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image created using logo from Facebook
image: [1] from congresoacipet.com
I saw the flag of ACIPET (Asociación Colombiana de Ingenieros de Petróleos)
(English: Colombian Association of Petroleum Engineers). It was spotted in this
video (https://www.youtube.com)
at 31:47 (onwards) from CM& tv news live broadcast of the same day.
ACIPET was established on November 5, 1964 in
Bucaramanga. Source:
https://acipet.com/quienessomos/
The flag is a horizontal white flag
with the logo (http://servicios.corferias.com/stand_virtual/images/148/2012/logo%20Acipet.jpg)
in the middle, as seen here (flag on the left):
http://fernoticias.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ACIPET.jpg (source:
http://fernoticias.com/2017/01/18/julio-cesar-vera-nuevo-presidente-acipet/).
For additional information go to ACIPET (official website):
https://acipet.com/
Esteban Rivera,
26 July 2017
It seems that the organization changed its logo, so it is most likely that a new flag is in place as well, this in turn with the new change in denomination as well, now being: "Asociación Colombiana de Ingenieros
de Petróleos, Energía y Tecnologías Afines" or the Colombian Association of Petroleum, Energy and Related Technologies Engineers.
Esteban Rivera, 21 February 2025
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image from Facebook
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image from Facebook
image by Zoltan Horvath, 26 January 2014
The A.C.L. (Asociación Colombiana de Locutores) (Colombian Broadcasters
Association) is an organization that represents the majority of public
broadcasters in Colombia.
It was established in 1954 by Carlos Pinzón Moncaleano. It is known today as the
Asociación Colombiana de Locutores y Comunicadores.
Source:
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asociaci%C3%B3n_Colombiana_de_Locutores_y_Comunicadores
The flag is a white horizontal flag, with the
logo in the middle, as seen in this picture
(Picture taken on February 28, 2010 from a tv interview broadcasted by
TeleAntioquia channel)
For additional information please see: A.C.L. (official website)
http://www.vocesacl.com/
Esteban Rivera, 6 September 2010
image by Zoltan Horvath, 26 January 2014
It is the association of the major Colombian companies in the industrial,
financial, food and services sector. The ANDI (Asociación Nacional de
Industriales, in English Industrial Entrepreneurs Association or National
Business Association of Colombia) was created in the city of Medellin in
September 11, 1944 by several private companies' Managers from the Department of
Antioquia, to participate before the government regarding a unified economic
policy.
ANDI was pivotal in the creation of the SENA to
have better instructed employees for the manufacturing companies.
Today it "is a non-profit organization whose main purpose is to expand and
promote economic, social and political principles within a free enterprise
system, based upon beliefs that include human dignity, political democracy,
social justice, private property and liberty, and since its establishment has
always been the most important private sector association. It groups more than
1100 companies that belong to different sectors of the economy: manufacturing,
financial, food, mining, health, agriculture, services, among others and
therefore represents a high percentage of Colombia's GDP and total employment.
The Association has its headquarters in Medellin, but also has branches in the
cities of Bogotá, Barranquilla, Bucaramanga, Cali, Cartagena, Pereira,
Manizales, Ibagué, and Santander de Quilichao.
As representative of the private sector's interests, the National Business
Association of Colombia assumes the representation of its members before
national and international institutions, dealing with economic, legal, social,
environmental, and business issues.
ANDI interacts before the legislative and executive branches of the public
sector, in order to contribute in the issuing of laws of national convenience.
Sources:
http://www.andi.org.co/pages/quienes_somos/whoweare.aspx and
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANDI
The flag is a white horizontal flag with the
logo in the middle.
Picture taken from screenshot of CM& (
http://www.cmi.com.co/ ) news aired on July 6, 2012).
Source:
http://www.circasia-quindio.gov.co/empresarios.shtml?apc=EIxx1-&m=l
For additional information check: ANDI
(official website)
Esteban Rivera, 07 July 2012
image by Zoltan Horvath, 04 February 2014
Previous Flag
image by Zoltan Horvath, 04 February 2014
Current Flag
AVIANCA (Aerovías Nacionales de Colombia, Colombian National Airways) was
first known as SCADTA (founded in 1919).
AVIANCA was the result of the merger of SCADTA and SACO (Servicio Aéreo
Colombiano, Colombian Air Service, founded oe June 15, 1933) and it was
established on June 14, 1940.
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avianca
AVIANCA bought out LANSA in 1954 (LANSA, Limitada Nacional de Servicio Aéreo,
Limited National Air Service, and then Líneas Aéreas Nacionales S.A., National
Air Lines Inc. founded on May 5, 1945).
Source:
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/LANZA
AVIANCA joined Helicol (Helicópteros Nacionales de Colombia, Colombian National
Helicopters, founded on June 3, 1955) and SAM (Sociedad Aeronáutica de Medellín,
Medellin Aeronautical Society, founded on October 5, 1946) to form Sistema
AVIANCA (AVIANCA system) in 1994.
Sources:
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Aerol%C3%ADneas_filiales_de_Avianca#Helicol
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAM_Colombia and
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avianca
Then AVIANCA merged with ACES (Aerolíneas Centrales de Colombia, Colombian
Central Airways, founded on August 30, 1971), to form Alianza Summa on May 20,
2002, bu on November of 2003, they focused on boost AVIANCA's sole operator and
brand, thus finishing Alianza Summa (with had replaced SIstema AVIANCA).
Sources:
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avianca and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACES_Colombia
Then, in 2008, it bought out Tampa (or Tampa Cargo) (Transportes Aéreos
Mercantiles Panamericanos S.A., Panamerican Mercantile Air Transportation Inc.,
founded in 1973), re-branded as Avianca Cargo since June 2013.
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAMPA
Then in October 7, 2009, it merged with AeroGal (Aero Galápagos, Air Galapagos,
founded in November 1985) and TACA (Transportes Aereos del Continente Americano,
American Continent Air Transportation, founded in ). The merger was officially
completed on May 21, 2013 (TACA Airlines was the second-oldest
continuously-operating airline in Central America and the Caribbean after Cubana
de Aviación).
Sources:
http://www.avianca.com/es-co/nuestra-compania/informacion-institucional/perfil-corporativo.aspx
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avianca_Ecuador
The flag is a red horizontal flag with the company's (former)
logo in the middle.
The flag is seen
here (featuring the logo that was in use from 2006 until 2013).
Source:
http://www.federacioncolombianadegolf.com/website/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9428:el-v-torneo-internacional-avianca-isencillamente-espectacular&catid=2:noticias-nacionales&Itemid=13
(flag on the top right).
Esteban Rivera, 04 February 2014
image by Miles Li, 21 January 2016
1946-72
image by Miles Li, 22 January 2016
Variant - possibly manufacturer's error
Here's the flag of Avianca, circa 1946-72. Aerovías del Continente Americano
S.A., - Avianca, the national airline of Colombia, traces its origin to SCADTA,
founded in 1919.
Miles Li, 21 January 2016
There is this video on Jamaican independence in
1962. At 26-28 seconds there was a version of this flag, with the canton and the map
in white instead of yellow, and with the letters in red on white instead of
white on blue. I believe this particular flag, especially in its omission of the
yellow colour, must have been a manufacturer's error, since (1) the Avianca logo
officially in use from 1946 to 1971 (in practice to 1972 due to a livery
changeover period) should always have the map in yellow, and the letters in
white on blue, and since (2) the national colours of Colombia is yellow-blue-red
(a diagonal striped example can be found on Previous National Air Force Flag page), it makes no symbolic sense for the canton to have white-blue-red stripes.
Miles Li, 22 January 2016
Avianca Tours
image by Zoltan Horvath, 04 February 2014
In this picture however, the word "Tours" (white
letters) is included. Avianca Tours (previously known as Deskubra, a travel
agency) is a business unit within AVIANCA (Source:
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avianca#Avianca_Tours). AVIANCA's flag has the
same color scheme (red horizontal flag) but without the word "Tours" in it.
AVIANCA was founded on December 5, 1919, being the world's second oldest airline
in continous operation after KLM.
Here's the logo evolution of AVIANCA:
http://api.ning.com/files/Hyh28ht9Lf0-YQZtDbMFS5x0UrlTLkxGKCSlFbP3cl*Xpa9q*UNqNHWm0lXwnVvaw30YmkfhxXoKf5GDfk3o59GNDMkCAjGZ/Aviancaimagen.jpg
(Sources:
http://www.creativoscolombianos.com/profiles/blog/list?user=1rzhmnvobaqo7&page=6
and
http://www.portafolio.co/negocios/nueva-imagen-avianca). The latest logo was
unveiled on May 28, 2013.
For additional information go to: AVIANCA
(official website)
Esteban Rivera, 04 February 2014
image by Zoltan Horvath, 15 September 2017
"Autódromos S.A. (English: Racetrack Corp.), is the owner and operator
of the "Autódromo de Tocancipá" (English: Tocancipa's Racetrack),
located in Tocancipá. It was established
two years after the closure of its predecesor, the "Autódromo Ricardo
Mejía" (English: Ricardo Mejía Racetrack). Autódromos S.A. was
established on October 15, 1980 as a private organization, the
majority shareholder being "Club Los Tortugas" (being the owner of the
"La Primavera" Estate, the grounds for the racetrack and currently a
car school for racing pilots. "Club Las Tortugas (English: The Turtles
Club) gets its name as an irony for turtles being too slow, in
contrast with the the club's main activity.
The Racetrack opened on
February 7, 1982. The same day the Motor Club was dissolved, some of
its members established "Los Tortugos" (The Turtles), later to be
known as "Club Las Tortugas".
Sources:
http://www.autodromodetocancipa.com/autodromo/page/quienes-somos/
http://www.autodromodetocancipa.com/autodromo/page/un-poco-de-historia/
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aut%C3%B3dromo_de_Tocancip%C3%A1
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_automobile_de_Tocancip%C3%A1
http://histo-car.com/foro/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=49
and
http://histo-car.com/foro/viewtopic.php?f=156&t=194
The "Autódromo de Tocancipá's" flag is a blue horizontal background
flag with the
logo (second logo from left to
right) in
the middle, as seen
here (second flag from left to
right).
Source:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoEI64L5bT8 at 0:13 and 1:39)
For additional information go to
Autódromo de Tocancipá (official website)
Esteban Rivera, 12 September 2017
image by Zoltan Horvath, 21 June 2014
CAMACOL (Cámara Colombiana de la Construcción, Colombian Chamber of
Construction) is the association of companies (mainly Cement makers, but also
construction, Real Estate and even Banks are affiliated to it) that was
established on September 14, 1957 to promote construction at all levels
(housing, infrastructure, coordinating construction policies, raw materials,
development, sismo resistance regulations. etc.)
Sources:
http://www.camacol.co/camacol/afiliados-0 and
http://camacol.co/sites/default/files/revista_urbana/u50.pdf ("Revista
Urbana", page 20, (Urban Magazine, Edition Number 50, October 2001).
Screenshot of the flag
Source: CMI tv news broadcast of October 31, 2013.
For additional information go to: CAMACOL (official website)
Esteban Rivera, 21 June 2014
image from www.casaluker.com
From www.casaluker.com:
The design and symbology of Casa Luker's flag was created by the
manager of the commercial unit, Mr. Jorge Augusto Salazar Pineda,
along with the agency Crear Ideas of Bogota. The rising sun from
the green mountains of our native land symbolizes naturalness,
freshness, food and respect for nature. The sun, which casts its
rays over the work and Casa Luker's dynamics in the market
place, is symbolized in the color of the earth. The sun has the
dynamics of the light projected towards the infinite blue that
invites us to act with dynamism, innovation and energy. That
rising sun that moves and changes in the day, that with the force
of its rays renders light, warmth and life, symbolizes our
professionalism, fellowship and daily commitment.
This is our flag, a symbol of who we are and how we live in Casa
Luker."
Dov Gutterman, 15 June 2003
image by Zoltan Horvath, 26 January 2014
The CPB (Círculo de Periodistas de Bogotá (Bogota Journalists Round) has its
own flag. The flag can be seen in this
image (second flag from left to right)
The flag is a white horizontal flag with the the
logo in the middle. The logo has the three initials of the name of the
organization on keys resembling a typewriter.
The CPB was established in February 1946 by members of the main newspapers in
Bogota: El Tiempo,
El
Espectador,
El Siglo,
El Liberal and La
Razón (defunct).
Sources:
http://www.circulodeperiodistasdebogota.com/nosotros/resena-historica-del-cpb
http://www.circulodeperiodistasdebogota.com/nosotros/resena-historica-del-cpb/pagina-2
For additional information please see:
CPB (official
website)
Esteban Rivera, 06 June 2011
flag photo by Esteban Rivera, 27 May 2024
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image from Club Campestre El Rodeo
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image from LinkedIn
image by Zoltan Horvath, 15 September 2017
The "Club Las Tortugas" flag is a white horizontal flag with the
logo in the middle and the name "LAS TORTUGAS" in bold black capitals, as
seen here (fourth
flag from left to right)
Source:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoEI64L5bT8 at 0:13 and 1:39)
For additional information go to Club
Las Tortugas (official website)
Esteban Rivera, 12 September 2017
Flag image is based on logo seen at their
website, since more text is seen under the logo on that
picture what sourced.
Zoltan Horvath, 15 September 2017
See also: Autódromo de Tocancipá
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flag photo taken in 2010, contributed by Esteban Rivera on 29 April 2025
logo at Facebook
"Club Unión S.A. (Sociedad Anónima)" or Union Club, Inc. is a
private club established in 1894 in
Medellín through the merger
of six already existing clubs (hence the name "union": Belchite,
Boston, Bohemia, La Mata de Mora, Los 13 y Del Comercio. Later onwards
members of the Tóndem Club also joined
Sources: elcolombiano.com
valoraanlitik.com and vivirenelpoblado.com
Its flag is a horizontal background with two equal horizontal stripes,
yellow (top) and black (bottom) featuring the logo in the middle, the
logo featuring the city's CoA.
Esteban Rivera, 29 April 2025
image by Zoltan Horvath, 26 January 2014
Combuscol (Combustibles de Colombia S.A., Colombian Fuel) is a
company established in Colombia in January 2005 by all the Texaco
gas stations countrywide, and in 2008, Mobil gas tations join as
well.
Source: www.combuscol.com.
The flag is a plain
horizontal flag with the logo in the middle, as seen here.
E.R., 23 March 2010
image by Zoltan Horvath, 18 January 2014
The Concurso Nacional de Belleza (National Beauty Pageant) is the country's
top beauty contest, and it is annually held in Cartagena. The winner, Senorita Colombia
(Miss Colombia) is sent to Miss Universe and the first runner-up, Virreina (Vice
Queen), to Miss International. The other runner-ups gent sent to various
international beauty cotnests (such as
Miss Intercontinental, Miss World, Reina Hispanoamericana (known before as Reina
Sudamericana), among others.
Source:
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%B1orita_Colombia
The flag is the
logo on a horizontal flag as seen in the following images:
-
http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQtQNlwXF7odEex55HH8JYFlivrRUTSltiIWCcL_2HSFN8NWWVL
(flag on the right)
-
http://m.eluniversal.com.co/reinado/2013/sites/default/files/casa_sede_cnb.jpg
(flag on the right)
Picture of the flag, taken on the main
office flag in Cartagena, on January 3, 2013.
For additional information go to:
Concurso Nacional de Belleza (official website, abbreviated as Senorita
Colombia, or Srta. Colombia)
http://www.srtacolombia.org/
Esteban Rivera, 14 January 2014
flag photo from Facebook
The "Corporación de Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo de la
Industria Naval, Marítima y Fluvial, COTECMAR" (English: Science and
Technology Corporation for the Development of the Naval, Maritime and
Fluvial Industry) is a non-profit science and technology corporation,
with the legal nature of an indirect decentralized entity linked to the
Ministerio de Defensa Nacional, established in
2000, with a legal regime of private law and its own budget. It has 3
technological partners through which they develop applied research, with
an innovative spirit: the
Technological University of Bolivar, Universidad Nacional and the
Universidad del Norte.
Source: http://www.cotecmar.com/en/about-us
The flag is a blue horizontal background with the logo in the middle.
Esteban Rivera, 10 August 2023
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