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Saurer
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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
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company
- Founded
- 1903
- Location
- Fellbach, Germany
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.474486.d
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.
saurer.com →Link to the official site · 4,170 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- 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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Article
15 sectionsContents
- 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.