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The Chrysler factory in Antwerp, Belgium, was an automobile assembly plant, active from 1926 to 1959. The site was also the head office of S.A. Chrysler, responsible for the Chrysler's commercial activities in Belgium and Luxembourg.

History
In the 1920's, American automobile manufacturers wanted to extend their commercial activity in Europe. For tax reasons, most of the makers decided to set up an assembly factory on the spot. Belgium had many advantages for such establishments.


 * The port of Antwerp was an important entry point.
 * The growing Belgian automobile market was eager for American models.
 * Belgium was centrally located in Europe, an advantage when selling the product to neighbouring countries.

After Ford in 1922, and General Motors in 1925, Chrysler moved into the market, opening an assembly plant of its own near the Port of Antwerp in 1926.

The site also housed Chrysler's head office in Belgium and Luxembourg, S.A. Chrysler. The models distributed were: Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto, Chrysler, Fargo and Chrysler Marine.

The factory suffered some damage during the Second World War, but production prospects looked good at the end of the conflict in 1945. This was the beginning of a golden age for the American car in Belgium: in the mid-1950’s, Belgium became the biggest importer of such automobiles. However, the Suez crisis in 1956, and its consequences on petrol prices, would set back sales of this kind of car in Belgium as in the rest of Europe.

Unlike General Motors, which assembled both American models and the Opel brand at its site in Antwerp, the Chrysler factory only produced American designs. The decline of sales in 1959 led to the closure of the site and the transfer of the remaining production to the Nekaf factory in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

The commercial management of the market in Belgium and Luxembourg was now included in a new entity in charge of the European market: Chrysler International, located in Geneva in Switzerland.