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| Company type | Subsidiary |
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| Industry | Rail transport |
| Founded | 1876; 149 years ago (1876) |
| Defunct | 1996 |
| Successor | Opel |
| Headquarters | Nantes, France |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Locomotives High-speed trains Intercity and commuter trains Trams People movers Signalling systems |
| Owner | Renault |
Brissonneau et Lotz was a Frenchlocomotive engineering company that specialized in the production of railway locomotives and wagons.[1] The company was also a supplier of rolling stock to theParis Metro, constructing in 1951 the first metro trains in the world to be equippedwith rubbertyres.[1]
In 1972 it was absorbed intoAlstom, becomingAlsthom Groupe Brissonneau. The company was founded inNantes where it had many of its principal facilities, but by the time it lost its independence it had acquired or established factories and workshops in many parts of France.
In the 1950s Brissonneau and Lotz branched out into automobile production, building a small low volume cabriolet sports car based on theRenault 4CV, which was launched during the summer of 1956. A couple of years later, during 1958 and 1959 the small automobile factory was transformed into a substantial production facility when the company received a contract fromRenault to assemble the manufacturer's stylish newFloride model. The Floride, later rebadged as theRenault Caravelle, would continue to be produced at the factory until 1968.[1][2]
The company was also a contractor forOpel, making the body for theOpel GT sports car. Lower volume production of other car bodies continued until the factory closed in 1996 following an industrial dispute.
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