Max Dresel

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Max Dresel (* 1842 in Gut Barkhausen , † 1920 in Schloss Holte ) was a German paper manufacturer.

Life

Max Dresel was born as the son of the wine wholesaler Carl Dresel and the industrialist Elise Tenge. He learned the craft of a papermaker and studied engineering at the Polytechnic School in Zurich . Here he became a member of the Corps Rhenania in the summer semester of 1861 .

After completing his training, Dresel joined the Dalbker paper mill, which was founded in 1835 by his grandfather, the industrialist and landowner Friedrich Ludwig Tenge , and became its managing director and later main shareholder. At the beginning of the 1870s he converted the paper mill into a modern paper mill. He was the first in Germany to introduce the caustic soda process for paper production , which made it possible to produce high-quality printing paper from inferior wood and wood processing residues. Because of the increased energy demand, he switched the production from pure mill operation to steam engine and later water turbine use. In addition to various types of paper, the product portfolio also included cellulose and cardboard sealing rings .

In 1909, Dresel converted the Dalbker paper factory from a partnership into a GmbH and handed over management to an employed managing director. Dresel became the main shareholder. His cousin, the writer Dora Hohlfeld , was one of the minority shareholders from the family environment.

Awards

  • Max Dresel held the honorary title of Privy Councilor of Commerce.
  • For his technical and entrepreneurial innovation in the field of paper production, he received the Progress Medal at the Vienna World Exhibition in 1873 .
  • In 1878 he was awarded the silver medal for commercial achievements on the occasion of the international paper exhibition in Berlin.

literature

  • Frank Konersmann: The Tenges - 400 years of entrepreneurs in Osnabrück and East Westphalia , Bielefeld 2004, ISBN 3-89534-561-X
  • 150 years of the Corps Rhenania Zurich-Aachen-Braunschweig, 1855-2005. Braunschweig 2005, p. 303
personal data
SURNAME Dresel, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German paper manufacturer
DATE OF BIRTH 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH Good Barkhausen
DATE OF DEATH 1920
Place of death Holte Castle