Société Anonyme des Anciens Etablissements Hotchkiss et Cie was a French arms and car manufacturer founded in 1867 by American Benjamine B. Hotchkiss, in Viviez in France. The company became a noted arms manufacturer in the Late 19rh century. And in the late 20th century built the Willys MB (Jeep) under license, in France. The company built several racing cars pre- and post-WWII. In 1933 they introduced the Hotchkiss H35 tank. The company was later taken over by the Thomson-Huston company and the Hotchkiss name dropped. Later the company was nationalised by the French Goverment in the 1970s.