Word: krupp
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sales department of Carnegie Steel in 1916 to become assistant to the president of Ludlum, was elected a vice president three years later. To all steelmen he is famed for his contributions to the development of alloy steels in the U. S. He has long been interested in the Krupp steel works of Germany, arranged for Ludlum to share in the U. S. production of two Krupp metals: nitralloy, a wear-resistant steel used chiefly in the automotive and airplane industries, and Strauss Metal, used for cutting tools. He was instrumental in the formation of Krupp Nirosta Co., which...
...would find that the vital fact is not so much the technical problem of cruisers and submarines as the pressure of big industries on the governments. Since armaments still form 25 percent of our government budget the steel industry, remembering what the disarming of Germany did to the Krupp works, is still strong for a big navy...
...many U. S. citizens can guess correctly what are today the three chief products of the House of Krupp. They are cash registers, motor trucks & omnibuses, locomotives...
...usual the Krupp profits were plowed back into the business, members of the House being allowed enough to go on living and working in the style to which a Krupp is accustomed...
...similar metal is Pierce-Arrow, using it on all nuts and bolts and many driving parts. Because not many steel companies possess Rustless Steel patents and equipment, the new demand caused great activity among those few. Central Alloy, for example, which together with Ludlum and Crucible shares the Krupp Stainless Steel patents, reported last week that this division was 14 weeks behind schedule...