Opel sold its bicycle plant to NSU in Neckarsulm (which had started making bicycles at about the same time as Opel)
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Adam Opel
Adam Opel was a German entrepreneur who founded the company Adam Opel AG, then a manufacturer of bicycles and sewing machines.
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business · Founder of Opel and manufacturer of bicycles and sewing machines · entrepreneur · inventor · machinist · industrialist · also Adam Opel, Opel
Born 9 May 1837 · Died 8 September 1895 · Q57479
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1911· 1 entry
The same time a fire destroyed much of the plant
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1898· 1 entry
A collapse caused by the over-expansion among the many makers of cycles
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1895· 1 entry
Died 1895-09-08.
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1870· 1 entry
A new sewing machine called “Sophia” was introduced, named after Opel's wife
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1863· 1 entry
George returned from France to help in the slow production of the machines
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1862· 1 entry
Adam Opel returned to Rüsselsheim
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1859· 1 entry
Went to work for a maker of sewing machines to get a closer look
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1837· 1 entry
Born 1837-05-09.
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