Triumph

Overview

• IndustryManufacture of motorcycles¹
• HeadquartersNürnberg¹
• Founded inNuremberg¹
• Legal formAktiengesellschaft¹

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Triumph-Werke Nürnberg AG or TWN, was a German bicycle and motorcycle company. In 1886, Siegfried Bettmann founded the Triumph bicycle factory in Coventry, England, and in 1896 he founded a second bicycle factory in his native Nuremberg, Germany, under the same Triumph name. Both factories branched out into making motorcycles: the Coventry factory in 1902 and the Nuremberg factory in 1903.²

Corporate structure

Triumph is part of a group headed by Triumph Engineering. 2 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Founded by Siegfried Bettmann in 1896, in Nuremberg.¹

Leadership

Who has led Triumph, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

• FounderSiegfried Bettmann¹

Products and brands

From Wikipedia’s article on Triumph (TWN), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.⁴

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

• Triumph Engineering since 1896

Owners

• Triumph Engineering since 1929
• Grundig

From Wikidata.¹

Acquisitions

1. Succeeded by Triumph-Adler¹

Timeline

1. 1956Dissolved Dissolved¹
2. 1929Acquired Acquired by Triumph Engineering¹
3. 1896Acquired Acquired by Triumph Engineering¹
4. 1896Founded Founded in Nuremberg¹

Links

• WikipediaTriumph (TWN)
• More imagesWikimedia Commons
• WikidataQ447580