Simson (company)

Simson

Company type	manufacturing
Traded as	Simson & Co. (1856–1938) Berlin Suhler Waffen- und Fahrzeugwerke (BSW) (1938–45) SAG Awtowelo (1947–52) VEB Fahrzeug-und Gerätewerk Simson Suhl (1952–68) VEB Fahrzeug- und Jagdwaffenwerk Ernst Thälmann Suhl (1968–90)
Industry	firearms, automobiles, motorcycles; mopeds
Founded	1885
Defunct	1 February 2003
Fate	bankrupt
Headquarters	Suhl, Germany
Key people	founders Löb and Moses Simson (brothers)
Products	Mauser Gewehr 98 rifle, Simson Supra car, AWO/Simson 425 motorcycle, SR and KR series mopeds, etc.
Parent	IFA (1948–90)

Simson was a German company which produced firearms, automobiles, bicycles and motorcycles, and mopeds. Under the Third Reich, the factory was taken from the Jewish Simson family, and was renamed several times under Nazi and later Communist control. The Simson name was reintroduced as a brand name for mopeds produced at the factory in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). Simson mopeds were then produced in Suhl (Germany) until 2002.