Theodor Keetman
Theodor Keetman (born January 12, 1836 in Dierdorf ; † July 3, 1907 in Duisburg ) was a German entrepreneur .
Keetman did a commercial apprenticeship at the Rasselsteiner Hütte near Neuwied, volunteered in a relative's bank and then started at the Prinz-Leopold-Hütte near Wesel, where he met the engineer August Bechem . Both switched to the Funcke & Elbers company in Hagen .
In 1862 he and Bechem acquired a closed machine factory in Duisburg- Neudorf for the production of rollers, winches and chains, in which he took over the commercial management. In 1872 they employed 200 people, converted the company into Duisburger Maschinenbau- Aktiengesellschaft and acquired another plant in Hochfeld for the production of hoists and forgings.
As a result of increasing Russian demand, they founded the Jekaterinoslawer Maschinenbau AG in 1897 .
He participated in numerous companies, such as the Casseler Waggonfabrik Wegmann, Harkort & Cie. , from 1884 on at the Niederrheinische Hütte in Hochfeld , the Central-Aktiengesellschaft für Tauerei und Schleppschiffahrt in Ruhrort as well as the colonial foundations of Siedlungsgesellschaft für Deutsch-Südwest-Afrika and the Rheinisch-Bornesischer Handelsverein zu Barmen .
After his death in 1910, his company merged with two others to form Demag .
literature
- Jakob Wilhelm Reichert : Theodor Keetman, his life and his works. Written for the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Bechem & Keetman in Duisburg. Duisburg 1912.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Keetman, Theodore |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 12, 1836 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dierdorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 3, 1907 |
| Place of death | Duisburg |