Friedrich Kocks
Friedrich Kocks (born May 26, 1902 in Duisburg , † February 5, 1975 in Wermelskirchen ) was a German metallurgical expert and entrepreneur . He is the founder of Friedrich Kocks GmbH & Co KG .
biography
Kocks was the son of Heinrich Matthias Kocks and Luise Magdalene (née Barten) Kocks.
In 1920 he began studying mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Stuttgart , later he also studied at the Technical University of Dresden . During his studies he became active in the Alemannia Stuttgart fraternity . In 1925 he received his doctorate on the subject of skew rolling in the manufacture of seamless hollow bodies.
He began his professional career in the United Steel Works in Düsseldorf ; then he became director of rolling mill construction at Demag in Duisburg . In autumn 1939 he moved to the metallurgical department of the Reichswerke Hermann Göring (RHG) . When the RHG outsourced its steelworks department to the Deutsche Bergwerks- und Hüttenbau Gesellschaft mbH in 1940 , he became managing director.
In 1946 he founded Friedrich Kocks GmbH Wermelskirchen together with Jürgen Wissing . In the beginning, defective Rhine bridges were lifted. Friedrich Kocks Düsseldorf (rolling mill construction) and Kocks Ingenieure (planning, consulting, today: Kocks Consult GmbH, Koblenz) joined his growing group of companies . In 1952 he took over the Francke-Werke in Bremen , which became Friedrich Kocks GmbH Bremen and manufactured cranes, conveyor systems, ship auxiliary machines and machines.
Honors
- Dr. E. h. of the Clausthal University of Technology
- The Friedrich Kocks Street in Bremen (near Neustadt Port ) was named after him.
Works
- Skew rolling , reports from the technical committees of the Association of German Ironworkers, Rolling Mills Committee, Report No. 47, Dec. 10, 1926
- Newer development of tube rolling processes , Düsseldorf 1933
- Investigations into the pilgrimage , Düsseldorf 1933
- The manufacture of Pipes , 1939
- Numerous patents
literature
- Sigrid Bindernagel: Kocks, Friedrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , p. 286 ( digitized version ).
- History of Friedrich Kocks GmbH & Co KG
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Lower Saxony Economic Archives, NWA 2, No. 1502
- ↑ Lower Saxony Economic Archives , NWA 2, No. 3528
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kocks, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German metallurgist and entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 26, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Duisburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th February 1975 |
| Place of death | Wermelskirchen |