Centralne Warsztaty Samochodowe
Centralne Warsztaty Samochodowe (CWS; transtlation from Polish: Central Car Works) was a Polish pre-war car and motorcycle manufacturer. Created by the Polish Ministry of War Affairs in 1918, the privately run company was initially entitled to service of all the mechanical equipment of the Polish Army, including tanks, armoured cars, motorcycles and lorries. Among the most notable designs were the CWS T-1 (the first Polish-made car to be serially built), T-2 and T-8 limousines, as well as the extremely successful Sokół motorcycle series.
Centralne Warsztaty Samochodowe
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- Founded
- 1918
- Headquarters
- Warsaw
- Activity
- automobile manufacturer
- Products
- car
- Dissolved
- 1931
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Centralne Warsztaty Samochodowe (CWS; transtlation from Polish: Central Car Works) was a Polish pre-war car and motorcycle manufacturer. Created by the Polish Ministry of War Affairs in 1918, the privately run company was initially entitled to service of all the mechanical equipment of the Polish Army, including tanks, armoured cars, motorcycles and lorries. Among the most notable designs were the CWS T-1 (the first Polish-made car to be serially built), T-2 and T-8 limousines, as well as the extremely successful Sokół motorcycle series.
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In 1928 the company was partially nationalized and renamed to Państwowe Zakłady Inżynieryjne (State Engineering Works, PZInż), but it continued to use the old name of CWS as the brand name for the motorcycles until the outbreak of the Invasion of Poland.
It is associated with Second Polish Republic. The record gives 1918 as its date of establishment or first appearance. Activity is recorded as ending in 1931. Its recorded seat is Warsaw. The recorded field of activity is automobile manufacturer. Recorded products are car.
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• Founded — 1918 • Defunct — 1928 • Hq Location City — Warsaw, Poland • Area Served — Poland • Industry — Automotive • Products — Automobiles • Num Employees — over 1000 (1926) • Illustration — CWS T-1 Torpedo • Illustration — CWS T-1 Kareta
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- 1.Zdzisław Podbielski: Samochody ciężarowe, specjalne i autobusy. Warsaw: Instytut Wydawniczy Nasza Księgarnia, 1988. ISBN 83-10-08987-2. (in Polish)
- 2.Z. Podbielski: Wielka encyklopedia wytwórni samochodów. A-D, Łódź: Wydawnictwo Adi Car, 1992, p. 135–136, ISBN 83-900299-6-0, OCLC 958215447. (in Polish)
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