PLASSER
& Theurer has announced the
death of the track machine manufacturer’s founder, Dr
Josef Theurer, on March 19 at the age of 91.
Theurer together with Mr Franz Plasser founded Plasser
& Theurer in 1953. After managing the family company for 60
years, he handed over the reins to his
grandson, Mr Johannes Max-Theurer, in 2011.
During his life, Theurer
registered more than 1000
patents. “Thanks to Theurer’s
innovations, the arduous manual labour needed for construction and the
maintenance of railway track could be replaced by mechanised methods,” the
company says. “This in turn led to a considerable increase in productivity and
hence more efficient and economical track maintenance.”
“My grandfather will always be a
role model: as a pioneer, innovator and entrepreneur, but above all as a
person,” says Max-Theurer.
Source : International Railway
Journal, 20.03.20.
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