Josef Theurer
Railway track-maintenance machinery
Catégorie
Œuvre d'une vie
Domaine technique
Transport
Société
Plasser & Theurer
Austrian inventor and entrepreneur Josef Theurer is a pioneer in the field of railway construction. He has more than 500 inventions to his name, and the company he established with a partner in 1953, Plasser & Theurer, is now the world market leader for railway track-maintenance machines. Among his countless inventions is an innovative track-borne machine for installing overhead lines, patented in 1988, which broke new ground and made railway construction considerably quicker and easier.
Nominated for the European Inventor Award 2012 in the category Lifetime achievement
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