Wilhelm Pfanhauser senior
Wilhelm Pfanhauser senior (born May 21, 1843 in Vienna ; † June 11, 1923 in Spital am Semmering ) was an Austrian electroplating technician and entrepreneur.
The son of the academic painter Franz Pfanhauser attended secondary school, but due to the sudden death of his father, he lacked the means to study at the technical university.
Pfanhauser founded his first business on February 1, 1873 in Vienna with a starting capital of 314 guilders , which he had received from his mother, which consisted of a small room as a sales room, living room and kitchen, and published his first on April 1, 1873 Price list for trading in potassium cyanide, scratching brushes and other auxiliary items for electroplaters.
Over the next few years he developed ready-made nickel salts for a white, adhesive electrolytic nickel plating and in 1878 published a generally understandable book about the electroplating of metals.
In 1881 Georg Langbein also opened an electroplating factory in Germany. Pfanhauser had been on the market for almost 10 years, but it was clear to him - also in view of the constant lack of money - that he should not underestimate his competitors. In order not to lose German customers, he founded a branch in Nuremberg , which was later relocated to Berlin . Pfanhauser's son Wilhelm Pfanhauser junior , who had studied electrochemistry in Darmstadt, later took over this Berlin branch. It was he who began negotiations with Langbein, the largest and most bitter competitor, in 1906, which culminated in 1907 with the establishment of the Langbein-Pfanhauser works in Leipzig .
Publications
- Practical guide to electroplating metals. Vienna 1878
- Electroplating and electroplating. Spielhagen u. Schurich, Vienna 1890
literature
- A. Durstmüller: Pfanhauser Wilhelm d. Ä .. In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 24 f. (Direct links on p. 24 , p. 25 ).
- Manfred Rasch: Pfanhauser, Wilhelm. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 296 ( digitized version ).
- G. Ringleb: 100 years of electroplating. Langbein-Pfanhauser Werke AG, Neuss 1973.
Web links
- Literature by and about Wilhelm Pfanhauser senior in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pfanhauser, Wilhelm senior |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian electroplating technician and entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 21, 1843 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 11, 1923 |
| Place of death | Spital am Semmering |