Tyco

Tyco has been used as the name for two distinct companies:

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• Tyco International is a Bermuda-based conglomerate which was a prominent corporate scandal in the early 2000s. The company was named for Tyler Rosenberg, the son of founder Arthur Rosenberg.
• Tyco Toys was originally a model train manufacturer that became a division of Sara Lee and which was acquired by Mattel in 1996. It was named for founder John Tyler, whose family reacquired the model train business under the Mantua Industries name from 1977 until 2001.
• The similarly-named Ty, the maker of Beanie Babies, is unrelated.