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The Mannesmann Brothers and Germany's Industrial Revolution
In the 1880s, two brothers in Remscheid, Germany, revolutionized the global steel industry with a single invention: the seamless steel tube rolling process. This episode tells the story of Reinhard and Max Mannesmann, inventors and industrialists who turned a small family forge into a multinational corporation. We explore how their breakthrough made pipelines, high-pressure boilers, and modern bicycles possible, and how the Mannesmann company became a symbol of German engineering prowess. Along the way, we touch on the business battles with Krupp, the patent wars, and the legacy that led to…
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