In partnership with his father, Carl Kiekhaefer started what he intended to be an electrical products company in 1939. Nevertheless, Kiekhaefer was fiercely devoted to his company, working Sundays, holidays, and even while his wife gave birth to his children.
#MERCURY INBOARD ENGINES DRIVERS#
On several occasions, he "fired" truck drivers and other non-employees for sitting around on company time, unwittingly giving them a final week's pay. Beyond throwing a mechanic's tools from a factory window, other stories tell of him firing executives and then reprimanding them when they did not report back for work. In addition to his paranoid obsession with competitors, Kiekhaefer had a legendary temper. And, ever suspicious that they were doing the same things, he ran much of his company, as well as a secret testing lake and grounds in Florida, like a military installation, complete with armed guards and workers confined to base during tests." Bednarek said: "Kiekhaefer hated his competitors. In the June 21, 1992, issue of the Milwaukee Journal, David I. In addition to providing food, drink, and entertainment from polka bands, the eccentric company leader would often hang a competitor's outboard motor from a tripod and set it on fire, with talk of "killing the enemy." For example, during the 1950s Kiekhaefer would host inspirational sales meetings in the woods outside of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Within ten years, Kiekhaefer had been promoted to the position of chief engineer.ĭuring his eventual career as a marine industry pioneer, Carl Kiekhaefer was often compared to legendary Green Bay Packers football coach Vince Lombardi because of his temper, an obsession with winning, and his ability to motivate others. In 1928, he was hired as a draftsman at Stearns Magnetic, a Milwaukee-based electrical products manufacturer. Kiekhaefer first worked as a draftsman for Nash Motors Body Division in Milwaukee in 1926, and later for Evinrude. Born on June 4, 1906, in Mequon, Wisconsin, to Arnold and Clara Wessel Kiekhaefer, Carl Kiekhaefer became familiar with the workings of gas-powered engines at a very young age, while working on his family's farm.Īfter graduating from Cedarburg High School, Kiekhaefer spent one year attending the Milwaukee School of Engineering, and later took extension courses from the University of Wisconsin that prepared him for a career in electrical engineering. Mercury Marine originated from the efforts of Elmer Carl (E.C.) Kiekhaefer. The company is a division of Brunswick Corporation. distribution centers in Cranbury, New Jersey Dallas, Texas Hayward, California and Suwanee, Georgia. In addition to its world headquarters, manufacturing, and distribution base in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Mercury Marine operates manufacturing sites in Stillwater, Oklahoma Juarez, Mexico Petit-Rechain, Belgium and Newton Abbot, United Kingdom.
Its products include the Mercury Outboard lineup of motors, which range from 2.5 to 300 horsepower Mercury MerCruiser gas sterndrives and inboards high-performance Mercury Racing engines Mercury Precision Parts and Accessories and Mercury Propellers. Mercury Marine Group is a leading global manufacturer of marine propulsion systems. NAIC: 333616 Other Engine Equipment Manufacturing
0 kommentar(er)
