Bernard Lauth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American businessman
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Place of Birth: Alsace, Grand Est, France
About Bernard Lauth
- Bernard Lauth (August 23, 1820 in Alsace, France – June 25, 1894) he founded the American Iron Works in 1850, and formed a partnership with B.F.
- Jones in 1851.
- In 1854, Lauth retired from the steel firm, selling his partnership to James H.
- Laughlin, who led the company to be renamed Jones and Laughlin Steel Company.
- He invented and patented the process for cold rolling of iron in 1859.
- In 1871, he purchased the iron furnace at Howard, Pennsylvania, where he built a rolling mill in 1882.
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