History
This page shows Nidec Leroy-Somer's history - from its foundation to the present.
| 1919 July | Marcellin Leroy starts an electric motor repair activity in Angoulême, France.  Marcellin Leroy |
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| 1947 | Moteurs Leroy expands its activity and starts manufacturing alternators  Moteurs Leroy factory workshop |
| 1967 | Merger with Moteurs Somer, giving birth to Leroy-Somer  Moteurs Somer factory in Lyon, France |