André Citroën
— before the motorcar production
1878
Paris: Lévie Citroën from the Netherlands and Macha Kleinan
from Poland get the son
André Gustave Citroën.
He grows up in the family business that trades with diamonds,
and his economy is relatively roomy.
1902
Citroën begins together with two school friends fabrication of special gears. He bought the patent
in Poland once he was visiting his sister there. The company later (in 1912) gets the name
Société Anonyme des Engrenages Citroën, and do well, with sales to heavy industry across the whole of Europe.
The Citroën emblem consists of two teeth from such gears.
1906
This year, Citroën becomes a consultant on the
Mors
motorcar factory. Later (in 1908), he becomes chairman and manage over
a decade to achieve a significant increase in production. But it is still not as in the factory's best days.
1913
Citroën visit the Ford plant in Dearborn.
1914
Two months before the war Citroën marry Georgina Bingen.
First World War breaks out, and Citroën is building a bomb factory that produces
as many grenades as all the other bomb factories in Paris combined.
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