GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION ACQUIRED COMPANIES
BUICK MOTOR
OLDS MOTOR WORKS
OAKLAND MOTOR
CADILLAC MOTOR
By 1909 GM Board had acquired:
ELMORE MANUFACTURING
EWING AUTOMOBILE
MARQUETTE MOTOR
RAINIER MOTOR CAR
GARLAND MOTOR
Trucks:
RAPID MOTOR VEHICLE 1908
RELIANCE MOTOR TRUCK 1909 to form GENERAL MOTORS TRUCK
Also:
W.F. STEWART COMPANY 1908 BODIES
NORTHWAY MOTOR & MANUFACTURING COMPANY 1909 MOTORS /TRANS/GEARS
MICHIGAN AUTO PARTS COMPANY 1909 MOTORS/TRANS/GEARS
SAEGER ENGINE WORKS1909 MOTORS/TRANSMISSIONS/GEARS
WESTON-MOTT COMPANY 1909 WHEELS/AXLES
DOW RIM COMPANY 1909 WHEEL RIMS
HEANY LAMP COMPANY 1910 AUTOMOTIVE LAMPS
HEANY ELECTRIC COMPANY 1910 AUTOMOTIVE LAMPS
TIPLESS LAMP COMPANY 1910 AUTOMOTIVE LAMPS
NOVELTY INCANDESCENT LAMP COMPANY 1910 AUTOMOTIVE LAMPS
CHAMPION IGNITION COMPANY 1910 SPARK PLUGS
JACKSON-CHURCH-WILCOX 1910 MOTORS/TRANSMISSIONS/GEARS
MICHIGAN MOTOR CASTINGS COMPANY 1910 MOTORS/TRANSMISSIONS/ GEARS
Then:
ARMSTRONG SPRING COMPANY 1923 AUTO SPRINGS
BROWN-LIPE-CHAPIN 1922 DIFFERENTIAL GEARS
CROSLEY RADIO-KOKOMO Plant 1936 AUTO RADIOS
DAYTON ENGINEERING LABORATORIES 1918 AUTO PARTS
DAY FAN ELECTRIC COMPANY 1929 AUTO RADIOS
DELCO-LIGHT COMPANY, 1919 LIGHTING SYSTEMS
DOMESTIC ENGINEERING COMPANY 1919 ELECTRIC MOTORS
FISHER BODY COMPANY 1926 AUTO BODIES
FLEETWOOD BODY CORPORATION 1926 AUTO BODIES
GUIDE LAMP COMPANY 1928 AUTO PARTS
KLAXON COMPANY 1919 AUTO PARTS
LIBERTY STARTER COMPANY 1932 AUTO PARTS
NEW DEPARTURE MANUFACTURING COMPANY 1918 AUTO PARTS
PACKARD ELECTRIC COMPANY 1932 AUTO PARTS
PERLMAN RIM CORPORATION 1918 AUTO PARTS
TOLEDO CHEVROLET MOTOR COMPANY 1918 TRANSMISSIONS/GEARS
ST LOUIS MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 1918 AUTO BODIES
CHEVROLET MOTOR COMPANY OF
JAXON STEEL PRODUCTS COMPANY 1918 AUTO PARTS
HYATT ROLLER BEARING COMPANY 1918 AUTO PARTS
MICHIGAN CRANKSHAFT COMPANY 1919 AUTO PARTS
NATIONAL PLATE GLASS 1926 PLATE GLASS
NORTH EAST ELECTRIC COMPANY 1929 AUTO ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
REMY ELECTRIC COMPANY 1918 AUTO PARTS
SAGINAW MALLEABLE IRON COMPANY 1918-20 AUTO PARTS
TERNSTEDT MANUFACTURING COMPANY 1926 AUTO BODY HARDWARE/STAMPINGS
UNITED MOTORS CORPORATION 1918 AUTO PARTS
T.W. WARNER COMPANY 1921 AUTO PARTS
YELLOW TRUCK 1925
HERTZ RENT-A-CAR 1925?
MARTIN-PARRY BODIES March? 1930
By 1920 Vehicle companies:
CARTERCAR
RANDOLPH MOTOR CAR
WELCH MOTOR CAR
CHEVROLET MOTOR COMPANY OF DELAWARE
CHEVROLET MOTOR COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA
CHEVROLET MOTOR COMPANY OF MICHIGAN
CHEVROLET MOTOR COMPANY OF NEW YORK
CHEVROLET MOTOR COMPANY OF TEXAS
LITTLE MOTOR
INTERSTATE MOTOR CAR
NATIONAL MOTOR TRUCK 1918
SAMSON SIEVE-GRIP TRACTOR COMPANY, 1917
SCRIPPS-BOOTH
SHERIDAN
INDUSTRIAL TERMINAL-SAXON
PLUS FRIGIDAIRE [originally GUARDIAN REFRIGERATOR]
Also:
FLXIBLE COMPANY was incorporated in Ohio, April 9th 1914. Its first President was Charles F. Kettering. Kettering joined GM in 1916 and the two companies became interlocked. Kettering was a Vice-President, Director and Shareholder of GM from 1929 to 1958. He was President of Flxible from 1915 to 1940, Chairman of the Board 1940 to 1958, Director 1915 to 1958 and the largest individual stockholder, 1915 to 1958.
And:
BEDFORD MOTORS LIMITED, London, England, 1911 [1912 GENERAL MOTORS (EUROPE) LIMITED
GENERAL MOTORS EXPORT COMPANY, 1911
GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED, Walkerville, Ontario, 1912
OAKLAND MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED, London, England, 1913
GENERAL MOTORS OF CANADA LIMITED COMPANIES
McLAUGHLIN CARRIAGE COMPANY LIMITED
McLAUGHLIN MOTOR AND CARRIAGE COMPANY LIMITED
FISHER BODY COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED, 1912
CHEVROLET MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED, 1915
GENERAL MOTORS OF CANADA LIMITED, 1918
McLAUGHLIN MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED, 1919
CANADIAN PRODUCTS LIMITED, 1919
UNITED MOTORS SERVICE COMPANY LIMITED, 1919?
OLDS MOTOR WORKS OF CANADA LIMITED, 1920
OAKLAND MOTOR COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED, 1921
CADILLAC MOTOR COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED, 1923
GENERAL MOTORS TRUCK COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED, 1923
GENERAL MOTORS PRODUCTS OF CANADA LIMITED, 1925
GENERAL MOTORS TRUCK & COACH COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED, 1927
McKINNON INDUSTRIES LIMITED, 1929, AXLES, TRANSMISSIONS, CASTINGS [1935], AND AC, DELCO PRODUCTS [1931]
Plus FRIGIDAIRE LIMITED
DELCO-LIGHT COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED