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Sixseven · 02-04-2014, 11:06 AM

I ran across an interesting article on Houdaille Industries. The article is more about the problem of leveraged buy-outs, but they used this company as an example and gave a bit of its' history which is the interesting part. Link:

http://www.washingtondecoded.com/sit...reilly_re.html

"Houdaille Industries, took its name from Maurice Houdaille, the Frenchman who invented recoilless artillery during World War I. After the war, a U.S. corporation bought the name and the rights to the rotary shock absorber Houdaille patented. By the 1930s, Houdaille Industries was one of the largest auto-parts subcontractors in Detroit and the premier U.S. manufacturer of shock absorbers. It was not unusual for a car owner to walk into a garage and ask for a new set of “Houdailles.”"

02-04-2014, 11:06 AM	#1
Sixseven Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 508	Houdaille (who'-dye) shock history I ran across an interesting article on Houdaille Industries. The article is more about the problem of leveraged buy-outs, but they used this company as an example and gave a bit of its' history which is the interesting part. Link: http://www.washingtondecoded.com/sit...reilly_re.html "Houdaille Industries, took its name from Maurice Houdaille, the Frenchman who invented recoilless artillery during World War I. After the war, a U.S. corporation bought the name and the rights to the rotary shock absorber Houdaille patented. By the 1930s, Houdaille Industries was one of the largest auto-parts subcontractors in Detroit and the premier U.S. manufacturer of shock absorbers. It was not unusual for a car owner to walk into a garage and ask for a new set of “Houdailles.”"