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Heinrich Koppers (November 23, 1872 – September 5, 1941) was a German engineer. Koppers developed a new type of coke oven that economically recovered the byproduct chemicals of the coking process. The design of these ovens was superior to other ovens. Having previously worked at other German companies, he founded his own company ''Heinrich Koppers AG'' in 1901 to successfully exploit the patents he had been granted in the area of coke oven design. The headquarters of ''Heinrich Koppers AG'' were in 
After meeting with
Heinrich Koppers (November 23, 1872 – September 5, 1941) was a German engineer. Koppers developed a new type of coke oven that economically recovered the byproduct chemicals of the coking process. The design of these ovens was superior to other ovens. Having previously worked at other German companies, he founded his own company ''Heinrich Koppers AG'' in 1901 to successfully exploit the patents he had been granted in the area of coke oven design. The headquarters of ''Heinrich Koppers AG'' were in Essen
Essen (; Latin: ''Assindia'') is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and D ...
- Moltkeviertel
The Moltkeviertel (Moltke Quarter) is a district of the German city of Essen. It is located near the centre of the town, as the crow flies just over a kilometre to the south-east of the Essen main railway station. It is bounded by the thoroughf ...
, adjacent to the mansion of the ''Koppers'' family (both buildings built in 1911).
After meeting with US Steel
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in 1907, Koppers agreed to build a coke plant in the United States and formed the H. Koppers Company. In 1912, the H. Koppers Company was incorporated to be Koppers Inc. in Chicago, Illinois, an industrial organization which moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States in 1914.
In 1914, Koppers sold his controlling stake in Koppers Inc. to industrialist Andrew Mellon for $300,000.
See also
* KoppersReferences
External links
* Heinrich Koppers in German Wikipedia * Heinrich Koppers AG in German Wikipedia 1872 births 1941 deaths Organizations based in Pittsburgh Coke ovens Engineers from Essen {{Germany-engineer-stub