Associated Motor Industries
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Not related to Associated Motor Industries Sdn Bhd of Malaysia or the fictional National Motors Corporation.
Associated Motor Industries of Dayton, Ohio, was founded in 1922. It was a merger of a number of existing automobile, truck, and parts manufacturers with the intention of standardising production and obtaining economies of scale. The company was renamed the National Motors Corporation in 1923. By 1924 it had ceased production.
The companies initially involved were:
- National Motor Car and Vehicle Corporation, Indianapolis
- Covert Gear Corporation, Lockport, New York - transmission and clutch makers
- Recording and Computing Machines Company, Dayton, Ohio - ignition, magneto, starter, battery and generator manufacturers
- Jackson Motors Corporation, Jackson, Michigan
- Kentucky Wagon Manufacturing Company, Louisville, Kentucky - manufacturer of the Dixie Flyer
- Saginaw Sheet Metal Works, Saginaw, Michigan
- Traffic Motor Truck Corporation, St. Louis, Missouri
- Murray-Tregurtha Corporation, Boston, Mass - manufacturers of gasoline engines
- H F Holbrook Company, New York - manufacturers of automobile bodies.