SUP

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Société des Usines du Paquis
legal form
founding 1908
resolution 1923
Seat Cons-la-Grandville
management Albert Henou
Branch Automobile manufacturer

The Société des Usines du Paquis was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Hainon family began producing chassis and accessories for automobiles in Cons-la-Grandville in 1905 . However, the company was only founded in 1908. In 1910 a factory for engine production for Le Zèbre was set up in Asnières-sur-Seine . In 1919, production of its own automobiles began under the direction of Albert Henou. The brand names were SUP and Henou . Automobile production ended in 1923.

vehicles

On offer were models that were mainly equipped with built-in motors from various manufacturers. Are called Altos , Ballot , Chapuis-Dornier , Janvier and Sergeant . One model was powered by a four-cylinder engine from Levêque Frères , brand Sergant , with 1843 cm³ displacement , and in another, a separate engine with 1745 cm³ displacement. The vehicles were equipped with a four-speed gearbox.

Vehicle parts sales

The company also supplied vehicle frames to Eclipse and Escol .

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)
  • George Nick Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975. (French)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
  3. ^ Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.