Per Kure, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Per Kure

Norwegian businessman

Date of Birth: 28-Sep-1872

Place of Birth: Moss, Eastern Norway, Norway

Date of Death: 08-Mar-1945

Profession: engineer

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Per Kure

  • Per Kure (28 September 1872 – 8 March 1945) was an electrical engineer and businessman.
  • He was the founder of the firm A/S Per Kure.Per Kure was born at Moss in Østfold, Norway.
  • Kure grew up in a merchant's family.
  • He studied engineering, first at Horten Technical School (Horten tekniske skole) and then at Hochschule Mittweida in Saxony (1894–97).
  • He established the company A/S Per Kure in 1897 initially as a retailer of electrical apparatuses, including lights and motors.
  • From 1911, the company started selling such product as engines, generators and dynamos.
  • In 1916, the company merged with Norske Motor- og Dynamofabrikk, the Norwegian subsidiary of Swedish based ASEA (Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget).
  • Kure continued as director of the new company.
  • He resigned in 1938 as CEO of the enterprise.
  • In 1945, ASEA bought the company which was renamed ASEA–Per Kure.Kure was leader of the Federation of Norwegian Manufacturing Industries.
  • He was chairman of Teknologibedriftenes Landsforening (1920–22) and Norsk Elektroteknisk Forening (1924–29) and later chairman of the Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology.

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