BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

􀂙 Kunwer Sachdev went on to become one of the biggest inverter manufacturers in India since he launched

his company Su-Kam in 1998.

􀂙 Rajasthan Dairy Cooperative Federation markets its products under the brand Saras.

􀂙 Allen Breed, Walter Linderer and John Hedrik held patents for airbags.

􀂙 The 1973, Oldsmobile Toronado was the first car with a passenger air bag intended for sale to the

public. By 1988, Chrysler became the first company to offer air bags as standard equipment.

􀂙 Horton Automatics, co-founded by Dee Horton and Lew Hewitt, developed and sold the first automatic

sliding door in America in 1960. The duo had invented the sliding automatic door in 1954.

􀂙 Philadelphia pharmacist named Asa Candler invented the coupon in 1895. Candler bought the Coca-Cola

Co. from the original inventor Dr. John Pemberton, an Atlanta pharmacist and placed coupons in

newspaper for a free Coke from any fountain-to help promote the new soft drink.

􀂙 In 1882, industrialist Walchand Hirachand started his empire-building from a small project for the railways

in 1920 when he successfully completed the Bhor Ghat tunnel for a railway route from Mumbai to Pune.

Walchand set up Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) in 1926, which went on to build some of India’s

landmark construction projects.

􀂙 The first patent for bar code was issued to inventors Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver in 1952