| Industry | Automotive |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1946 |
| Fate | Still Unknown |
| Headquarters | Monterrey, Mexico |
Key people | Gregorio Ramirez Gonzalez, founder |
| Products | Automobiles, Trucks, Trailers, Buses |
Grupo Industrial Ramirez was the first Mexican automotive company and also the first Mexican company to ever produce pickup trucks and vans.
The company was started in 1946 by Gregorio Ramirez Gonzalez, with a small shop to reconstruct dry van trailers. It later grew into a larger corporation with a full list of products in which he invited his brothers to participate.
The flagship of the Corporation was Trailers de Monterrey, which began as a dry van fabricator and grew into making trucks and buses under the Ramírez and Sultana brands.
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By 1978 Grupo Industrial Ramirez was established as a holding company, controlling all of the group's interests.
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Gregorio Ramírez González was a Mexican entrepreneur. He was born into a poor family whose main income came from a small town store owned by his father. He never completed his studies, finishing schools after the fifth grade. He decided to move to Monterrey, leaving his family back in Sabinas Hidalgo to work at his uncle's restaurant. He married María Jáuregui and had five children: Juan Gregorio, Guillermina, Clara, Gloria, and Rosa. After he got married, he began working at an automobile dealership. After a couple of years working at the dealership, he met several customers who wanted to purchase trucks, and from there on he began learning about the truck and bus market.
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