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Otto Biefeld Company
200-206
N Water
1862
Frederich Misegades built the brick shop at 200-206 North Water
Street for wagon-making.
1906
Otto Biefeld, Fire Chief
1908
08 14 Otto Biefeld secured contract for installing the steam heating
apparatus for the M. D. Wells Shoe Co., who
will occupy the old Woodard Stone factory. They were chosen from three bidders. WG
1909
07 02 Bethesda Lutheran Home,
contract for plumbing WG
07 09 Silver wedding, celebrated, Otto Biefeld and wife WG
1910
02 18 New Lincoln School, heating and plumbing contract; Lincoln day design by Mrs. Otto Biefeld WG
1958
10 13 Arthur Kuenzi,
Biefeld president, named to the legislative committee
of the Wisconsin Manufacturers Assn WDT
1959
07 01 Arthur Kuenzi, president of the Otto Biefeld
Company and Roy O. Henszey, president of the Henszey Company, announced the sale of the respective
companies. Pieter W. Schipper,
president of the newly formed Henszey Company, Inc.
and Otto Biefeld Corporation, confirmed the
acquisitions. He stated that he had
great confidence in the future of both enterprises and
that he anticipated their continued growth in present and allied fields based
on their past history, resulting in increased opportunities for the
employees. Both concerns will continue
their operations in Watertown and no major changes are contemplated at this
time. WDT
1960
03 03 Ralph Ebert opens consulting
engineering service; was
engineer for Otto Biefeld Co.
10 12 Arthur Kuenzi, for many years president of the
Otto Biefeld Co, makes official announcement of his
retirement. He severed his connections
with the firm on May 1. The middle of
last year the firm was sold, and is now known as the Otto Biefeld
Corporation. WDT
12 21 The Otto Biefeld Corporation has completed
and is now occupying a 10,000 square foot addition at its plant between South
Second and South First Streets. The new
unit is most helpful in the expanding operations of the business. Employment, including production and office
and executive help, now numbers 167 - approximately double the figure of a year
and a half ago. A partial second shift
has been added. Sale of the Otto Biefeld Company to the Otto Biefeld
Corporation was announced on July 1, 1959.
At the same time sale of the Henszey Company
to Henszey Company, Inc., was announced. Pieter W. Schipper
is president of both firms. WDT
Cross References:
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Biefeld, Otto (Pearl Lindemann) |
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Biefeld, Otto, Jr (Pearl Lindemann) |
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Biefeld, Otto, Sr (Emma Schiefelbein) |
