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Rolls-Royce Limited

Derby, United Kingdom · Founded 1906 · Merged: Merged into Rolls-Royce, according to Wikidata.

Rolls-Royce Limited was founded in 1906 by Charles Rolls, Henry Royce and James A. Allison, and is based in Derby, United Kingdom. It was merged into another company in 1973.

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1906-1987 automobile and aerospace manufacturer in the United Kingdom

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We hold 89 other automotive industry companies founded in the 1900s. 71 of them have closed, after a median of 30 years, and 18 have no closure recorded.

Counted across this directory, from founding and closing years in public records. Medians cover only companies whose closure is recorded; a company with no closure date may have quietly ceased without the record catching it.

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