Headquarter
PepsiCo

Purchase, New
York, USA

Nestle

Vevey,
Switzerland

Home Depot

Vinings,
Georgia, USA

Berkshire Hathaway

Omaha,
Nebraska, USA

BP

London, United
Kingdom

Total S.A.

La Defense,
Paris, France

UPS

Sandy Springs,
Georgia, USA

ConocoPhillips

Houston, Texas,
USA

Fiat

Turin, Italy

Toshiba

Tokyo, Japan

Kroger

Cincinnati,
Ohio, USA

Apple

Cupertino,
California,
USA

Costco

Issaquah,
Washington

Unilever

London, UK
and Rotterdam,
The
Netherlands

Honda

Tokyo, Japan

Volvo

Gothenburg,
Sweden

Target

Minneapolis,
Minnesota,
USA

BMW

Munich,
Germany

Sears Holding

Hoffman
Estates, Illinois,
USA

Boeing

Chicago,
Illinois, USA

DaimlerChrysler

Stuttgart,
Germany and
Auburn Hills,
Michigan, USA

Fedex

Memphis,
Tennessee,
USA

Vodafone

Newbury,
England, UK

AXA

Paris, France

Motorola

Schaumburg,
Illinois, USA

Petronas

Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia

Toyota

Toyota, Japan

Procter & Gamble

Cincinnati,
Ohio, USA

Pfizer

New York,
USA

Ford

Dearborn,
Michigan, USA

Lockheed Martin

Bethesda,
Maryland, USA

Fortis

Brussels,
Belgium and
Utrecht, The
Netherlands

Halliburton

Houston, Texas,
USA

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

New York City,

USA

BASF

Ludwigshafen,
Germany

Sony

Tokyo, Japan

Siemens

Munich,
Germany

Northrop Grumman

Los Angeles,
California,
USA

Microsoft

Redmond,
Washington,

USA
Citigroup

New York City,

USA

Volkswagen

Wolfsburg,
Germany

Pemex

Mexico City,
Mexico

Nokia

Espoo, Finland

Reliance Industries

Mumbai, India

ING Group

Amsterdam,
The
Netherlands

Morgan Stanley

New York,
USA

Coca-Cola

Atlanta,
Georgia, USA

General Motors

Detroit,
Michigan, USA

Hyundai

Seoul, South
Korea

Staples

Framingham,
Massachusetts,
USA

Walmart

Bentonville,
Arkansas, USA

Dell

Round Rock,
Texas, USA

IBM

Armonk, New
York, USA

HBOS

Edinburgh,
Scotland

Nike

Beaverton,
Oregon, USA

IKEA

Leiden, The
Netherlands

Samsung Electronics

Seoul, South
Korea

McDonalds

Oak Brook,
Illinois, USA

Michelin

ClermontFerrand, France

ExxonMobil

Irving, Texas,

USA
Royal Dutch Shell

The Hague, The

Netherlands

Walt Disney

Burbank,
California,
USA

HP

Palo Alto,
California,
USA

Canon

Tokyo, Japan

Verizon

New York,
USA

General Electric

Fairfield,
Connecticut,
USA

Chevron

San Ramon,
California,
USA

UBS

Basel & Zurich,

Switzerland

Bank of America

Charlotte,
North Carolina,
USA

Allianz

Charlotte,
North Carolina,
USA

LG

Seoul, South
Korea

Sprint Nextel

Overland Park,
Kansas, USA.

Deutsche Bank

Frankfurt am
Main, Germany

Intel

Santa Clara,
California,
USA

Peugeot

Paris, France

Companies and their Punch line

Companies
BPL

Punchline
Believe in the
best

Aiwa

Pure passion

Philips

Let's make
things better

Nokia

Connecting
people

Blue Star

Breathe easy

Xerox

The document
company

Sybase

Information
anywhere

IBM

Solutions for a
small planet

Oracle

Software
powers the
internet

Alcatel

Architect of an
internet world

Wipro

Applying
thought

TCS

Beyond the
obvious

Infosys Technologies

Powered by
Intellect, driven
by values

NOW

Experience
convergence

Novell

The power to
change

Acer

We hear you

Acer

Empowering
people

Sify

Making the
Internet work
for you

Cisco

Empowering
the Internet
generation

HP

Invent

Sun Microsystems

We make the
Net work

Sun Microsystems

Take it to the
nth

Sun Microsystems

Throughout
computing

Polaris Software

The power of
precision

Apple

The power to be
your best

Apple

Think different

Hyundai Sonata

Redisover
luxury

Opel

The flight of
German
engineering

Baleno Altura

Sleek silent
spirited

Mercedes Benz

The future of
the automobile

Hyundai Accent

Affordable
luxury

Tata

Improving the
quality of life

Fiat

Driven by
passion

Maruti Esteem

Move ahead in
luxury

Honda City

Gem of an
engine, Jewel of
a car

Honda City

Makes perfect
sense

Mitsubishi Lancer

Own the road

BMW

The ultimate
driving machine

Santro

India's favourite
family car

Hero Honda

Desh ki
dhadkan

Maruti Versa

Two luxury cars

in one

Ford Mondeo

Refined
aggression

Fiat Palio

Technology. To
the max

Opel Astra

The science of
comfort

Fiat Siena

Get noticed

Wagon R

Feeling at home

Mahindra Scorpio

Nothing else
will do

TVS Victor

More smiles per

hour

Accent Viva

Rev your
imagination

Honda Accord

End of
discussion

Bajaj pulsar

Fear the black

Tata Safari

Make your own

road

Tata Indigo

Spoil yourself

Sansui

Born in Japan.
Entertaining the
world

Epson

Exceed your
vision

General Electric

Imagination at
work

Voltas

The global
cooling expert

Videocon

The Indian
multinational

Crompton Greaves

Everyday
solutions

Panasonic

Ideas for life

LG

Life's good
(tag-line)

LG

Inventive
thinking

Electrolux

Nourishing
lives.
Nourishing
hopes

Mitsubishi Electric

Change for the

better

MTNL

Lifeline of
Delhi and

Mumbai
Canon

Delighting you
always

Onida

Nothing but the

truth

Olympus

Your vision.
Our future

Daikin

Complete
silence

Akai

Truly Japanese.
Truly Advanced

Microsoft

Your potential.
Our passion

HP

Invent

Sun Microsystems

We are the dot

in the s.com

Polaris

Power of
precision

Cisco System

This is the
power of the
network. now'

HP

Everything is
possible
(catchphrase)

Accenture

High
performance.
Delivered

IBM

On demand
business

Acer

Empowering
people

AT&T

Your world.
Delivered

Dell Computers

Consider the
possibilities
(tag-line)

Lenovo

First you pay

for it then it
pays you back
with interest

Microsoft

Are you people

ready?

IBM

What makes

you special?
Tata Indicom

Do more. Live
more

Emirates

Keep
discovering

Austrian Airlines

The most
friendly airlines

Cathay Pacific

The heart of
Asia

Lufthansa

There is no
better way to
fly

Jet Airways

The joy of
flying

Air Sahara

Emotionally
yours

Thai Airways

Smooth as silk

Sri Lankan Airlines

You are our

world

Qatar Airlines

Taking you
more personally

Air Mauritius

Non-stop caring

Malaysia Airlines

Going beyond
expectations

China Airlines

We blossom
everyday

Austrian Airlines

Fly with friends

Spice jet

Flying for
everyone

BMI BMI

Those who
know fly

British Airways

The world is
waiting

Air India

Fly Well (tagline)

Gulf Air

Colour your sky

KLM

The reliable
airline

Turkish Airlines

Your magical
gateway to the
world

Indian Airlines Ltd.

New horizons.

Enduring values
Qantas Airlines

Spirit of
Australia (tagline)

Skoda Octavia

The most well

built luxury car

Chevy SRV

Be a sport

Ford Fusion

Anything
Karega

Honda Unicorn

Be a wing rider

Bajaj Eliminator

Designed to
lead

Skoda Auto

Obsessed with
quality since
1885

Centra

Fill it-once a
month

Toyota Innova

All you desire

Hyundai Accent

Sheer pleasure

Land Cruiser Prado

Absolute
power. Period

Mercedes-Benz

Brace Yourself

Cedia

Totally
responsive.
Totally alive

Sonata Embera

Undoubtedly
distinguished

Alto

Let's go

Maruti 800

Change your
life

Chevrolet

For a special
journey called
life

State Bank of India

With you - All

the way

Punjab National Bank

___, the name

you can bank
upon

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance

We cover you.
At every step of
life

LIC

We know India

better (tag-line)
Royal Sundaram

Beyond
expectations

New India Insurance Company Ltd

Assurance of
the leaders

Union Bank of India

Good people to
bank with

HDFC Standard Life

Respect
yourself

SBI Life Insurance

With us you are

sure

HSBC

The world's
local bank

The Vysya Bank Ltd

Experience
relationship
banking

Canara Bank

Lifelong
Banking

Aviva Life Insurance Co.

Kal par control

Iffco-Tokio General Insurance

The life you

deserve

SBI

For your better

tomorrow

Oriental Bank of Commerce

Where every
individual is
committed

IL & FS

More than a
fund. A friend

Ernst & Young

Quality in
everything we
do

DSP Merrill Lynch

Bullish on Life

Syndicate Bank

Reliable
Responsive

Induslnd Bank

We care ... Dil

Se

Allahabad Bank

A tradition of
trust

Allianz Bajaj Life Insurance

Haske Jeeyo
Yaar (tag-line)

Bank of Baroda

India's
International
Bank

Vijaya Bank

A friend you
can bank upon

Franklin Templeton Investments

Gain from our

perspective

ICICI Lombard General Insurance

We keep you
going

UCO Bank

Honours your
trust

The Federal Bank Ltd

Your perfect
banking partner

Dena Bank

Trusted family
bank

Lord Krishna Bank

Banking as you
like it

National Insurance

Insuring your
happiness

Tata Mutual Fund

With expertise
comes trust

Allianz Bajaj Life Insurance

The power on
your side

Corporation Bank

One bank,
many solutions

LIC

Trust-thy name
is LIC

Kotak Life Insurance

Bulls you win.

Bear you win

SBI Mutual Fund

Soch hamari.
Fayda aapka

IDFC IDFC

Think
infrastructure.
Think

BNP Paribas

The banking for

a changing
world

Tata AIG

A new look at
life

Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd

The edge is
efficiency

State Bank of India

Surprisingly
(catch-phrase)

ICICI Prudential Life

We cover you at
every step in
life

Acquisitions (Target and Acquirer)

Infocrossing

Wipro

Yipes Enterprises

Reliance
Communication
s

Zavata

Apollo Health
Street

Pegevo Beheer

Punjab
Chemicals and
Crop Protection

MTV Networks India

The television
18 group

Watsol Organics

Arch Pharma
Labs

Biomeda Group

Elder
Pharmaceutical

Unza Holdings

Wipro

Biocon's enzyme business

Novozymes

Boston communications Group

Megasoft

Schoeller Litvinov K.S.

Spentex
Industries

SLS Power

Bhoruka power

Sara Lee Household and Body care

Godrej Sara
Lee

Vector Insurance Services

Mastek

Logistics Solutions

Kaashyap
Technologies

Logan - Orviss International

Patni Computer
Systems

Innovative Foods

ndian Hotels
Co.

Lintas

IPG

Punjab Tractors

M and M

Orion Technology

Rolta India

FCB Ulka

IPG

Talent Fuse

SQL Star

Wipro BioMed

RFCL

DE Ruiter Staalkabel

Usha Martin

ReckonUp

Logix
Microsystems

Kausar India

Gati

Anchor Daewoo Industries

Haier
Appliances
India

Brics Securities

Lehman
Brothers

HCCA Business Services

3i Infotech

Novelis

Hindalco

OM&T

Moser Baer
India

Corus

Tata Steel

Keane

Caritor,
California

Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient

Actavis

RSM Advisory Services

PricewaterhouseCopp
e

Best Manufacturing Group

GHCL

Hutchison Essar

Vodafone

Global Ventedge

Essar Global

FrameFlow

Sonly Pictures
Imageworks

Ad Dynamix

Y Brant
Technologies

eSys Technologies

Teledata
Informatics

Gem Tours and Travels

Indian Tourism
Infrastructure
(ITIL)

Algoma Steel

Essar Steel

Sesa Goa

Vedanta
Resources

Anchor Electricals

Matsushita
Electric Works

Air Sahara

Jet Airways

Syndesis

Subex Azure

RSH

Golden Ace

Hollister

Jubilant
Organosys

Godrej Beverages and Foods

Hershey Co

Minnesota Steel

Essar Global

Hotel Campton Place

Indian Hotels
Co

Quickmill

Batliboi

Glaceau (Tata Tea's Stake)

Coca - Cola Co

Whyte and Mackay

United Spirits

Internet Europe

Sakthi Auto
Component

Simon Golub and Sons

Shrenuj and
Company

Defiance Testing and Engineering Services

(DTE)

Ashok Leyland

Detroit Engineered Products (US)

Autoline
Industries

Argent Independent Steel

JSW Steel

Pylania (Switzerland)

Kamla Dials
and Devices
(KKDL)

Empire Rubber (Australia)

Motherson
Elastomers and
Motherson
Investment

NetDevices

Alcatel-Lucent

Sarabhai Zydus Animal Health

Cadila
Healthcare

IceNet

YOU Telecom

Globeleq America's power assets

DS
Constructions
and Israel
Corpn.

Mars Restaurants and Sky Gourment Catering

India
Hospitality
Corp.

Malvika Steel

Jaiprakash
Group

J L French

Amtek
Automobiles

Schooeller Litvinov

Spentex
Industries

Quimica e Farmaceutica Nikho

Cadila
Healthcare

Grandix Pharmaceuticals

Strides Arcolab

NaanDan Irrigation Systems

Jain Irrigation
Systems

Wausaukee Composites

Sintex
Industries

Dunn Solutions Group, Tilak Auto Tech

Cranes
Software
International

Sara Lee Corp (India and Sri Lanka)

Godrej Sara
Lee

Origin of the Company Name

Oracle

The code name for a CIA project which was

designed to use the newly written SQL
database language from IBM.

Raytheon

Literally 'Light of the gods'.

IKEA

A composite of the first letters in the Swedish

founder's name in addition to the first letters of
the names of the property and the village in
which he grew up.

3M

From the company's original name, Minnesota

Mining and Manufacturing Company.

Sanyo

The Japanese translation is disputed, although

the Chinese name is three oceans.

Apple

The founder worked at an orchard, and named

the company thus to distance itself from the
cold, unapproachable, complicated imagery
created by other computer companies at the
time.

Samsonite

Named from the Biblical character renowned

for his strength.

Accenture

The name X was proposed by a company

employee in Norway as part of an internal
name finding process (BrandStorming). Prior
to January 1, 2001 the company was called
Andersen Consulting.

Kia

The name roughly translates as 'Rising from

Asia' in Hanja.

Canon

Originally (1933) Precision Optical

Instruments Laboratory the new name (1935)
derived from the name of the company's
product named after the Japanese name of the
Buddhist bodhisattva of mercy.

Pepsi

Named from the digestive enzyme.

Lotus

Mitch Kapor named his company after this

yogic position or 'Padmasana'. Kapor used to
be a teacher of Transcendental Meditation
technique as taught by Maharishi Mahesh
Yogi.

Novartis

After the Latin expression which means

something like 'new skills'.

Wachovia

From the Latin version of the German name

given to a region in North Carolina by German
settlers because it reminded them of a river
near their home in Germany.

Alta Vista

Spanish for 'high view'.

Akamai

From the Hawaiian word meaning smart or

clever; the company defines it as 'intelligent,
clever and cool'.

Kinko's

From the college nickname of founder, Paul

Orfalea. He was called X because he had curly
red hair.

7-Eleven

Renamed from 'U-Tote'm' in 1946 to reflect

their newly extended hours.

Samsung

Meaning three stars in Korean.

Novell

The name was suggested by founder George

Canova's wife who mistakenly thought that X
meant new in French.

Cadillac

Named after the 18th century French explorer

Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de X,
founder of Detroit, Michigan.

Hyundai

Connotes the sense of 'the present age' or

'modernity' in Korean.

Volvo

From the Latin word which means 'I roll'.

Virgin

The founder says in his autobiography that

when they were starting a business to sell
records by mail order, 'one of the girls
suggested: 'What about X? We're complete x's
at business.''

Starbucks

Named after a character in Herman Melville's

novel Moby-Dick.

Reebok

Alternate spelling of Pelea capreolus, an

African antelope.

Atari

Named from the board game Go. It is a

Japanese word to describe a position where an
opponent's stones are in danger of being
captured.

Hoechst

From the name of a district in Frankfurt.

Nike

Named for the Greek goddess of victory.

Nestle

Named after its founder, Henri X, who was

born in Germany under the name that is
German (actually, Swabian diminutive) for
'bird's nest'.

Audi

Latin translation of the German name 'Horch'.

The founder August Horch left the company
after five years, but still wanted to manufacture
cars. Since the original 'Horch' company was
still there, he called his new company thus.

Subaru

From the Japanese name for the constellation

known to Westerners as Pleiades or the Seven
Sisters. X was formed from a merger of seven
other companies, and the constellation is
featured on the company's logo.

Chevrolet

Named after company co-founder Louis X, a

Swiss-born auto racer. The company was
merged into General Motors in 1917 and
survives only as a brand name.

Daewoo

Company founder Kim Woo Chong called it X

which means 'Great House' or 'Great Universe'
in Korean.

Yahoo!

This word was invented by Jonathan Swift and

used in his book Gulliver's Travels. It
represents a person who is repulsive in
appearance and barely human. The founders
liked it.

Volkswagen

From the German for 'people's car'.

Adobe

From the creek that ran behind the house of cofounder John Warnock.

Hitachi

Literally 'sunrise' in Japanese.

Companies and their Founder

Companies

Founder

Godrej Group

Ardeshir Godrej

Canara Bank

Ammebal
Subba Rao Pai

Vedanta Resources (India)

Anil Agarwal

HCL Technologies

Arjun Malhotra
(Co-founder)

India Today

Arun Puri

The International School Bangalore

K.P. Gopala
Krishna

Dainik Bhaskar

Ramesh
Agarwal

Nagarjun Group of Companies

K.V.K. Raju

Jamia Milla Islamia

Khwaja Abdul
Hamad

K.K. Birla Foundation

Krishna Kumar
Birla

Mind Tree Krishna

Kumar Natrajan
(Co-founder)

Ahmedabad Spinning & Weaving Mills

Ranchodlal
Chotalal

Birla Engineering College Pilani

G.D. Birla

Dabur India Ltd.

S.K. Burman

Kirloskar Group

Laxman Rao
Kirloskar

Bombay Dry Dock Lovji

Nusserwanji
Wadia

Hotmail

Sabeer Bhatia
(Co-founder)

Ranbaxy

Bhai Mohan
Singh

Sahara Group

Subroto Roy

Signet Press (Calcutta)

D.K. Gupta

Mind Tree

Subroto Bagchi
(Co-founder)

Jet Airways

Naresh Goyal

Globals Inc

Suhas Gopinath

Cirrus Logic

Suhas Patil

Bharti Group

Sunil Bharti
Mittal

Akbarallys

Fakhrudin T.
Khorakiwala

TVS Motors T.V.

Sundaram
Iyengar

G.Pulla Reddy Engineering College

G.Pulla Reddy

Godrej Group

Projshah Godrej
(Co-founder)

Reliance Group

DhiruBhai
Ambani

Tata Group

Jamshetji Tata

Dr. Reddy's group of companies

Dr. K. Anji
Reddy

Cyber Media

Unni Warrier

Nirma Indsutries

Karsan Bhai
Patel

Biocon

Kiran
Mazumdar
Shaw

Infosys Technologies

Narayana
Murthy

Apollo Hospitals

Dr. Pratal
Reddy

Satyam Computers and Services

Ramalinga Raju

Raunaq Group (Apollo tyres)

Raunaq Singh

Oberoi Group of Hotels

M.S. Oberoi.

Zee TV

Subhash
Chandra

Infosys Technologies

Nandan
Nilekani (Cofounder)

United Breweries

Vittal Mallya

Punjab National Bank

Lala Lajpat Rai

Mahindra & Mahindra

Keshub
Mahindra

Hindustan Motors

B.M. Birla

Larsen & Toubro

Henny Hokk
Larsen, Soren
Kristian Toubro

Arvind Mills

Kastur Bhai,
Narottam Bhai,
Chimanbhai

MRF

K.M. Memman
Mappillar

Quasar X

K.M. Memman
Mappillar

Aditi Technologies

Pradeep Singh

KRG Rainwater Harvesting Foundaiton

K.R. Gopinath

SKS Finance (P) Ltd.

Vikram Akula

IIPM Dr.

M.K. Chaudhari

Bixel (Indian Job Portal)

Ruban Phukan

(Co-founder)
Cancer Patients Aid Association

Y.K. Sapru

Thapar Group of Industries

Karam Chand
Thapar

Jain Irrigation Systems

Bhavar Lal Jain

Financial Technologies

Jignesh Shah

Shri Gajanan Mills Dada

Sahab Velankar

Greynium Information Technologies

B.G. Mahesh

Hero Group

Brij Mohan Lal

Munjal

Hind Samachar Group

Jagat Narain

Cipla

Khwaja Abdul
Hamied