Hitachi doesn't actually sell Hitachis under the Hitachi brand anymore, even though they have incredible name recognition and a really good reputation as vibrators, because they don't want the company to be associated with sex toys
Cowards. I would absolutely promote vibrators alongside my high speed trains
It's just poor marketing instincts.
You could make vibrators and trains with the same model names like "caboose rocket" or "little engine that could" or "third railer" or "tunnel driver" or the all time classic "size does matter." A giant train for hauling lots of heavy stuff, you perverts.
Just don't ask Hitachi to build boilers for your country's new power station, they uhh explode constantly. Now Mitsubishi is responsible for fixing their mess as Hitachi pulled out of the project.
They also make construction equipment and military weaponry
Not as much, no. From my experience massive conglomerates seem to be a Japanese / Korean thing. I used to have a Yamaha dirt bike and keyboard!
do american companies do shit like this too, and I just don't know because everything's a subsidiary with a different brand?
GE still does. To this day can sell you a kitchen appliance, 110v residential electrical outlet, light bulb, air conditioner, CT/MRI scan machine, nuclear reactor, military warship drive train, wind turbine, offshore oil rig, 30mm autocannon, gas turbine powerplant, 10 watt DC hobby electric motor, 10 megawatt three phase industrial electric motor... the list goes on.
Most US conglomerates just learned to make sure all their subsidiaries have distinct names and brands, so the public doesn't instantly associate them with the parent company.
Yes, but they do it through subsidiaries. Smaller companies owned by the larger one. The vibrator would be branded by CompanyA. The train branded by CompanyB. Both A & B are owned by MegaCorp.
yeah that's exactly what I meant, I kinda assumed everyone does it and we just have this meme of japanese/korean companies doing it because they keep the overarching brand on all of it
