White and Poppe
| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | petrol engines and other major automotive components |
| Founder | Alfred James White and Peter August Poppe |
| Fate | taken over by biggest customer in 1919, liquidated 1933 |
| Headquarters | Holbrook Lane, Coventry , United Kingdom |
Area served | United Kingdom |
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Number of employees | 13,500 (1918) |
| Parent | Dennis Brothers Limited |
White and Poppe Limited was a proprietary engine building and gearbox manufacturing business established in Coventry in 1899 by Alfred James White (1870-) and Norwegian Peter August Poppe (1870-1933). Many early motor vehicle manufacturers bought in their major components so the company supplied up to 15 customers and employed around 350 people by 1914. Market changes reduced the customer-base but Dennis Brothers, always an important customer, took much of their output and purchased the company in 1919.
White and Poppe remained a distinct entity but during the Great Depression Dennis Brothers manufactured engines in their Surrey works and sourced diesel engines elsewhere. Thus the Coventry operation was disposed of by mid 1933.