Michigan Logo Design

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MICHIGAN
(If you seek a pleasant peninsula,
look around you.)

CAPITAL: Lansing
POPULATION: 9,938,444 (2005)
LAND AREA: 56,804 sq. mi.
NICK NAME : Wolverine State
LARGEST CITIES : Detroit - 886,671(2005)
Grand Rapids - 193,780 (2005)
Warren - 135,311 (2005)
Sterling Heights - 128,034 (2005)
Flint - 118,551(2005)

WEBSITE: www.state.mi.us

INTRODUCTION

Indian tribes were living in Michigan when the first European, Etienne Brule of France, arrived in 1618. Since then it has been held by the British and was acquired by the U.S. after the Revolutionary War. Michigan borders on 4 of the 5 great lakes.

THE LOGO COMPANY’S TOP 5 FACTS ABOUT MICHIGAN

INDUSTRY

Michigan ranks as the top state in motor vehicles and their parts, prepared cereals, machine tools, airplane parts, hardware and furniture. It is also among the top states in iron, copper, iodine, bromine, salt, lime and cement production. In agriculture, the state’s forests contribute significantly to the states economy by supplying thousands of jobs in the wood product, tourism and recreation industries.

COMMERCE

Three of the 4 biggest motor vehicle companies are based in Michigan. General Motors, the USA’s third largest company operates out of Detroit. Ford has its headquarters in Dearborn and Delphi is in Troy. Other companies from Michigan State that rate highly in the Fortune 500 are Dow Chemical, Lear, Visteon and Pulte Homes. Below are some of the famous logos associated with the state of Michigan.

GENERAL MOTORS

General Motors (GM) is a global company and has been the world’s motor vehicle sales leader for 76 years. It manufactures cars and trucks in 33 countries which are sold in 200 countries. They employ around 285,000 people. It is a well branded cooperation who sells cars under the following brands; Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, GM Daewoo, Holden, HUMMER, Opel, Pontiac, Saab, Saturn and Vauxhall. Each brand has their own distinct corporate image.

LAKES

Michigan boasts more than 11,000 inland lakes including 4 of the 5 Great Lakes. The Great Lakes combined contain one fifth of the world’s surface fresh water. Such is their size that they could cover the entire area of the United States in over 9 feet of water. As a result Michigan has a huge fishing population. Catfish, Perch, Pike, Salmon, Sturgeon and Sunfish are all available in the Michigan Lakes and several world weight records are held there.

THOMAS EDISON

Thomas Edison was raised in Michigan and is the greatest ever inventor and held 1,093 U.S. Patents. He invented, amongst other things, the phonograph, the light bulb, carbon microphone (used in radio and public address broadcasting).

In Life Magazine he was rated first in a list of “100 most important people in the last 1000 years”, He was 35th in a list of “The most influential figures in History” and has been called the 15th Greatest American.

REFERENCES:

State Flag – Fact Monster
State Outline – Wikipedia
State Flower – Fact Monster
State Bird – NetState
Car Factory - www.gembapantarei.com
Dow – Dow
Delphi - Delphi
Ford - Ford
GM – General Motors
Buick – General Motors
Vauxhall - General Motors
Chevrolet - General Motors
Holden - General Motors
Thomas Edison - www.edisys.com
Great Lakes – www.great-lakes.net