Stark Industries by his son Tony, after his death. Over the years, through bankruptcy, Tony's "death", Tony's return and hostile takeovers, the company has gone through many name changes including Stark International (later Stane International), Stark Enterprises, Stark/Fujikawa and Stark Solutions. Stark Industries is primarily a defense company that develops and manufactures advanced weapons and military technologies. The company manufactures the armor worn by Iron Man and War Machine. It builds the helicarriers used by S.H.I.E.L.D, and it produces the Quinjets used by the Avengers. Originally Stark Industries, the name was changed when the company ceased manufacturing munitions, with Tony handing over
Anthony (given name) Anthony (given name) Anthony or Antony is a masculine given name, derived from the "Antonii", a "gens" (Roman family name) to which Mark Antony ("Marcus Antonius") belonged. There was an ancient tradition that the Antonii gens were Heracleidae, being descendants of Anton, a son of Heracles. (Plut. Ant. 4) "Anthony" is equivalent to "Antonio" in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Greek; "António" or "Antônio" in Portuguese; "Anton" in Dutch, Galician, German, Icelandic, Romanian, Russian, and Scandinavian languages; "Antoine" in French; "Antal" in Hungarian; and "Antun" or "Ante" in Croatian. The usual abbreviated form is Tony (sometimes "Tone" or "Ant" or "Anth").