Ábrahám Ganz

Who was Ábrahám Ganz?

Ábrahám Ganz was a Swiss-born Hungarian iron manufacturer, machine and technical engineer, father of the Ganz companies.

In 1844, he opened an ironworks in Buda. His company produced various technical devices based on his patents.

He committed suicide in 1867.

András Mechwart continued his work at the company. With his lead it became one of the most prominent companies in Austria-Hungary after 1869.

Production continued in the original ironworks until 1964, when the factory closed and was transformed into a museum. The Öntödei Múzeum exists to this day.

His name lives on in the Ganz Works which he founded, the name being retained through numerous changes of ownership and administration, and even when the works were nationalized under the Hungarian Communist regime.