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Ratier
Ratier-Figeac is an aircraft components manufacturer in Figeac, France.
From 1926 until 1930 it also built a car with a 746 cc overhead camshaft engine.
From 1959 until 1962 Ratier made motorcycles, having taken over the motorcycle business of the Centre d'Études de Moteurs à Explosion et à Combustion (CEMEC). The engines were flat-twins derived from Second World War BMW designs.
History.
Ratier was originally a joinery firm at the beginning of the century. By the outbreak of the first
. 1917 : Ratier opens a new factory at Figeac in an old saw-mill. Ratier chose Figeac for the abundant wood-supplies in the region, necessary for propellor production.
1919-1929 : After the war, demand falls and Ratier must diversify into other products. Ratier begins to produce toys, electrical appliances and telephones. At the same time, metal propellors come onto the scene and Ratier patents a variable pitch propellor, putting the company among the world's top producers.
1939 : Ratier outfits 90