Alfred Pierburg

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Alfred Pierburg (born April 9, 1903 in Duisburg , † April 3, 1975 in Neuss ) was a German industrialist.

Life

Alfred Pierburg was the eldest of the four sons of Bernhard Pierburg (1869–1937) and his wife Wilhelmine Müllenbeck († 1930). One of his brothers was Walter Pierburg . Alfred Pierburg began studying engineering at the technical universities in Hanover and Berlin in 1921, but dropped out without a degree in 1925 to start his father's company “Gebr. Pierburg AG ”. This had acquired a license for Solex carburetors and Pierburg completed the necessary training at Solex in Neuilly near Paris. In 1931 his father had to run the “Gebr. Pierburg AG ”, but instead founded“ Deutsche Vergaser GmbH ”(DVG), whose managing director and sole personally liable partner was Alfred Pierburg. Under his leadership, Solex became the leading brand for carburetors in Germany. In 1932 Pierburg married Charlotte Neuhardt (1909–2001). The marriage resulted in two sons.

From 1935, Deutsche Vergaser GmbH also produced fuel pumps . During the Second World War, the demand for liquefied petroleum gas and generator gas and thus for mixers and mixture formation controllers increased. The company expanded to, among others, Prague, Warnsdorf and Cottbus, where further production facilities were established. Pierburg held an influential position in the military economy . Even after the war ended, his company was soon competitive again. In 1947 the DVG headquarters was relocated to Neuss and production resumed in Berlin. In the course of the boom in the German automotive industry, the company developed into the market leader in the carburetor sector. Pierburg's services have been recognized by various awards, including honorary doctorates from the Technical University of Braunschweig (1957) and Cologne (1961) and the title of professor from the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (1963). In 1965 he received the Rudolf Diesel Medal and in 1970 he was awarded the Great Federal Cross of Merit. Pierburg died in Neuss in 1975 and did not experience how DVG made increasing losses in the course of the displacement of the carburetors by manifold injection and was bought by Rheinmetall in 1986 .

Alfred-Pierburg-Straße was named after him in Neuss .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ lobberich.de: Carburetor from Lobberich
personal data
SURNAME Pierburg, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German industrialist
DATE OF BIRTH April 9, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Duisburg
DATE OF DEATH 3rd April 1975
Place of death Neuss