Citroën, André

Citroën, André
(1878-1935)
   engineer, industrialist
   Born in Paris, André Citroën built his first factory in 1915 at quai de Javel, where he produced 55,000 artillery shells per day. After World War I (1919), he undertook there the mass production of automobiles, becoming the first in France to do so. He built new factories at Saint-Ouen, Clichy, and Levallois— suburbs of Paris—and began using the assembly line process. Always interested in transportation (taxis, automobiles), he introduced the first cruising Citroën models (Croisière noire, 1924-25; Croisière jaune, 1931-32). In 1934, Citroën introduced his famous automobile with forward traction.

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