Hispano-Suiza

Hispano Suiza

Industry	Manufacturing
Founded	June 14, 1904
Founders	Marc Birkigt Damián Mateu Francisco Seix
Fate	Aviation: now part of Safran Automobiles: active as part of the Peralada Group
Headquarters	Barcelona , Catalonia, Spain
Key people	Miguel Suqué Mateu (president)
Products	Automobiles, formerly also aviation components
Website	hispanosuizacars.com

Hispano-Suiza (Spanish for 'Spanish-Swiss') is a Spanish automotive company. It was founded in 1904 by Marc Birkigt and Damián Mateu [es] as an automobile manufacturer and eventually had several factories in Spain and France that produced luxury cars, aircraft engines, trucks and weapons.

In 1923, its French luxury car arm became a semi-autonomous partnership with the Spanish parent company. In 1946, the parent company sold all of its Spanish automotive assets to Enasa, a Spanish state-owned vehicle manufacturer, and the French arm continued as an independent aviation engine and components manufacturer under the Hispano-Suiza name. In 1968, Hispano-Suiza was taken over by the aerospace company Snecma, which is now part of the French Safran Group. An attempt to relaunch the marque was made by the company Hispano Suiza Cars associated with the Peralada Group (owned by the Suqué Mateu family) in 2019 with a fully-electric car.^[1]