Alfred Rhyner

Alfred Rhyner (born February 17, 1915 in Schönenwerd ; † May 19, 1975 in Ronco sopra Ascona ; resident in Elm ) was a Swiss entrepreneur .

Life

Alfred Rhyner was the son of Kaspar Rhyner, a carter and later a pig farmer, and Bertha Schwendimann. He married Maria Walker, daughter of Severin Walker. He attended secondary school in Neukirch ( Egnach community ). He then completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter . He trained intensively in the building trade. Rhyner took over as an independent building contractor caverns - and bunkers for the army and construct shafts for power plants . From 1942 he experimented with the production of fluorescent tubes . In 1946 Rhyner founded Fluora Leuchten GmbH in Herisau . In the 1980s, this was one of the three most important Swiss manufacturers of lighting fixtures. In 1947 his brother Paul Rhyner became a partner and commercial director.

literature

• On the death of Alfred Rhyner . In: Appenzeller Zeitung of May 22, 1975, vol. 148, no.116, p. 3.
• Peter Holderegger: Entrepreneurs in Appenzellerland: History of industrial entrepreneurship in Appenzell Ausserrhoden from the beginning to the present. Herisau: Schläpfer 1992.

Web links

• Thomas Fuchs: Alfred Rhyner. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 19, 2010 , accessed May 25, 2020 .

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