Biro, Josef#
b. Vienna, 1858, d. Vienna, Dec. 26, 1925, industrialist, with his brother Ludwig took over, in 1882, the steel construction and bridge building company which had developed from the locksmith's shop founded by their father in 1854. Merged with R. P. Waagner in 1904, after 1924 "Waagner-Biro AG", since 1999 called Waagner-Biro Binder AG.