Volkswagen was founded in 1937 to manufacture the car which would become known as the Beetle.

The company was founded in 1822 to manufacture stagecoaches and sleighs.

Various companies were founded in the later 1870s to manufacture and sell automated reed organs.

The company was founded in 1916 to manufacture motor trucks, farm tractors and automobiles in Oakland, California.

The company was founded in 1934 to manufacture sheepskin leathers for the shoe and slipper trades.

Even today, 91 years after the British company was founded to manufacture three-wheeled cars, management is in the hands of only the third generation of Morgans.

The glass factory Barriere was founded in 1804 to manufacture green glass.

The company was founded in 1856 by Diedrich Leonardt to manufacture dip pens.

The company was founded in the 1920s to manufacture clutches for farm tractors.

It was founded in order to manufacture coal gas on the Texas frontier.