Václav Laurin

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Memorial plaque at the birth house of Václav Laurin in Kamení u Pěnčína.

Vaclav Laurin ( 16 October 1865, Kamení u Pěnčína - 13 August 1930, Mladá Boleslav) was a Czech engineer, entrepreneur and industrialist.

Career

He was apprenticed as a locksmith in Mladá Boleslav, where, in 1895, he and Václav Klement founded the company Laurin & Klement (now Skoda Auto). At the beginning of December 1895, the mechanic Václav Laurin and the book-seller Václav Klement, both bicycle enthusiasts, started manufacturing bicycles of their own design, patriotically named Slavia in the nationalist atmosphere of the end of the 19th century.^[1] In 1905, Laurin manufactured their first automobile. Today the company enjoys world-wide popularity under the brand Škoda Auto.^[2]

He was prominently engaged in the construction company Laurin & Klement, together with his collaborator Václav Klement, co-founder of the company. He participated in the construction of the vehicles. In his later years, he was the technical director of Skoda.

References

-Czech-industrialist Otto encyclopedia Vaclav Laurin, Czech industrialist]

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Name	Laurin, Vaclav
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Date of birth	16 October 1865
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Date of death	13 August 1930
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