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Also known as Aktiengesellschaft Adolph Saurer, AG Adolph Saurer (Arbon), Saurer AG, Adolph, Oesterreichische Saurer-Werke AG.

Adolph Saurer AG was a Swiss manufacturer of embroidery and textile machines, trucks and buses under the Saurer and Berna (beginning in 1929) brand names. Based in Arbon, Switzerland, the firm was active between 1903 and 1982. Their vehicles were widely used across mainland Europe, particularly in the interwar period.

Key facts

Company.name
Adolph Saurer AG
Company.logo
Saurer logo.png
Company.type
Public company
Company.fate
Merged with Franz Brozincevic & Cie into Nutzfahrzeuggesellschaft Arbon & Wetzikon (NAW)
Company.successor
Saurer AG
Company.foundation
1903
Company.defunct
1982
Company.location_city
Arbon (TG)
Company.location_country
Switzerland
Company.key_people
Franz Saurer
Company.industry
Automotive,Military
Company.products
Motor vehicles

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Company
Founded
1903
Location
Fellbach, Germany
Status
Active

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Official website

Saurer | Innovative solutions for spinning & twisting - Saurer

Saurer is a global leader in textile machinery, offering innovative solutions in spinning, twisting, automation, components, and software.

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Official name
Aktiengesellschaft Adolph Saurer
Official website
www.saurer.com
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Commons category
Saurer vehicles
inception
1853-00-00
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1982-00-00
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15 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Aero engines
  • NAW
  • The textile and automotive spin-offs
  • Oerlikon Textile
  • Oerlikon-Saurer ''"Graziano Trasmissioni"''
  • Models
  • Buses
  • Trolleybus
  • Military Vehicles
  • Saurer F006
  • Gallery of Saurer, Berna and NAW vehicles
  • See also
  • Sources & References
  • External links

Adolph Saurer AG was a Swiss manufacturer of embroidery and textile machines, trucks and buses under the Saurer and Berna (beginning in 1929) brand names. Based in Arbon, Switzerland, the firm was active between 1903 and 1982. Their vehicles were widely used across mainland Europe, particularly in the interwar period.

==History== thumb|Saurer Touring (1897) still with a tiller, from 1898 with a steering wheel thumb|1910 Saurer Motor Trucks Ad thumb|350px|A Saurer PostBus|Car-Alpin in 1930 In 1853, Franz Saurer (1806–1882) from Veringenstadt, Germany established an iron foundry for household goods near the Swiss town of Sankt Gallen. Eastern Switzerland was a center for both embroidery and embroidery machine development.

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