Career of the Cierpiałkowski Brothers, Owners of the Pomeranian Car, Motors And Machinery Factory (In The Interwar Torun) Cover Image

Kariera braci Cierpiałkowskich, właścicieli „Pomorskiej Fabryki Samochodów, Motorów i Maszyn” (w międzywojennym Toruniu)
Career of the Cierpiałkowski Brothers, Owners of the Pomeranian Car, Motors And Machinery Factory (In The Interwar Torun)

Author(s): Radosław Bugowski
Subject(s): Cultural history, Business Economy / Management, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919)
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika
Keywords: Cierpiałkowski Brothers; Pomeranian Machinery Factory;

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the professional lives of two brothers Paweł and Konstanty Cierpiałkowski who were the founders of the Pomeranian Car, Motors and Machinery Factory. The text focuses on the description of the course of careers of two brothers who started their business activity from repairing vehicles to the army of General Haller. At the beginning of the 20s Paweł and Konstanty founded the company which was engaged in the repair and sale of vehicles, which a few years later was transformed into a professional enterprise and employed nearly 50 people. After the acquisition of the former machine factory Kuhl and Klein the brothers Cierpiałkowski created by the road Chełmińska 33 in Torun the automotive center offering a wide range of services, ranging from car repairs and machinery, the consignment of vehicles, the production of parts, accessories and fluid sales, after service garage and chauffeurs school.

  • Issue Year: 24/2013
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 75-98
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Polish