Karmann
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Wilhelm Karmann GmbH, commonly known simply as Karmann, in Osnabrück
Osnabrück
Osnabrück is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, some 80 km NNE of Dortmund, 45 km NE of Münster, and some 100 km due west of Hanover. It lies in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest...

, Germany
Germany
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 was until 2009 the largest independent motor vehicle
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 manufacturing company in Germany. For more than a century, they have undertaken various roles, from design to production and assembly of components, for various automobile manufacturers
Automotive industry
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; including Chrysler
Chrysler
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, Porsche
Porsche
Porsche Automobil Holding SE, usually shortened to Porsche SE a Societas Europaea or European Public Company, is a German based holding company with investments in the automotive industry....

 and Volkswagen Group
Volkswagen Group
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.

Falling demand drove the Karmann company, along with other financially connected businesses, to file for protective insolvency on 8 April 2009.
 
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