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Founding of Officine Meccaniche

Founding of Officine Meccaniche
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Officine Meccaniche or OM was an Italian car and truck manufacturing company. It was founded in 1899 in Milan as Società Anonima Officine Meccaniche to manufacture railway rolling stock and car production began in 1918. It disappeared as such in 1975, subsumed into Iveco, but still exists as a forklift builder.

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  1. Founding of Chiquita Brands InternationalMarch 30, 1899
  2. Founding of Liepājas tramvajs1899
  3. Founding of Officine Meccaniche (this page)1899
  4. Founding of SuntoryFebruary 1899
  5. Founding of United Fruit Company1899
  6. Founding of Vinci1899

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