!!!Sowitsch, Stefan

Sowitsch, Stefan, b. Stockerau (Lower Austria), Sept. 14, 1883, 
d. Vienna, April 2, 1970, engineer and entrepreneur. 1914 founded 
a lift factory in Vienna, in the period between World War I and World 
War II successfully co-operated with a Swiss company. After 1945 
developed his business to become the Austrian market leader (e.g. 
rapid lifts in the ´Donauturm´ tower). Manufacturing 
plants in Vienna, Scheibbs (Lower Austria) and Voecklabruck (Upper 
Austria). 1970 by fusion with the Finnish company ´Kone´ 
became ´Kone-Sowitsch AG´.



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