!!!Weitzer, Johann

Weitzer, Johann, b. Friedberg (Styria), Aug. 18, 1832, 
d. Graz (Styria), Oct. 2, 1902. Industrialist. Started a 
blacksmith's workshop in Graz in 1854, from 1857 "K. k. priv. 
Wagenfabrik J. W.". The company produced vehicles for 
military use as well as for post and ambulance services; it also 
produced a variety of other vehicles for general use. By 1870 the 
company already had a staff of 1500 and in 1899 it started to 
construct diesel engines, while the production of electrically-driven 
rail vehicles started around 1900. In 1934 the company was taken over 
by Simmeringer Maschinen- und Waggonbaufabrik AG, which merged with 
the Pauker works to form  Simmering-Graz-Pauker AG.


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