LC control no. | no2015064569 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Corporate name heading | Magirus GmbH |
Variant(s) | Magirus Company |
See also | Hierarchical superior: Iveco (Firm) |
Beginning date | 1866 |
Located | Ulm (Germany) |
Found in | Magirus, ©2014: t.p. (Magirus GmbH) cover page 4 (Magirus Company) Wikipedia WWW site, May 11, 2015 (Magirus GmbH is a truck manufacturer based in Ulm, Germany, founded by Conrad Dietrich Magirus (1824-1895). The company began manufacturing fire-fighting vehicles in 1866. In the late 1910s, it started the production of trucks and buses; In 1975, Magirus became part of Iveco which continued producing some Magirus trucks for a short while under the name "Iveco Magirus" before abandoning it completely in most countries; today, the Magirus brand is only used for the company's firefighting equipment section) |