Rudolf Wucherer (1875-1966)



Rudolf Wucherer, chairman of the Executive Board from 1952 to 1954.

A mechanical engineer, and married to Carl von Linde’s youngest daughter Elisabeth, Wucherer first worked as a designer in the Krauss & Co. locomotive factory in Munich after completing his studies at the Technical University in Munich. On June 1, 1905 he moved to Department B at Linde where he was responsible for the commissioning of major plants. In 1914 he received power of attorney and managed the company’s oxygen and acetylene plants.

This laid the foundation for the highest-earning division at Linde AG today. Between the outbreak of the First World War and 1928, Linde, under Wucherer’s leadership, quadrupled its oxygen production compared to 1914 and secured regional monopolies for the company in the cylinder business. In 1928 Rudolf Wucherer was appointed to Linde’s Executive Board.

The founding of the Ellira (Elektro- Linde-Rapidschwei�ung) department in H�llriegelskreuth can also be traced to Wucherer’s initiative. Linde acquired the license for the submerged arc welding and gas-shielded welding processes from its former subsidiary Linde Air Products in New York.

In 1952 Rudolf Wucherer became chairman of the Executive Board and changed to the Supervisory Board in 1955. He stepped down from this post in 1965 and died one year later in Munich.


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