Bernhard Kapp
Bernhard Kapp (born March 19, 1921 in Stuttgart ; † July 13, 2014 in Coburg ) was a German entrepreneur.
Life
After graduating from high school, Bernhard Kapp took part in World War II as a soldier for over five years , most recently as an officer. He then studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Stuttgart , where he became a member of the Corps Stauffia . In 1950 he joined the Waldrich Coburg company as a designer , which he managed together with his brother-in-law Otto Waldrich as managing partner until 1977 and which brought it to world renown. In 1953 he also founded the machine factory Kapp & Co. in Coburg , which specialized in the construction of tool grinding machines and in 1981 brought the world's first profile grinding wheel with CBN technology onto the market.
From 1971 to 1999 he was chairman of the Association of German Machine Tool Builders. From 1978 to 1981 he was President of the Association of German Mechanical and Plant Engineering . He was twice president of the Comité de coopération des industries de la machine-outil , also vice-president of the Federation of German Industries and member of the large German-Soviet commission for economic and scientific-technical cooperation. He was seen as a champion of German mechanical engineering and against state industrial policy, protectionism and unilateral state funding of research projects in large-scale industry. He made numerous contributions to promoting engineering training.
Awards
- Bavarian Order of Merit , 1979
- Honorary Senator of the Coburg University of Applied Sciences , 1980
- Honorary citizen of RWTH Aachen , 1981
- Large Federal Cross of Merit , 1981
- Honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Berlin, 1988
- Honorary Chairman of the Association of German Machine Tool Builders, 1999
- Large Federal Cross of Merit with Star, 2000
- German Mechanical Engineering Prize, 2009
- Golden Ring of Honor of the City of Coburg, 2010
Web links
- Press release from the Association of German Machine Tool Builders on the death of Bernhard Kapp on www.vdw.de
- University mourns Honorary Senator Dr. Bernhard Kapp on www.hs-coburg.de
- Coburg mourns Bernhard Kapp on www.infranken.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Bernhard Kapp obituaries on www.thueringen-gedenken.de
- ^ Directory of Weinheimer Corps Students 1990, p. 225
- ↑ Honorary Citizens of RWTH Aachen University at www.rwth-aachen.de
- ↑ a b c Ring of Honor for Dr. Bernhard Kapp on www.infranken.de
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SURNAME | Kapp, Bernhard |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 19, 1921 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
DATE OF DEATH | July 13, 2014 |
Place of death | Coburg |