Berthold Leibinger

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Berthold Leibinger
Born(1930-11-26)26 November 1930
Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Died16 October 2018(2018-10-16) (aged 87)
Stuttgart, Germany
EducationStuttgart Technology University of Applied Sciences
Occupation(s)
Head of Trumpf
Founder of Berthold Leibinger Stiftung
Organizations
ChildrenNicola Leibinger-Kammüller
Awards

Berthold Leibinger (26 November 1930 – 16 October 2018) was a German mechanical engineer, businessman, and philanthropist. He was the head of the German company Trumpf, a leader in laser technology, and founder of the non-profit foundation Berthold Leibinger Stiftung. He served on the advisory board of major companies and was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Stuttgart.

Life

Born in Stuttgart, Berthold Leibinger grew up in Korntal with two siblings.[1] He graduated with Abitur at the Ulrich-von-Hutten Gymnasium in Korntal in 1950.[2] He started an apprenticeship as a mechanic at Trumpf and then studied mechanical engineering at the Stuttgart Technology University of Applied Sciences.[3] After graduating with a Diplom, he became a development engineer in 1958 at Cincinnati Milling Machines (today Milacron) in Cincinnati.[1][4] In 1961 he returned to Germany and to Trumpf as head of the engineering division.[5] In 1968 he developed the first contour nibbling machine tool with numerical control. The owner of the company, Christian Trumpf, having no children, named Leibinger as his successor. Leibinger successively took over shares of the company and served as technical director from 1966.[4] He was managing director and partner from 1978.[4] On 18 November 2005, he retired from management and served as chairman of the supervisory board of the Trumpf Group until the end of 2012. On 16 October 2018, he died in Stuttgart at the age of 87.[5][6]

Entrepreneurial and engineering achievements

Under the management of Leibinger, Trumpf became one of the world's largest manufacturers of machine tools, in particular due to the consequent combination of mechanics and electronics. Trumpf is also one of the largest manufacturers of industrial laser technology and machines for laser cutting.[5]

Leibinger was appointed to several important political and economical positions. From 1985 to 1990 he was president of the Chamber of Commerce of the

VDMA.[5] He was a member of the supervisory boards of Deutsche Bank and BMW, among other companies.[5] From 1999 to 2003 he was chairman of the supervisory board of the chemical company BASF.[5] He was also president of the Stuttgart Chamber of Commerce and Industry from 1990 to 1992.[7] He served in the senate of the University of Stuttgart starting in 2000.[8]

Philanthropy

Leibinger was a philanthropist with long lasting involvement in German culture. He was personally involved as chairman of the board of the

Deutsches Literaturarchiv in Marbach am Neckar.[3]

In 1992 Leibinger founded the non-profit foundation Berthold Leibinger Stiftung. It is dedicated to cultural, scientific, religious and social issues. Since 2000, it has awarded the internationally respected Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis and, since 2006, the Berthold Leibinger Zukunftspreis, an innovation prize for applied laser technology.[5]

Awards

In July 1990, in a motion brought forward by the Faculty of Engineering and Manufacturing Technology, he was awarded an

Jewish Museum, Berlin, in 2013,[12] and the Aachener Ingenieurpreis [de] in 2014.[11] He was awarded the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun in 2016.[13]

Publications

His publications, including an autobiography and a dissertation, are held by the German National Library:[14]

  • Wer wollte eine andere Zeit als diese. Ein Lebensbericht. Murmann Verlag, Hamburg 2010,
    ISBN 978-3-86774-103-3
    .
  • Erfahrungen, Erfolge, Entwicklungen – Der Weg der Werkzeugmaschinenindustrien in Deutschland, Japan und den USA. Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen 2014,
    ISBN 978-3-8353-1660-7
    .

References

  1. ^ a b "Berthold Leibinger". munzinger.de (in German). Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Ringträger 2005 / Berthold Leibinger" (PDF) (in German). ptb.de. 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  3. ^ a b Heller, Michael (16 October 2018). "Nachruf auf Berthold Leibinger / Ein Mann mit Talenten im Überfluss" (in German). Stuttgarter Zeitung. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d "Berthold Leibinger – Ringträger 2005". siemens-ring.de (in German). 2005. Archived from the original on 9 September 2007. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "In Memoriam: Trumpf Senior Figure and Partner, Berthold Leibinger, Passes Away". photonics.com. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Langjähriger Trumpf-Chef / Laser-Pionier Berthold Leibinger gestorben" (in German). FAZ. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Berthold Leibinger 1930–2018". optics.org. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Senat: / Externe Mitglieder des Hochschulrats gewählt" (in German). University of Stuttgart. April 2000. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  9. ^ "Universität Stuttgart trauert um Berthold Leibinger / Mentor in Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft" (in German). University of Stuttgart. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  10. ^ "Preisträger 2003: Berthold Leibinger" (in German). Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. 2003. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  11. ^
    University of Aachen
    . September 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  12. Jewish Museum, Berlin
    (in German). 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  13. ^ "Ordensverleihung an Herrn Prof. Dr. techn. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Berthold Leibinger, langjähriger Vorsitzender der Geschäftsführung der Firma Trumpf" (in German). Japanisches Generalkonsulat München. 29 April 2016. Archived from the original on 14 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  14. ^ "Publications by Berthold Leibinger". German National Library (in German). Retrieved 17 October 2018.

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