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Title: Funny company name
Post by: Circlotron on December 01, 2024, 02:16:15 am
Seen at the Bauma earthmoving equipment trade show in Shanghai.
Title: Re: Funny company name
Post by: Smokey on December 01, 2024, 02:18:25 am
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/funny-company-names/ (https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/funny-company-names/)
Title: Re: Funny company name
Post by: amyk on December 01, 2024, 04:15:31 am
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ding_(vessel) was and apparently still is common as a character in Chinese company names. I'm not sure what's "slightly" about this one though.

Title: Re: Funny company name
Post by: vk6zgo on December 01, 2024, 04:21:52 am
Funny names aren't solely the domain of the Chinese though, when I was a kid, we had a baker called "Brown & Burns".
And of course, there was always the ever popular "Wayne Kerr".
Title: Re: Funny company name
Post by: Psi on December 01, 2024, 04:30:33 am
And lets not forget ASSMANN connectors.
Title: Re: Funny company name
Post by: dustooff on December 01, 2024, 05:13:59 am
i like the bit to the left,  CEDADINGLUE   CE DAD IN GLUE
Title: Re: Funny company name
Post by: basinstreetdesign on December 01, 2024, 08:05:44 am
I used to see a white service van from a small company whose name escapes me, running around north Toronto, with the slogan "Don't Get Boned".  I'll never forget it but will always wonder what service they did.   :o
Title: Re: Funny company name
Post by: G7PSK on December 06, 2024, 03:17:04 pm
I once saw a van sign painted with  "Bodget & Skarper builders" Not sure they stayed in business very long as I have never it again. 
Title: Re: Funny company name
Post by: vk6zgo on December 06, 2024, 10:50:31 pm
The mother of them all is the gambling company "Ladbrokes".
They should have the slogan:- "Sending lads (& lasses) broke since 1886!"
Title: Re: Funny company name
Post by: coppice on December 06, 2024, 11:00:43 pm
The "slightly" should really have come out as something like "strategic", although in other contexts it can mean slightly (yeah, translation is funky). I guess that's what some translation software gave them.
Title: Re: Funny company name
Post by: Halcyon on December 06, 2024, 11:09:04 pm
https://www.analygas.com (https://www.analygas.com)

Too close to "Anal Gas" for comfort.
Title: Re: Funny company name
Post by: Analog Kid on December 07, 2024, 01:09:05 am
The company I once worked for used a company called Lou's Data to handle their database work ...
Title: Re: Funny company name
Post by: temperance on December 07, 2024, 01:12:49 am
Stiff nipples air conditioner service
Title: Re: Funny company name
Post by: tom66 on December 07, 2024, 04:03:37 pm
Mammoth Erection scaffolding company

https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidfarrant/2527343106 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidfarrant/2527343106)
Title: Re: Funny company name
Post by: vk6zgo on December 08, 2024, 12:12:26 am
Quote from: Halcyon on December 06, 2024, 11:09:04 pm
https://www.analygas.com (https://www.analygas.com)

Too close to "Anal Gas" for comfort.

Voltaren make some topical painkilling products, & used to sell one called "Voltaren Analgel" (apparently from the word "analgesic").
Perhaps due to confusion about its intended use, the name has now become "Emulgel" :D
Title: Re: Funny company name
Post by: VK3DRB on December 12, 2024, 10:10:38 am
Not electronics, but say this Aussie company name quickly a few times... :palm:
 
https://www.fodderking.com.au/ (https://www.fodderking.com.au/)

It is a real company providing fodder for livestock.
Title: Re: Funny company name
Post by: cunningfellow on December 12, 2024, 10:02:14 pm
I know there is controversy about the past tense.  Should it be

it -> at
it -> itted

http://www.chefshat.com.au/ (http://www.chefshat.com.au/)
Title: Re: Funny company name
Post by: TimFox on December 12, 2024, 10:06:19 pm
In the stop-action animated movie "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" (2005), Gromit (the dog) assembles rabbit crates using a "Botch" power drill.
Title: Re: Funny company name
Post by: Analog Kid on December 12, 2024, 10:09:37 pm
Quote from: cunningfellow on December 12, 2024, 10:02:14 pm
I know there is controversy about the past tense.  Should it be

it -> at
it -> itted

http://www.chefshat.com.au/ (http://www.chefshat.com.au/)

Good one. I'm compiling a list. So far:
Title: Re: Funny company name
Post by: cunningfellow on December 12, 2024, 10:16:07 pm
Well there was the joke in the TV show Arrested Development that the guy was doing

psychoANALasys and also was a THERAPIST