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- In rare cases, a company that started in one industry may, due to bankruptcy or a change in market conditions, re-emerge with the same name but in a completely different industry. The following companies are notable examples.
* Berkshire Hathaway from textile manufacturing to diversified holdings
* Coleco from leather supplies to electronics manufacturing
* Hudson's Bay Company from the fur trade to retail
* ITT Corporation from telecommunications to engineering and manufacturing
* Nintendo from playing cards to video games
* Nokia from paper and cardboard products, to rubber tires, industrial rubber parts, raincoat and footwear, and then to mobile telephone manufacturing
* Reading Company from rail transport to movie theaters
* Tandy Corporation from leather supplies to electronics retail
* WPP Group from manufacture of wire baskets to advertising
* Zapata Corporation from energy exploration to fish protein (en)
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- In rare cases, a company that started in one industry may, due to bankruptcy or a change in market conditions, re-emerge with the same name but in a completely different industry. The following companies are notable examples. (en)
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- List of companies that switched industries (en)
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