By the time he established the company that carried his name, Schneider was already a very well seasoned automobile manufacturer.
   With Edouard Rochet, Schnieder had been involved since 1889 or 1894 with the Lyon based Rochet-Schneider company.

Although Schneider had apparently been registered at birth with the name "Théodore Schneider", many friends and business partners knew him as "Théophile Schneider".
  Use of the name Th.
Schneider for his automobile company avoided the need to arbitrate between the two names.
By the time he established the company that carried his name, Schneider was already a very well seasoned automobile manufacturer.    With Edouard Rochet, Schnieder had been involved since 1889 or 1894 with the Lyon based Rochet-Schneider company.
Although Schneider had apparently been registered at birth with the name "Théodore Schneider", many friends and business partners knew him as "Théophile Schneider".   Use of the name Th. Schneider for his automobile company avoided the need to arbitrate between the two names.
Th. Schneider