Hispano-Suiza
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Hispano-Suiza () is a Spanish automotive company. It was founded in 1904 by Marc Birkigt and as an automobile manufacturer and by the 1930s had several factories in Spain and one in France that produced luxury cars, aircraft engines, trucks and weapons.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Hispano Suiza
- Company.logo
- New Logo of Hispano Suiza.png
- Company.fate
- Aviation: now part of SafranAutomobiles: active as part of the Peralada Group
- Company.key_people
- Miguel Suqué Mateu (President), Sergio Martinez Campos (CEO), Juan Fernandez (CTO), Francesc Arenas (Head of Design), Victor Cobos (CMO)
- Company.foundation
- June 14, 1904
- Company.location_city
- Barcelona
- Company.location_country
- Catalonia, Spain
- Company.industry
- Manufacturing
- Company.founders
- Marc Birkigt Damián Mateu Francisco Seix
- Company.products
- Automobiles, formerly also aviation components
- Company.parent
- Grup Peralada
- Company.website
- hispanosuizacars.com
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Hispano-Suiza Fábrica de Automóviles, S.A.
- Official website
- www.hispanosuizacars.com
- Image
- Oficines Hispano-Suiza (Sant Feliu de Llobregat).jpg
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- Commons category
- Hispano-Suiza
- inception
- 1904-06-14
- nickname
- Hispano Suiza
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1938-00-00
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16 sectionsContents
- History
- Early years
- World War I
- 1918–1936
- Spanish Civil War and WWII
- 1950s–present
- Corporate Leadership
- Chief Executive Officers
- Presidents/Chairmen
- Gallery
- Cars
- Aircraft
- Aircraft engines
- See also
- References
- External links
Hispano-Suiza () is a Spanish automotive company. It was founded in 1904 by Marc Birkigt and as an automobile manufacturer and by the 1930s had several factories in Spain and one in France that produced luxury cars, aircraft engines, trucks and weapons.
In 1923, its French luxury car arm became a semi-autonomous partnership with the Spanish parent company. In 1937, the French arm was taken over by the French state for war production and after World War II continued as an independent aviation engine and components manufacturer under the Hispano-Suiza name. In 1968, the company was taken over by the aerospace company Snecma, which is now part of the French Safran Group. Meanwhile, during the Spanish Civil War, Hispano-Suiza's Spanish factories in Barcelona and Seville were taken over by both sides for war production. In 1946, its Spanish assets were taken over by the truck manufacturer ENASA.