About Abu Garcia
Abu Garcia previously known as AB Urfabriken (in Swedish it means The Watch Factory). It was then renamed to Abu Svangsta as the company was in Svangsta, Sweden and it manufactured fishing reel equipment. Now the company is owned by Pure Fishing of United States. Its founder was Gote Borgstrom.
The company was first founded near a river named as Morrum in Blekinge, Sweden. It was founded in 1921 and its original manufactured taximeters, telephone timers and watches. The demand of these products decreased after the World War 2 and Gote was fond of fishing so he started manufacturing fishing reels.
Meaning and History of Abu Garcia Logo
Fishing is a very underrated sport. Though fishing enthusiast from around the world go to dangerous waters to get the most unique fish. There are so many fishing teams who hunt precious and rare fish just to eat it. Abu Garcia changed their logo three times in the following years.
Evolution of Abu Garcia Logo
There are worldwide competitions of catching the biggest fish and there are also competitions of doing in the most isolated waters to hunt for rare fish. The winner is paid in millions. Abu Garcia logo changed in the following ways.
1921
In this year, the logo has an angry looking fish facing to the left and its right fin is covering two red blocks and on the right side of the blocks, Abu is written and below it, Garcia is written.
1950
In this year, the logo has PENN is written with a red background and blue outline in a customized square and on its left and right two sword fish are facing each other and on top of the square, there is a parrot fish facing right and on the bottom of the square, there is a yellow snapper fish facing to the right. Below all this, red cubes are still there and Abu Garcia is written in the same way. Below Abu Garcia, the text says ‘FOR LIFE’.
1999
In this year, all things disappeared except the red cubes and Abu Garcia is written in the same way.
1999 Abu Garcia logo
Building of Abu Garcia Logo
Fishing is such an extreme sport to some that some people have even lost their lives in the process of winning while some also have spent millions while going for fishing for the competition. Abu Garcia logo was made with the following two things.
Font
In all the years, the text was written in Bold Calibri Body except FOR LIFE was written in Bank Gothic Medium font.
Color
In the first year, yellowish green, white, red and black color was used. In the second year, yellow, blue, red white, grey, and black color. In the last year, only red and black color was used.
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Conclusion
The first and second logo of Abu Garcia said everything about the company and what it deals with. The third logo had no fish in it as it became a known brand, so they shifted to minimalization. Overall, the logos are good.