Berthold Leibinger

Berthold Leibinger (2004)

Berthold Leibinger at the Epiphany meeting of the FDP in 2015

Berthold Leibinger (born November 26, 1930 in Stuttgart ; † October 16, 2018 there ) was a partner in Trumpf GmbH + Co. KG and a patron .

Life

Berthold Leibinger was the son of the art dealer for East Asian antiques, Anton Leibinger. In 1950 he graduated from the Ulrich von Hutten grammar school in Korntal ( Ludwigsburg district ) and then began an apprenticeship as a mechanic at Trumpf & Co., a company that manufactures machine tools . Leibinger then studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Stuttgart . After completing his diploma thesis at Trumpf, he started there as a design engineer. From 1958 Leibinger worked as a development engineer at Cincinnati Milling Machines in Cincinnati (USA). After returning to the Trumpf company in 1961, he took over the management of the design department and in 1967 developed the first punching and nibbling machine with numerical control. The childless company owner Christian Trumpf, his godmother's husband, appointed him as his successor. Leibinger gradually acquired shares in the company and became a partner in the company in 1963 and technical director from 1966. From 1978 to 2005 he was Chairman of the Management Board.

On November 18, 2005, Berthold Leibinger handed over the chairmanship of the management of Trumpf to his daughter Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller . His other two children are Regine Leibinger and Peter Leibinger . Until 2012 he was chairman of the supervisory bodies of the Trumpf Group. In the spring of 2014 Leibinger was at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management of the Technical University of Vienna Dr. technicae doctorate. He passed away on October 16, 2018 after a long illness.

Public functions

From 1999 to 2003, Berthold Leibinger was chairman of the supervisory board of BASF AG and a member of the supervisory board of BMW AG, Deutsche Bank AG and Deutsche Bundespost Telekom.

From 1985 to 1990 he was President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK) Region Stuttgart, from 1989 to 1992 President of the Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbauer e. V. (VDMA) and from 1990 to 2008 deputy chairman of the Verein Deutscher Werkzeugmaschinenfabriken e. V. (VDW). Berthold Leibinger was an advisor to the state government of Baden-Württemberg , from 1994 to 2001 as Chairman of the Innovation Advisory Board and from 2002 to 2005 as Chairman of the Innovation Forum.

From 2001 to 2017 Leibinger was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Allensbach Demoskopie Foundation .

From 1995 to 1998 he was a member of the Chancellor's Council for Research, Technology and Innovation. From 2003 to 2009 he was Chairman of the University Council of the University of Stuttgart. Leibinger was a member of the Senate Committee of the German Academy of Science and Engineering, acatech , from 2008 to 2011 .

Berthold Leibinger was a member of the Working Group of Evangelical Entrepreneurs (AEU) and was a member of its board of trustees from 2000 to 2012. In 2003 he appeared as a speaker at the Christian Leadership Congress .

Cultural and social engagement

Berthold Leibinger was chairman of the Friends of the Schiller National Museum and the German Literature Archive e. V. as well as member of the advisory board of the Vereinigung gegen Vergessen - For Democracy .

Berthold Leibinger Foundation

The Berthold Leibinger Foundation was established in 1992 as a non-profit foundation and uses its proceeds for cultural, scientific, ecclesiastical and charitable purposes. It has been awarding the Berthold Leibinger Innovation Prize for applied laser technology since 2000 . Since 2006, the foundation has also been awarding the Berthold Leibinger Future Prize for laser technology and, since 2015, the comic book prize endowed with 15,000 euros . The foundation holds an indirect 5% stake in Trumpf GmbH + Co. KG.

Honors

• 1984 Diesel medal in silver from the German Institute for Invention
• 1985 Medal of Merit from the State of Baden-Württemberg
• 1987 Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 1990 Honorary doctorate Dr.-Ing. E. h. of the University of Stuttgart
• 1990 Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 1996 Honorary Professorship , awarded by the Prime Minister of the State of Baden-Württemberg
• 1999 Gold Medal of Honor of the Province of Upper Austria
• 2001: Honorary citizen of the city of Ditzingen
• 2001 Admission into the "Hall of Fame" of the Handelsblatt
• 2003 Prize for Social Market Economy from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation
• 2006 Werner von Siemens Ring
• 2006 Grand Cross of Merit with Star
• 2006 Citizen Medal of the City of Stuttgart
• 2007 Alexander-Rüstow-Plakette of the action group social market economy
• 2007 Maecenas honor of the working group of independent cultural institutes e. V. (AsKI)
• 2008 German Founders Award in the Lifetime Achievement category
• 2009 Grashof commemorative coin from the Association of German Engineers
• 2010 Theodor Heuss Prize of the Theodor Heuss Foundation
• 2011 Arthur L. Schawlow Award from the Laser Institute of America (LIA)
• 2013 Prize for Understanding and Tolerance from the Jewish Museum Berlin
• 2014 Aachen engineering award
• 2016 Japanese Order of the Rising Sun on the collar, golden rays

Fonts

• Who wanted a different time than this. A life story . Murmann Verlag, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-86774-103-3 .
• Experiences, successes, developments - the way of the machine tool industries in Germany, Japan and the USA . Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen 2014, ISBN 978-3-8353-1660-7 .

literature

• Berthold P. Leibinger , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 11/2006 from March 18, 2006, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of the article freely accessible).
• Jürgen Offenbach: Stations in a Life . In: Hans Klingel (Ed.): Coins. Berthold Leibinger 65 . Ditzingen 1995, pp. 5-19.

Web links

• Literature by and about Berthold Leibinger in the catalog of the German National Library
• Berthold Leibinger Foundation
• Trumpf GmbH + Co KG
• German Fairness Award 2006 German Fairness Award 2006 to the Leibinger family (Trumpf Group). Fairness Foundation, October 28, 2006. 
• Obituary ( Die Zeit 44/2018)

supporting documents

1. ↑ ^{a b} machines, lasers, Bach and Schiller. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . November 25, 2000 (a portrait of Leibinger on the occasion of his 70th birthday).
2. ↑ Icon of the middle class. In: Manager Magazin . November 25, 2005, accessed October 17, 2018 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Pietistically shaped: entrepreneur Berthold Leibinger died. In: idea . October 17, 2018, accessed October 17, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Advisory Board: Members. Against Forgetting - For Democracy eV, accessed on October 17, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Martin-W. Buchenau: Obituary for Berthold Leibinger: "His work was always geared towards the well-being of the people". October 17, 2018, accessed October 17, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Berthold Leibinger - Ringträger 2005. Werner-von-Siemens-Ring Foundation, archived from the original on September 9, 2007 ; accessed on October 17, 2018 .  
7. ↑ Alexander-Riistow badge. Aktiongemeinschaft Soziale Marktwirtschaft eV, June 15, 2018, archived from the original on March 26, 2018 ; accessed on October 17, 2018 . 
8. ^ Franz Fechner: Maecenas Award 2007: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eh Berthold Leibinger. AsKI e. V., September 24, 2007, accessed October 17, 2018 . 
9. ^ The 2011 Arthur L. Schawlow Award is presented to: Professor Berthold Leibinger. (pdf, 2.8 MB) In: ICALEO 30th International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics: Advance Program. July 14, 2011, p. 7 , archived from the original on October 26, 2011 ; accessed on October 17, 2018 (English). 
10. ↑ Prize for understanding and tolerance. Jewish Museum Berlin, accessed October 17, 2018 . 
11. ^ Aachen engineering prize for Berthold Leibinger. RWTH Aachen University, September 8, 2014, accessed on October 17, 2018 . 
12. ↑ Awards of medals / awards. Japanese Consulate General Munich, April 29, 2016, accessed October 17, 2018 .