David Gestetner

The Automatic Cyclostyle from the British company Gestetner (advertisement, around 1900)

David Gestetner (Hungarian: Gestetner Dávid ; born March 20, 1854 in Csorna , Hungary, † March 18, 1939 London ) was a Hungarian inventor.

Duplicating machine from Gestetner, around 1920, Technical Museum Vienna

David Gestetner initially worked on the Vienna Stock Exchange and had to copy the stock market reports every day. From this activity he developed the first hectograph , in which instead of writing on paper, a wax template was used and this was used as a master copy.

Gestetner went to London, where in 1881 he founded a company that manufactured the stencils and pens for his process. By further developing the process, it was already possible in 1890 to produce 1200 copies per hour. His son Sigmund Gestetner (1897–1956) took over the company after him. The company worked as the NRG Group worldwide until 2008 and was eventually taken over by Ricoh .

Awards

• 1888: John Scott Medal of the Franklin Institute

Individual evidence

1. ↑ History of NRG Group UK Ltd ( Memento of the original from March 31, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on September 26, 2010 
2. ↑ Times December 24, 2005 Obituary Henny Gestetner

Web links

• David Gestetner Neo-Cyclostyle Apparatus Illustration of a copier from 1881
• David Gestetner's Duplicating Apparatus (Engl.)
• History of Gestetner Group (Engl.)