Bettmann, Siegfried (1863 - 1951)

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Siegfried Bettmann was a bicycle, motorcycle and car manufacturer and initiator of the Triumph Motorcycle Company. The Triumph Motor Company was a British car and motor manufacturing company. The Triumph marque (trade-name) is owned currently by BMW. The marque had its origins in 1883 when Siegfried Bettmann (1863–1951) of Nuremberg initiated S.Bettmann & Co and started importing bicycles from Europe and selling them with his own trade-name in London. The trade-name became "Triumph" the yearnext, and in 1887 Bettmann was joined by a partner, Moritz (Maurice) Schulte, also from Germany. Beginning in 1889 the businessmen started producing their own bicycles in Coventry, England.
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Bettmann, Siegfried

Curriculum vitae

* 13.04.1863	Nuremberg, Germany	nǎscut
1885		He founds Triumph Motor Company
1902		starts mtorcycles production
1921		starts cars production
† 23.09.1951	Coventry, England U.K.	mort

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Bettmann, Siegfried (1863 - 1951)