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White Motor Company. The White Motor Company was an American automobile, truck, bus and agricultural tractor manufacturer from 1900 until 1980. The company also produced bicycles, roller skates, automatic lathes, and sewing machines. Before World War II, the company was based in Cleveland, Ohio.
After a merger with White Consolidated Industries failed in 1970, White Motor hired Semon "Bunkie" Knudsen to reorganize the company. Though White Motor showed a $20 million profit in 1973, Knudsen's leadership could not counteract years of mismanagement, coupled with changes in the industry, inflation, and recession.
After a merger with White Consolidated Industries failed in 1970, White Motor hired Semon "Bunkie" Knudsen to reorganize the company. Though White Motor showed a $20 million profit in 1973, Knudsen's leadership could not counteract years of mismanagement, coupled with changes in the industry, inflation, and recession.
White truck in Iquique, Chile White truck in the Chicago Fire Department from 1930 to 1941 1944 White Model VA-114 truck on display at the Iowa 80 Trucking Museum, Walcott, Iowa. White Motor Company ended car production after World War I to focus exclusively on trucks. The company soon sold 10 percent of all trucks made in the US.
May 1, 2024 · 1976: White Motor Corp. and White Consolidated Industries try to merge, but plans failed to be completed. This put the future of White Motor into doubt as it had lost $69 million the previous year. 1980: White Motor runs out of money and files for bankruptcy. To help ease its financial crisis, White Motor sells White Farm Equipment to a Texas ...
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All cars made up until some (unspecified) time in 1906 were made by the White Sewing Machine Company of Cleveland, Ohio. The White Motor Company was created out of the White Sewing Machine Co., begun by Thos. H. White in 1876. His son, Rollin Henry White, invented the auto flash boiler in 1899, and with the aid of his 2 brothers, Windsor and Walter, diversified the sewing machine company's ...
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The White Motor Company was an American automobile, truck, bus and agricultural tractor manufacturer from 1900 until 1980. The company also produced bicycles, roller skates, automatic lathes, and sewing machines. Before World War II, the company was based in Cleveland, Ohio. White Diesel Engine Division in Springfield, Ohio, manufactured diesel engine generators, which powered U.S. military ...
