Gottlieb Suhner
Gottlieb Suhner | |
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| Born | 27 November 1842 Stein, Switzerland |
| Died | 9 October 1918 (aged 75) Küsnacht, Switzerland |
| Occupation | Industrialist |
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Gottlieb Suhner (27 November 1842 – 9 October 1918) was a Swiss industrialist who founded the firm that became Huber & Suhner AG, the most important industrial enterprise in Appenzell Ausserrhoden.[1]
Biography
Suhner was the son of Hans Jakob, a poor smallholder, and of Anna Barbara Alder. He married first, in 1865, Johanna Signer, daughter of Johannes, a master joiner, and second, in 1902, Elise Alwine Steiger, daughter of Jonas, a man of independent means. In 1864 he opened a mechanical workshop in his father-in-law's house for the manufacture of spare parts for weaving and embroidery looms, developing several inventions. He also operated an embroidery business until around 1890 and managed a network of home-based work.[1]
In 1892 Suhner acquired a wire mill in Basel, which he transferred to Herisau to convert into an electrical cable works, and added a rubber factory in 1905. He thus created the most important industrial enterprise in Appenzell Ausserrhoden, the future Huber & Suhner AG. To preserve his company's independence, he refused in 1895 a merger with BBC of Baden, his principal customer, and instead chose in 1896 to found a subsidiary at Brugg (later Kabelwerke Brugg AG). A pioneer of workers' housing construction in Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Suhner withdrew from the company in 1906.[1]
References
This article incorporates text from a free content work. Licensed under CC-BY SA. Text taken from Suhner, Gottlieb, Thomas Fuchs, Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
Bibliography
- Appenzellische Jahrbücher, 47, 1920, 103–109
- P. Holderegger, Unternehmer im Appenzellerland, especially 202–204
- Th. Fuchs et al., Herisau, 1999, 210, 229, 248, 254