Jan, and Chuck, It happened with Hutchinson, the tyre company. It was founded by an American Engineer named Hiram Hutchinson waaaay back in 1853 in the Montargis Region of France.
....They started with rubber boots and moved into tyre production. ****************** Michelin (Bros.) were in manufacturing and started making tyres in 1889 ****************** Wolber started in 1898 ******************
Matthew Gorski Belmont Shore, CA
> Jan Heine wrote:
> >
> > To get the first thing out of the way: I thought FB was a French
> > company founded by an Italian expatriate. Chuck, do you have any info
> > to the contrary?
>
> Huh???? Gosh, I guess anything is possible. A French company founded
> by an Italian expatriate with their factory in Italy?
>
> Who knew...
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> SoPas, SoCal