Royal Purple Company History. Royal Purple was founded as an industrial lubricants company by John Williams. Williams was a pioneer in developing synthetic lubricants as far back as the 1950s. He continued pursuing his passion for lubrication by serving as a consultant to numerous companies after his retirement in the 1980âs.
Apple's iPhone was introduced at MacWorld in January 2007 and officially went on sale June 29, 2007, selling 146,000 units within the first weekend of launch.
Apple designs the iPhone, but the components that, when put together, make something called an iPhone are manufactured all over the world. It is assembled mostly in China. But here is a list of where its components are made: 1  Accelerometer: Bosch in Germany. 2  Audio Chipsets and Codec: Cirrus Logic in the United States (outsourced for manufacturing). 3  Baseband processor: Qualcomm in the United States (outsourced for manufacturing). 4  Batteries: Samsung in South Korea. 5  Cameras: Sony in Japan.