Opel, Adam (1837 - 1895)

designer, founder

Adam Opel was a German entrepreneur. He was the founder of the German automobile company Adam Opel AG. The company he founded began with sewing machines, then diversified the production towards the field of bicycles. Afther the founder death in 1898, Opel starts designing and producing automobiles.
Who-is-Who in MMS, History of machines, history of mechanical engineering, machine design, descriptive geometry, designer, automobile.

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Opel, Adam

Curriculum vitae

* 09.05.1837	Rüsselsheim	born
1859		He works work for a maker of sewing machines in Paris
1862		he founds his sewing machines’s company in Rüsselsheim
1866		he starts designing bikes
† 08.09.1895	Rüsselsheim	died
1898		Opel factory produces his firs automobile
1929 - 1930		Opel family sold “Adam Opel AG2” to General Motors

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Industrialisation, ca. 1850-1920

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Europeana		http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2020801/dmglib_handler_biogr_23143004.html

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Opel, Adam (1837 - 1895)