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Bleckmann, Johann Heinrich August


Bleckmann, Johann Heinrich August, b. Solingen (Germany), Feb. 16, 1826, d. Mürzzuschlag, Styria, Oct. 19, 1891, industrialist; founder of the first Phoenix steel works for the production of steel for blades and tools in Mürzzuschlag in 1862; he used the first crucible cast furnaces in Austria (1864) and open-hearth furnaces with acid lining (1874). In 1920 the company was renamed "B.-Stahlwerke" and in 1924 it merged with Schoeller Stahlwerke AG in Ternitz (Schoeller-Bleckmann). In 1975 it was incorporated into the newly founded Vereinigte Edelstahlwerke (VEW) company.


Literature: H. Brenner et al., Im Schatten des Phönix, 1993.


 
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