Werner Oswald
Werner Oswald (born March 16, 1904 in Lucerne ; † February 23, 1979 in Zurich ) was a Swiss chemist and entrepreneur .
Life
Werner Oswald was the son of the Lucerne lawyer and Governing Arthur Oswald . He attended secondary school in Gais and then the Trogen Cantonal School . After graduating from the agricultural school in Langenthal , he trained as an agricultural engineer at the ETH Zurich . He did his doctorate there and also at the University of Zurich .
Oswald owned the patent for the production of alcohol from wood waste. In 1936 he founded Holzverzuckerungs AG ( Hovag for short ) in Zurich , which opened a production site in Domat / Ems in 1942 with federal help . During the Second World War, Oswald guaranteed that Switzerland would be supplied with fuel by processing local wood into ethanol . In 1956, a referendum vote rejected any further subsidization of Hovag. Hovag then specialized in the production of synthetic fibers , and in 1960 it was renamed Emser Werke AG . In 1978 Ems-Chemie emerged from it.
Werner Oswald died on February 23, 1979 during a meeting.
literature
- Hans Ulrich Rentsch : Werner Oswald: (1904–1979); Guarantor of the fuel supply of Switzerland in the Second World War (= Swiss pioneers of economy and technology , Volume 43). Association for Economic History Studies, Zurich 1985, OCLC 611070585
Web links
- Florian Hitz: Oswald, Werner. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Federal decree on measures to strengthen the economy of the canton of Graubünden by granting aid to the Holzverzuckerungs-AG. Chronology. In: admin.ch. Swiss Federal Chancellery, accessed on December 21, 2011 .
- ↑ Referendum of May 13, 1956. In: admin.ch. Swiss Federal Chancellery, accessed on December 21, 2011 .
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SURNAME | Oswald, Werner |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss chemist and entrepreneur |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 16, 1904 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lucerne |
DATE OF DEATH | February 23, 1979 |
Place of death | Zurich |