Miesse

Jules Miesse set up a mechanical workshop in 1894, and built his first cars in 1896.

[1] In 1929, Miesse acquired the Bollinckx works, who had produced since 1890 gas and steam engines, and compressors and tools for compressed air; this allowed increasing truck production to 100 per annum.

The merged company was called Automobiles Miesse et Usines Bollinckx Société Anonyme; it was later renamed to Auto-Miesse.

Construction of cars and trucks followed, till 1907 some of them some were powered by 3-cylinder steam engines.

[2] Miesse gained fame in Brussels with the taxi cabs they started producing in 1904.