Albert Boehringer

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Albert Boehringer, around 1905

Albert Boehringer ("the first"; born August 11, 1861 in Stuttgart ; † March 11, 1939 in Nieder-Ingelheim ) was a German entrepreneur in the field of chemistry and pharmacy . He founded a chemical factory in Ingelheim in 1885, thereby laying the foundation for the Boehringer Ingelheim company , which is still family-owned today.

Life

Albert Boehringer was the son of Christoph Heinrich and grandson of Christian Friedrich Boehringer . The latter had set up a family pharmaceutical company in Stuttgart from 1817, which was later relocated to Mannheim and taken over by Albert's brother Ernst Boehringer . The company, later renamed Boehringer Mannheim , was located there until it was taken over by Hoffmann-La Roche in 1997 .

Albert studied chemistry in Munich and then, with the support of his brother, founded the company Albert Böhringer, chem. Factory from Aug. 1, 1885 . In 1893, Albert Boehringer renamed the company CH Boehringer Sohn in honor of his father .

Development of the company

In the initially small tartar factory in Ingelheim , Albert Boehringer began to conduct application-oriented research in 1893 and started the biotechnological production of lactic acid with the help of bacteria for the first time . In 1905 he started manufacturing pharmaceutical chemicals.

The company grew steadily and eventually became a global corporation. In order to be able to increase its opium quota within the German opium convention , Boehringer took over the company Dr. Karl Thomae in Winnenden near Stuttgart, which was moved to Upper Swabia in the city of Biberach an der Riss in 1948 .

Merits and honors

The social welfare for its employees made Albert Boehringer a pioneer of corporate social responsibility in Germany (z. B. company health insurance , 14 days vacation with travel allowance, company pension plans ).

Boehringer's services to chemistry and industrial practice received public recognition when he was awarded the title of Commercial Council shortly after his 50th birthday. Boehringer also received honorary citizenship of the then Nieder-Ingelheim community on August 11, 1921, and was made an honorary doctorate from the mathematics and natural sciences faculty of the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg . In 1926 the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich , where he studied and was a member of the Corps Franconia , made him an honorary citizen .

Succession

Company founder Albert Boehringer died in 1939 at the age of 77. His sons Albert ("the second"; 1890–1960) and Ernst Boehringer as well as his son-in-law Julius Liebrecht took over the management of the C. H. Boehringer Sohn company .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Margarete Köhler, Hartmut Geißler: Kommerzienrat Dr. hc Albert Boehringer. In: ingelheimer-geschichte.de. Historischer Verein Ingelheim eV, February 27, 2017, accessed on January 31, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b c Data on the history of CHBS / Boehringer Ingelheim. In: http://www.ingelheimer-geschichte.de . Historischer Verein Ingelheim eV, February 24, 2017, accessed on January 31, 2020 .
  3. ^ Roche swallows Boehringer Mannheim. Die Welt , May 27, 1997, accessed October 26, 2013 .
  4. ↑ a b c Milestones in the company's history> 1885-1948: Innovative beginnings. In: Boehringer Ingelheim's corporate website. Accessed January 31, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Boehringer, Albert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Boehringer, Albert the First
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German industrialist
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH March 11, 1939
Place of death Nieder-Ingelheim