Simplify the following text for a Grade 11 native English-speaking person.
Original: Motorola started in Chicago , Illinois as Galvin Manufacturing Corporation ( at 847 West Harrison Street ) in 1928 , with its first product being a battery eliminator .
Simplified: The company began with the name Galvin Manufacturing Corporation in 1928 , and then later adopted the ` Motorola ' name in 1947 .