(ANA), founded in 1937,
was an
automobile
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manufacturer in
Nyköping, Sweden.
History
It assembled trucks for
Chrysler,
DeSoto,
Plymouth
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,
Fargo and later
Å koda and
Standard and from the mid-1950s
Simca.
From 1946, they sold Piper aircraft. The company was founded as a subsidiary of
Nordiska Kompaniet.
During the 1960s, the company distributed
Massey Ferguson tractors, developing a modified version of the Ferguson hitch called the Swedish Hitch.
In 1960, the company was bought by
Saab and renamed Saab-ANA and transformed into a SAAB dealership.
In 2013, ANA started selling BMW and Mini and in some years they made police versions of BMW cars and motorcycles.
Some production re-emerged when NEVS bought the bankruptcy estate and in 2016, NEVS ended the Saab brand name. Hedin Bil bought ANA Motorcentrum AB on July 2, 2017, and car sales and workshop services continued under the name Trollhättan AB and Hedin bil in Lysekil.
References
Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Sweden
Saab
Swedish companies established in 1937
Nyköping
20th century in Södermanland County
Companies based in Södermanland County
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