WILHELM EMIL FEIN - INVENTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF HIS TIME
Wilhelm Emil FEIN
* 16.01.1842 Ludwigsburg
† 06.10.1898 Stuttgart
First electric hand drill
1895
THE WORLD'S FIRST ELECTRIC HAND DRILL - INVENTED BY FEIN IN 1895
The world-famous inventor Wilhelm Emil Fein was considered the pioneer of electrical engineering and one of the most important literary figures of his time. In 1867, at the age of 24, he founded a mechanical workshop in Karlsruhe together with his brother Carl and laid the foundation stone for today's global company C. & E. Fein (www.fein.com). The company's subsequent history was shaped by many inventions and great entrepreneurial personalities from the founding family right into the 21st century.
Entrepreneurial spirit with vision:When Wilhelm Emil Fein founded the workshop for electrical and physical apparatus, electrical engineering was a new technology.Between 1867 and 1898, Wilhelm Emil Fein produced more than 135 of his own designs and inventions of various kinds.
The world-famous inventor Wilhelm Emil F was considered the pioneer of electrical engineering and one of the most important literary figures of his time.In 1867, at the age of 24, he founded a mechanical workshop in Karlsruhe together with his brother Carl and laid the foundations for today's global company C. & E.
Invention of the world's first electromedical induction apparatus.
Invention of the world's first electric fire alarm device - forerunner of today's modern fire alarm systems.
Wilhelm Emil Fein optimized the first electric dynamo machine.
Establishment of the first telephone exchange in Barcelona.
Invention of the first portable telephone for military purposes.
Wilhelm Emil Fein published his literary work “Elektrische Apparate, Maschinen und Einrichtungen”.
Invention of the world's first electric hand drill.
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Wilhelm Emil FEIN was honored by King Karl of Württemberg as a pioneer of electrical engineering and received the Württemberg Golden State Medal for Art & Science.
Foundation of the FEIN Capital Group. The FEIN Capital Group was founded as a family office - inspired by the values of Wilhelm Emil Fein and as a logical continuation of his legacy.
Year 1867
The world-famous inventor Wilhelm Emil F was considered the pioneer of electrical engineering and one of the most important literary figures of his time.In 1867, at the age of 24, he founded a mechanical workshop in Karlsruhe together with his brother Carl and laid the foundations for today's global company C. & E.
Year 1873
Invention of the world's first electromedical induction apparatus.
Year 1875
Invention of the world's first electric fire alarm device - forerunner of today's modern fire alarm systems.
Year 1877
Wilhelm Emil Fein optimized the first electric dynamo machine.
Year 1884
Establishment of the first telephone exchange in Barcelona.
1885-1887
Invention of the first portable telephone for military purposes.
Year 1888
Wilhelm Emil Fein published his literary work “Elektrische Apparate, Maschinen und Einrichtungen”.
Year 1892
Wilhelm Emil FEIN was honored by King Karl of Württemberg as a pioneer of electrical engineering and received the Württemberg Golden State Medal for Art & Science.
Jahr 1895
Invention of the world's first electric hand drill.
Jahr 2020
Foundation of the FEIN Capital Group. The FEIN Capital Group was founded as a family office - inspired by the values of Wilhelm Emil Fein and as a logical continuation of his legacy.
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE BRAND FEIN - HISTORICAL SITES IN STUTTGART AND NOTEWORTHY EVENTS
The headquarters: One of the most important places of activity during Wilhelm Emil Fein's lifetime was Fein's headquarters at Leuschnerstraße 43b in Stuttgart-West. The move from Karlsruhe to Stuttgart in 1869/1870 laid the foundation for all of Wilhelm Emil Fein's future inventions. From then on, the head office was the pivotal point for the further success story of C. & E. Fein.
Fein Strasse: On February 5, 1957, the city council of Stuttgart officially decided to rename Fein Strasse in honour of Wilhelm Emil Fein. This decision was primarily in honor of Wilhelm Emil Fein's lifetime achievements. Today, Wilhelm-Fein-Straße can also be found in his birthplace of Ludwigsburg in honor of his life's work. The mayor of Stuttgart at the time, Dr. A. Klett, also had words of praise:
“Naming the street after Wilhelm Emil Fein would, as far as I can see, honor a Swabian inventor and company founder who is reminiscent of men like Daimler and Bosch.”
Lord Mayor Dr. A. Klett
Honored by the highest authorities: German President Theodor Heuss also had words of praise for him in a speech in Bonn dated November 9, 1953. “Wilhelm Emil Fein was a tremendously imaginative designer, with a talent for practical improvement and simplification of the project. Fein ́s influence on the development of electricity throughout southern Germany must be highly appreciated, also through his literary propaganda activities. He became a tireless practitioner, one of the inventors of the electric drive for machine tools, one of the fathers of the coming “electric tools”. His company later earned its fame beyond Germany through this specialization.”
THE LETTER FROM THOMAS EDISON -ROBERT BOSCH AS AN APPRENTICE AT FEIN
World-class training workshop: Even the young Robert Bosch was able to complete part of his training in the Fein training workshop. Other inventors of his time were also in close contact with him, so that Thomas Edison contacted him from his laboratory in New York on March 4, 1879 and wrote a handwritten letter to Wilhelm Emil Fein asking for a Fein product catalog.
THE RESTING PLACE OF WILHELM EMIL FEIN
Today, Wilhelm Emil Fein is buried in the Prague Cemetery, where a bronze medal attached to the gravestone bears his striking likeness.
TRADITION MEETS MODERNITY - HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE FEIN FAMILY COAT OF ARMS TO THE IDENTITY OF THE FEIN CAPITAL GROUP
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