Lohr Industrie
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Lohr Industrie is a French manufacturer. With a track record in the manufacture of high-tech car transporter systems (primarily for road haulage), this innovative manufacturer has developed the Translohr
Translohr
Translohr is a guided bus system manufactured by Lohr Industrie of France. It is used in Clermont-Ferrand, Tianjin, Padua and in the mainland Mestre district of Venice in Italy. Translohr runs on rubber tires and is guided by a single central rail....

 tram cars and Modalohr road/rail transfer system, and, in cooperation with GIAT Industries, the Caesar 155 mm Self-Propelled Artillery System. Lohr Industrie and Translohr were mistranslated as Rollindustry and Transroll respectively in China due to the voicing confusion. Lohr
Lohr, Bas-Rhin
Lohr is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-References:*...

 is a commune
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 (village
Village
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) in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

, but is also the surname of the company's founder.
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