Hitzinger, Walter#

b. Linz (Upper Austria), April 8, 1908, d. Bad Ischl (Upper Austria), July 26, 1975, manager in industrial companies. Studied at Vienna University of Technology; from 1940 technical expert with Steyr-Daimler-Puch-AG, from 1943 member of the board of directors at Aircraft Engine Works Ostmark in Wiener Neudorf, later manager of Saurer-Werke. 1952-1961 general director of VOEST (Austrian steel industries), industrial utilisation of the LD-process and preparation of the merger of the iron and steel works Donawitz and Linz. 1961-1966 manager of Daimler-Benz AG in Stuttgart.