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3 unusual facts about automotive industry


Automotive industry

The automotive industry began in the 1890s with hundreds of manufacturers that pioneered the horseless carriage.

Edward Manville

In the automobile industry, as chairman of both Birmingham Small Arms Company and its wholly owned subsidiary The Daimler Company, he personally brought about the introduction of the Knight sleeve-valve engine and its acquisition by Daimler, and the incorporation of the fluid flywheel and epicyclic transmission system throughout Daimler's full range of vehicles.

Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH

The company offers professional services primarily in the Automotive, Aviation, Logistics, and Military sectors.


Albion Motors

Albion Automotive of Scotstoun, Glasgow is a former Scottish automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer, currently involved in the manufacture and supply of Automotive component systems.

Ballinascarty

Henry Ford went on to be one of the most influential people in the automotive industry, inventing mass production and the famous Fordson model F tractor, which put many small-scale tractor manufacturers out of business.

Radici Group

Fibres applications: apparel, home furnishings and automotive interiors, residential and automotive use, tailor-made products for automotive applications, such as tyre cord, airbags, filters, hoses and belts.

Robert J. Sinclair

Robert J. Sinclair, (March 17, 1932 — May 10, 2009) was a United States automotive industry executive who served as Chief executive officer of Saab-Scania of America from May 1979 until September 1991, where he helped improve the popularity of Saab's cars by convincing the parent company to manufacture cars with high-end options such as turbochargers and a convertible version of its Saab 900 that was designed to appeal to American consumers.

Sierra Wireless

Sierra Wireless products and technologies are used in a variety of markets and industries, including automotive and transportation, energy, field service, healthcare, industrial and infrastructure, mobile computing and consumers, networking, sales and payment, and security.


see also

Autoblog

Autoblog.com, a news website focused on automobiles and the automotive industry

Automotive industry in Serbia

The Serbian automotive industry has a tradition of more than 70 years, dating back to 1939 in the city of Kragujevac, where Zastava, the Serbian producer of motor vehicles, produced automobiles under the license of FIAT.

GAZ

In 2011, Bo Andersson received Automotive Executive of the Year Award at the International Automotive Forum organized by the Adam Smith Institute, and was named a Eurostar of automotive industry in the emerging market category by the Automotive News Europe Magazine for achievements in model range renewal, establishment of cooperation between GAZ Group and leading international automakers, and positive financial results of the company in 2010.

IHS Inc.

July 15, 2013 - R.L. Polk & Company, owner of Carfax; information and analytics provider for the Automotive industry.

Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles

Ralph Nader called PNGV "an effort to coordinate the transfer of property rights for federally funded research and development to the automotive industry".

Richard Cross

Richard E. Cross, American lawyer and executive in the automotive industry

Robert Maynard Hutchins

Due to the rapid growth of the US automotive industry in the early 1950s, the Ford Foundation was running such large surpluses that it attracted unwanted attention from the Internal Revenue Service.

Shan Virk

He moved to Oakville, Canada and got involved in the automotive industry and established his business.

Soitec

Historically, Soitec has marketed Silicon On Insulator (SOI) as a high performance material for manufacturing electronic chips for computers, game consoles and servers, as well as the automotive industry.

Thomas Regout International

Since December 2006, Thomas Regout has been certified with the highest quality award for the automotive industry: ISO/TS 16949.