Wilhelm Meyer (entrepreneur)
Wilhelm Meyer (born September 2, 1909 , † October 5, 2000 ) was a German entrepreneur and the founder of Meyra .
The trained locksmith founded a locksmith's shop and workshop for ambulance vehicles in Vlotho in 1936 . By the end of the Second World War , Meyer already had twenty employees. The production increased by leaps and bounds due to the consequences of the war; In 1948 Wilhelm Meyer developed the motorized Meyra 48 together with Ernst Hoberg ; Later he switched to electric drives for wheelchairs for environmental and health reasons and did not use combustion engines. In the decades that followed, his company's product range continued to expand. Meyer bought the Offenbach company Petri + Lehr (now based in Dietzenbach ) in 1964 and founded a subsidiary in the Netherlands in 1972. The patents , e.g. B. the guided scissors of the foldable wheelchairs or the stair climber, ensured the success of the company. After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the purchase of the Ortopedia company , the company and sales areas expanded again significantly. Documents on the company's history are archived in the Deutsche Museum's corporate collection .
In 1985 Wilhelm Meyer received the golden master craftsman's certificate . He was also the recipient of the Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon and, since 1995, the Cross of Merit, First Class, because of his entrepreneurial and sporting commitment .
In 2000 Wilhelm Meyer (senior) and his son Wilhelm Meyer junior died. (born 1940) took over the business. Wilhelm Meyer jun. died six years later in 2006. Frank Meyer (born 1969), the grandson of the company founder, continued the family business from 2006 onwards.
In March 2013, the company Meyra filed for bankruptcy. In September 2013, the previous competitor Medort from the Polish city of Łódź took over the company and has since continued it as a subsidiary under the name Meyra GmbH. With this takeover, the history of the Meyra company as a family business also ended.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Meyra-Ortopedia information brochure from 2012 (PDF ( Memento of the original from June 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meyer, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur and sports sponsor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 2, 1909 |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 5, 2000 |