Brüder Wüster is an Austrian steel manufacturer and formerly

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manufacturer. The company is based in Waasen, in Neumarkt an der Ybbs in Lower Austria. The company was operated by the brothers Wüster and was primarily active in the steel and metal manufacturing business. In 1897 they also set up an

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. Wüster became one of the leading producers in Austria for umbrella frames. In 1928, the student Slawa Horowitz from the

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developed a new practical, foldable type of umbrella, for which she received a patent in 1929. It was contracted by Basch & Braun who commissioned Brüder Wüster to produce this umbrella, called "Flirt", in large numbers. The German associate to produce them was Kortenbach & Rauh. A street in the community of

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, Lower Austria is named in their honour.

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