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Designer, founder
Giuseppe Natale Gellera, better known as Giuseppe Gilera, was an Italian businessman, founder of the Italian motorcycle company Gilera. The company he founded and conducted at the height of Italian entrepreneurship, is oldest Italian manufacturer still in business.
Who-is-Who in MMS, History of machines, history of mechanical engineering, machine design, designer, motorcycle.
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variant spelling:
Gilera (Gellera), Giuseppe Natale
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Curriculum vitae
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* 21.12.1887
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Zelo Buon Persico
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born
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1902
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he works in a firm as an apprentice mechanic
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1905
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he is Department Chief in a motorcycle company
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1908 - 1912
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He is is motorcycle racing rider
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1909
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he opens his workshop
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1919
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he opens Fabbrica Italiana Motocicli Gilera in Arcore near Milan
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1947
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Gilera becomes joint stock company
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1969
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Gilera is absorbed by Piaggio
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† 20.11.1971
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Arcore (MI)
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died
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