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== 1898 - 1909 == | == 1898 - 1909 == | ||
Revision as of 13:06, 2 June 2009
1898 - 1909
Orio Marchand was a bicycle and sewing machine manufacturer based in Piacenza and in 1898 started the manufacture of automobiles. At the turn of the century the first produced motorcar was under license from (Decauville) and designs where exchanged, which in 1906 came on the market and was under the Fratelli Marchand name. In 1906 the company joined this with Dufaux to become Marchand & Dufaux and together until 1909, produced four and six cylinder models. In 1909 the registry of the Piacenza company was erased from operation.
In 1910, Giuseppe Merosi who had been previously employed by Orio Marchand then Fiat and Bianchi, went on to work for A.L.F.A..
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