Ambi-Budd was a German automobile body company founded by

Edward Gowen Budd Edward Gowen Budd (December 28, 1870 – November 30, 1946) was an American inventor and businessman. Early life Edward Gowen Budd was born in Smyrna, Delaware, on December 28, 1870. He studied engineering in Philadelphia in 1888. He took corres ...

In Germany, Edward Gowen Budd worked with

Arthur Müller Arthur Müller (born Aron Cohn: 23 October 1871 - 19 January 1935) was a German entrepreneur and inventor. He became known as the founder and director of the "Deutsche Flugplatz Gesellschaft" (''"German Airfield Company"''), which instigated, ...

and set up a steel pressing plant ''Ambi Budd Presswerke'' (ABP) in the old

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factory and became a successful supplier of pressed-steel components. "Ambi" stood for "''Arthur Müller Bauten und Industriewerke''". Budd Philadelphia U.S. owned 26% of the Adler stock and were located next door to the German assembly plant for American associate Chrysler. Budd supplied bodies for early BMWs as well as German Fords. In 1943, the company had to move production underground due to bomb attacks from the allied air forces. They also made parts for the Focke Wulf fighter, jerrycans, and bodies for the Volkswagen ''Kübelwagen'' and ''Schwimmwagen'' light vehicles. The Berlin plants were completely destroyed by bombing during World War II. After the war, the Budd plant ended up in the Soviet sector. The machines and tools were dismantled and most of them shipped to the

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. Ambi-Budd merged with Thyssen AG and Krupp AG in 1999 becoming a part of

ThyssenKrupp ThyssenKrupp AG (, ; stylized as thyssenkrupp) is a German industrial engineering and steel production multinational conglomerate. It is the result of the 1999 merger of Thyssen AG and Krupp and has its operational headquarters in Duisburg a ...

and known as Thyssen-Krupp Budd. Thyssen-Krupp Budd North America body and chassis operations were acquired in November 2006 by

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.Business Need to Know. ''The Times'' (London). Saturday, Nov. 4, 2006 Issue 68849, Page 58

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Manufacturing companies established in 1912 Manufacturing companies based in Philadelphia Coachbuilders of Germany Thyssen AG 1912 establishments in Pennsylvania

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