name derives from Companhia de Electricidade de São Paulo. Elron – from Estonian "elektrirong ("electrical train"). Embraer – Brazilian aircraft manufacturer, its name is an abbreviation of Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica (Brazilian Aeronautics Company). EMBRAPA – Brazilian state agricultural research and development company, its name is an abbreviation of Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Brazilian Agriculture Research Company). EMBRATEL – abbreviation of Empresa Brasileira de Telecomunicações (Brazilian Telecommunications Company). Brazil's largest telecommunications company, it was a state monopoly until 1992 when it was privatized and sold to MCI, then later resold to Telmex. EMC Corporation – named from the initials of the founders, Richard Egan and Roger Marino. There has long been a rumor that another partner provided the third letter (C). Other reports indicate the C stands for Company. EMC adopted the EMC² notation to refer to Einstein's famous equation, E = mc². EMI – formerly Electric and Musical Industries Ltd. Emporis – Empor comes from the German and means "aloft, rising"; one of the world's largest providers of data concerning buildings Endemol Shine Group – Former Dutch television production company, formed from a merger between Endemol (itself a merger of the companies of Joop van den Ende and John de Mol Jr.) and Shine Group. Bought by French production company Banijay in 2020. Epson – Epson Seiko Corporation, the Japanese printer and peripheral manufacturer, was named from "Son of Electronic Printer" after a highly successful model, the EP-101. Equifax – from equitable and factual Equinix – The company's focus is on equality, neutrality and Internet exchange. Ericsson – Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson is named after its founder Lars Magnus Ericsson, who opened a telegraph equipment repair shop in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1876 Ernst & Young – named for the company's founders, Alwin Ernst and Arthur Young ESPN – Entertainment and Sports Programming Network ESRI – Environmental Systems Research Institute, the first geographic information system (GIS) software company founded by Jack and Laura Dangermond in Redlands, California, in 1969 Esso – enunciation of the initials S.O. in Standard Oil of New Jersey Etsy – founder Rob Kalin said that he named the site Etsy because he "wanted a nonsense word because I wanted to build the brand from scratch. I was watching Fellini's 8 ½ and writing down what I was hearing. In Italian, you say 'etsi' a lot. It means 'oh, yes' (actually it's "eh, si"). And in Latin