Josef Follmann

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Josef Follmann (born September 17, 1875 in Ruhrort ; † January 28, 1938 in Duisburg ) was a German metallurgist and manager of the steel industry.

Life

Josef Follmann studied metallurgy at the Technical University of Charlottenburg and the Bergakademie Freiberg . In 1899 he became a member of the Corps Saxo-Borussia Freiberg . After graduating, he began his professional career at Phönix AG in Ruhrort-Lahr. In 1904 he moved to Röchling's iron and steel works in Völklingen as an operations assistant . In 1910 he became head of operations at the Westphalian wire industry in Hamm . From 1912 to 1922 he worked for Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-AG , Rothe Erde department in Eschweiler . He then moved to the Phoenix Hoerder Verein as steelworks director . In 1926, when it was founded, he became a member of the board of the Vereinigte Stahlwerke AG , responsible as technical and smelting director for the wire works of the Westphalian Union in Hamm.

literature

  • Follmann, Josef. 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. 462.
  • Follmann, Josef. 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. 633.
  • Adolf Berve, Herbert Dieter Nienhaus, Kurt Schröter, Gerhard Voigt, Karl Heinz Weber: Chronicle of the Corps Saxo-Montania zu Freiberg and Dresden in Aachen, Part II - Corps Saxo-Borussia Freiberg i. Sa. 1842-1935 (1951) , main section II, pp. 254, 297
personal data
SURNAME Follmann, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German metallurgist and manager of the steel industry
DATE OF BIRTH September 17, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Ruhrort
DATE OF DEATH January 28, 1938
Place of death Duisburg