Saurerwerke#
Saurerwerke, an automobile factory founded in Vienna in 1906 for the production of trucks and buses; after 1914 it was called "Oesterreichische Saurerwerke". In 1959 the majority of the shares were purchased by Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG, and in 1969 the two officially merged. At the time of the merger the plant employed 1,500 persons.