!!!Kink, Franz b. Bozen/Bolzano (South Tyrol), Oct. 4, 1790, d. Kufstein (Tyrol), Nov. 18, 1862, industrialist. Worked in road maintenance, in 1842 started the first Austrian cement factory. His brother Martin K. (1800-1877), his son Anton K. (1820-1868) and his nephew Julius von K. (1848-1909) also made outstanding contributions in the field of cement manufacture. !Literature OeBL; NDB. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Kink,_Franz|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]