Matteo Ceirano
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Matteo Ceirano was an Italian
businessman in the early automobile industry.
His father, Giovanni Battista Ceirano
, was an automobile pioneer, and with his brothers Ernesto Ceirano and Giovanni Ceirano, Matteo worked in his father's automobile workshop. With Giovanni, he created the Ceirano Matteo & C. (1903), which became Ceirano Matteo & C. - Vetture Marca Itala (1904), which was renamed the Itala Fabrica Automobile manufacturing company later that same year. With Michele Ansaldi he established the
Società Piemontese Automobili (1908), from which both retired in 1918.
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businessman in the early automobile industry.
His father, Giovanni Battista Ceirano
Giovanni Battista Ceirano
Giovanni Battista Ceirano was an Italian entrepreneur and car pioneer.Born in Cuneo in 1860, Ceirano is the eldest of three brothers who were pioneers of the Italian car industry...
, was an automobile pioneer, and with his brothers Ernesto Ceirano and Giovanni Ceirano, Matteo worked in his father's automobile workshop. With Giovanni, he created the Ceirano Matteo & C. (1903), which became Ceirano Matteo & C. - Vetture Marca Itala (1904), which was renamed the Itala Fabrica Automobile manufacturing company later that same year. With Michele Ansaldi he established the
Società Piemontese Automobili (1908), from which both retired in 1918.