Robert Durrer | |
|---|---|
 Robert Durrer (c. 1950) | |
| Born | 1890 |
| Died | 1978 (aged 87–88) |
Robert Durrer (1890–1978) was a Swiss engineer who invented the basic oxygen steelmaking process (the Linz-Donawitz process, named after the towns where the technology was commercialized) during his career in Nazi Germany. The process was successfully tested by Durrer in 1948. A team led by Dr Theodor Eduard Suess in Austria adapted the process and scaled it to industrial size, after which it was commercialized by VÖEST and ÖAMG.[1]
- ^ Smil, p. 97.