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Alfred Kärcher was one of
the inventors and entrepreneurs who contributed greatly to the progress
of Württemberg since the beginning of industrialisation, along with
other figures such as Robert Bosch, Gottlieb Daimler and Count
Zeppelin. He showed great dedication and commitment in implementing his
ideas.
In 1924 the 23-year-old Kärcher completes his studies at the
Technischen Hochschule Stuttgart and then works for his father’s
company, which he develops into an engineering office. In 1935 the
engineer founds his own company in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt in order to
develop his own product ideas in the field of heating technology and to
bring them to market. With his own patent Alfred Kärcher builds,
amongst other things, the so-called “Kärcher salt bath furnace” for
tempering steel and hardening light alloys for industry.
In 1939 the company moves to Winnenden, where the family enterprise
still has its headquarters. At this time the company manufactures
pre-heating burners for aeroplane motors and cabin heaters, amongst
other things. After the end of World War II the company concentrates on
products for the most urgent of daily needs, such as circular
furnaces, handcarts and tractor trailers.
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