Ferdinand Sigg (entrepreneur)
Ferdinand Sigg (born December 15, 1877 in Baden near Vienna ; † February 8, 1930 in Nice ) was a Swiss entrepreneur and manufacturer of aluminum household goods.
Life
The son of the Austrian Albertine, b. Mohr (1843–1922) from Friedeberg in Silesia and the master caster Eduard Sigg from Ossingen (1845–1906) did an apprenticeship as a metal pusher in the Märklin brothers' toy factory in Göppingen . Professional training in the USA. In 1908 Sigg founded the aluminum goods factory Küng, Sigg & Co in Biel together with Xaver Küng . It made leisure items, cookware and electrical appliances.
After Küng left the company in 1913, Sigg relocated Aluminumwarenfabrik AG to Frauenfeld in 1917, where, supported by his brothers Eduard, Georg and Hermann, he expanded the company in the 1920s, including branches in Dreux (1924) and Budapest (1930) founded. The company experienced a particular boom with the development of the “Arta Pot” pressure cooker, and aluminum canteens were also produced for the military. Other items included spools for spinning mills and toys.
After Sigg's death, the company ran into difficulties due to the global economic crisis and was taken over by the Gontenschwil AG aluminum goods factory in 1936 .
literature
- Siegrist, Hans: Fifty years of the Sigg aluminum goods factory. Sigg AG (Ed.) 47 p. Frauenfeld 1958.
- Schlaginhaufen, Rudolf: Walzmühle, in Industriepfad Frauenfeld. Edited on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Industrie-Verein der Frauenfeld Region by Ruprecht, Heinz and Allan-Osterwalder, Marianne pp. 23–27. 98 S. Huber Frauenfeld 1995.
Web links
- Erich Trösch: Sigg, Ferdinand. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sigg, Ferdinand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss industrialist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 15, 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | to bathe |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 8, 1930 |
| Place of death | Nice |