Hub van Doorne

Hubert Jozef ( "Hub") van Doorne ( born January 1, 1900 in America, Horst aan de Maas, † May 23 1979 in Deurne, The Netherlands) was the founder of Van Doorne 's Aanhangwagenfabriek, later Van Doorne 's Automobielfabriek (DAF ( Automobile) ) and inventor of the VARIOmatic.

Biography

He was the eldest son of the village blacksmith Martinus van Doorne (1870-1912) and Petronella Vervoort ( 1866-1952 ). His younger brother was Wilhelmus Antonius Vincent ( " Wim " ) van Doorne ( July 19, 1906 - May 3, 1978).

After the First World War, he worked at a doctor as a chauffeur and mechanic. The mid-1920s he was a master in Sjef Mandigers machine factory in Eindhoven, where he Huenges Lord, the director and owner of the brewery and ice factory Coolen met. Meanwhile, Stearns -Knight automobile with rotary valve engine was apparently repaired by Hub van Doorne. Huenges was so impressed by Hub van Doornes technical knowledge that he offered him help for starting your own business. On April 1, 1928, Huenges NLG 10,000 available and stroke was based on the grounds of the brewery the construction operation Machinefabriek en Hub van Doorne Reparatieinrichting with 4 employees who work for the inland waterway ran and produced for Philips railing and bike racks. A year later he was already employing 32 people and his brother Wim rose with a into the business. The depression of the 1930s forced them to look for new tasks and they decided to build 1933 trailer. With its technicians Baghuis he dared to the new electric welding of bearing parts. Your lighter trailer aroused interest. In 1935, she already employed 100 employees.

1936 rose Huenges and she now produced as Van Doorne 's Aanhangwagenfabriek NV the DAF - container trailers for the transport of railway containers. During the Second World War, she developed prototypes of trucks. There was a great demand for transport in the reconstruction of the Netherlands, they also began with the development of buses and cars. For the production of truck chassis, the factory was started on Geldropseweg where the DAF factories still are.

  • Entrepreneur
  • Netherlander
  • Born 1900
  • Died in 1979
  • Man
America, Limburg Deurne, North Brabant Stearns-Knight
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