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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Packard</span> Defunct luxury automobile company

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hewlett-Packard</span> American information technology company (1939–2015)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Packard Automotive Plant</span> Former auto factory in Detroit, Michigan

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The Packard XJ41 was a turbojet aircraft engine developed by the Packard company in the mid-1940s.

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