Jacob Klein (industrialist)
Jacob Klein (born July 3, 1869 in Klingenmünster ; † March 28, 1945 there ) was a German industrialist.
Life
The son of the farmer Friedrich Klein attended the humanistic high school in Landau in the Palatinate . He then studied engineering at the Technical University of Karlsruhe and became a member of the Corps Bavaria there . He later moved to the Technical University of Berlin . After graduating, he went to England. In Manchester he founded Klein Engineering Co. Ltd. After six years, he returned to Germany in 1901, became a member of the board and in 1905, in place of his seriously ill brother Johannes Klein, general director of Klein, Schanzlin & Becker AG . In 1930 he left the board of directors and became chairman of the company's supervisory board. Klein introduced the series production of fittings and pumps. In particular, the introduction of standard pumps for the chemical industry was his merit. The export share has increased from 3% to a fifth to a quarter. During his time as general director, the founding of the Pumpen AG in Homburg, 1929 the acquisition of the Maschinenfabrik Oddesse GmbH in Oschersleben and 1930 the acquisition of the majority of the shares in the Amag-Hilpert-Pegnitzhütte AG .
Klein was a member of the supervisory board of Collet & Engelhard Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik AG in Offenbach, the Frankenthaler Brauhaus , the Frankenthaler Volksbank , the Schiffs- und Maschinenbau AG in Mannheim and the Pfälzische Wirtschaftsbank in Ludwigshafen. He was a board member of the Association of German Mechanical Engineering Establishments in Berlin, the Association of German Iron and Steel Industrialists in Berlin, the South German Export Association in Mannheim and 1st Deputy Chairman of the Association of Palatinate Industrialists and committee member of the Association of Metal Industries in Baden, the Palatinate and adjacent industrial districts in Mannheim. He was also a member of the Ludwigshafen Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He was a member of the committee of the Deutsches Museum in Munich.
KSB passed on to his adoptive son Otto Klein-Kühborth (1896–1976).
Awards
- Dr.-Ing. hc from the Technical University of Karlsruhe, 1921
- Secret Commerce Council
literature
- Fritz Schröder: Klein, Jacob. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1977, ISBN 3-428-00192-3 , p. 731 ( digitized version ).
- Little, Jacob. In: Robert Volz: Reich manual of the German society . The handbook of personalities in words and pictures. Volume 1: A-K. Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1930, DNB 453960286 , p. 940.
- Little, Jakob. In: Georg Wenzel: German business leader . Life courses of German business personalities. A reference book on 13,000 business figures of our time. Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt, Hamburg / Berlin / Leipzig 1929, DNB 948663294 , Sp. 1153.
- Klein, Schanzlin & Becker AG, historical outline . In: Deutsche Wirtschaftsarchive , edited by Klara van Eyll , Renate Schwärzel, 3rd edition, 1994, volume 1, p. 152 ( digitized version )
Individual evidence
- ^ Address list of the Weinheimer SC. 1928, p. 218.
- ↑ Klein-Kühborth ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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. at www.pumpeninfo.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Little, Jacob |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Little, Jakob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German industrialist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 3, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Klingenmünster |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 28, 1945 |
| Place of death | Klingenmünster |