F. Wannieck
Friedrich Wannieck, Engineer of Brunn (Brno, Czech Republic)
1865 Friedrich Wannieck and Philip Jellinek established an engineering company in Brno. Jellinek left and Wannieck became the sole owner. In 1890 a limited partnership was established with Sulzer Brothers. From 1896 Sulzer steam engines were built in Wannieck's factory, and mostly exported to Austria-Hungary and Germany. c.1897 Wannieck left the business, which was then run by a Mr Kliment. In 1902 there was a merger between the works at Vankovka and the First Brno’s Machine factory (PBS). Manufacture of steam turbines started under licence from Parsons. The Vankovka factory was used for the production of various engineering products, culminating with Zetor in 1989. Some of the buildings now house the Galerie Vankovka.[1]
c.1900 Supplied 1500 HP triple expansion steam engines driving generators at the Leopoldstadt Power Station, Vienna.[2]