Willy Staniewicz

Willy Alfons Leo Staniewicz (born October 27, 1881 in Guben ; † October 26, 1962 in Braunschweig ) was chief designer at commercial vehicle manufacturer Büssing and a commercial vehicle pioneer.

He was hired as an engineer at Büssing in 1906 and stayed there for 56 years until his death.

Staniewicz was in charge of the world's first motorized forwarding companies, founded by Heinrich Büssing in 1908 in Braunschweig and Berlin.

In 1910 Staniewicz was commissioned by the Prussian Army Administration to develop a uniform subsidy truck , which he completed in 1912. In 1913 this "Army truck type 1913" (ALZ 1913) became a binding model for all manufacturers who built subsidy trucks.

In 1924 Staniewicz traveled to the USA with Büssing director Paul Werners and visited the assembly line at the Ford plant . After her return, Büssing also began to rationalize on an assembly line as one of the first manufacturers on the continent. In the same year, the world's first three-axle bus with two driven rear axles, which Staniewicz played a key role in, was presented. It was also the first large bus in Europe with pneumatic tires.

Willy Staniewicz is buried in the main cemetery in Braunschweig.

literature

• Eckhard Fischer: Dr.-Ing. E. h. Willy Staniewicz. A life for technology near Büssing (= contributions to the city's history, published by the Salzgitter City Archives, No. 27). Stadt Salzgitter, 2013. Extent of 168 p. - Book review with portrait of Staniewicz see here: [1]

Individual evidence

1. ^ Staniewicz, Willy in: deutsche-biographie.de; accessed on May 25, 2018
2. ↑ Factory director i R. Dr.-Ing. hc Willy Staniewicz, formerly a member of the board and supervisory board of Büssing Automobilwerke AG, died at the age of 80 in: Stadtchronik Braunschweig; accessed on April 19, 2018