Ateliers Germain
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | SA Ateliers Germain |
| genre | |
| fate | merged with Société Anglo-Franco-Belge 1964 |
| successor | Etablissements Germain-Anglo (1964-8) |
| foundation | 1897 |
| defunct | 1968 |
| location_city | Monceau-sur-Sambre, Charleroi |
| location_country | Belgium |
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| homepage | |
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| name = SA Ateliers Germain | logo = | caption = | type = | traded_as = | genre = | fate = merged with Société Anglo-Franco-Belge 1964 | predecessor = | successor = Etablissements Germain-Anglo (1964-8) | foundation = 1897 | founder = | defunct = 1968 | location_city = Monceau-sur-Sambre, Charleroi | location_country = Belgium | location = | locations = | area_served = | key_people = | industry = | products = | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | aum = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = | footnotes = | intl = The Ateliers Germain was a Belgian engineering manufacturing company based in Monceau-sur-Sambre near Charleroi. The company manufactured motorcars under license in the early 20th century until the First World War, after which is concentrated on rail vehicle manufacture.
It merged with the Société Anglo-Franco-Belge in the 1960s shortly before becoming defunct.
History
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The Société des Ateliers Germain (Matériel de Chemins de Fer & Tramways, Voitures Automobiles) was founded 30 October 1897, with a factory at Monceau-sur-Sambre, Belgium.Sources:
The company initially manufactured automobiles under license from Daimler-Phoenix and Panhard-Levassor, and later small automobiles (Voiturettes) under license from Elan, Renault, and Hardt. The company used the brand names "Germain", "Panhard belges" and "Daimler belges". Car production continued up to the beginning of the First World War.
During the conflict British battle tanks captured at the battle of Cambrai were repaired at the factory, and used by the Germans at the battle of St. Quentin. After the end of the first world war the automobile production ceased, and the primary product was rail vehicles. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/NMBS_4403.JPG" caption="publisher=[[Stoomcentrum Maldegem]] }}"] ::
In 1964 the company merged with the Société Anglo-Franco-Belge to form the Etablissements Germain Anglo.
The defunct factory in Monceau sur Sambre was demolished and redeveloped in the 1990s.Sources:
- {{citation |url=http://archives.lesoir.be/les-anciens-ateliers-germain-bientot-habites-a-monceau-_t-19940505-Z0810A.html |title=LES ANCIENS ATELIERS GERMAIN BIENTOT HABITES A MONCEAU LA NOUVELLE VIE D'UNE FRICHE INDUSTRIELLE ASSAINIE |author=Didier Albin |date=5 May 1994 |language=fr |work=archives.lesoir.be
- {{citation |url=http://www.espace-environnement.be/pdf/urba_monceau_brochure.pdf |language=de |work=www.espace-environnement.be |year=2007 |title=L'histoire de Monceau-sur-Sambre partagée à travers ses façades |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908013953/http://www.espace-environnement.be/pdf/urba_monceau_brochure.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-08
Notable staff
- Paul Mossay, Belgian electrical engineer worked for the company briefly before setting up his consultancy in London in 1913.
References
References
- (October 2019). "Stock Quoted Corporations". StudieCentrum voor Onderneming en Beurs - University of Antwerp.
- Philippe Pleuzé. "La bataille de Cambrai (1917)". www5.ac-lille.fr.
- "Dieseltractie Motorwagen TT 4403". [[Stoomcentrum Maldegem]].
- Alain Dewier. (April–June 2006). "Le site Germain-Anglo à La Louvière : d'une entreprise de renommée internationale à une surface commerciale moderne (approche non-exhaustive)". Patrimoine industriel Wallonie-Bruxelles.
- (2019). "Electric Trucks: A History of Delivery Vehicles, Semis, Forklifts and Others". McFarland.
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