13 Facts About Tadeusz Sendzimir

Tadeusz Sendzimir was a Polish engineer and inventor of international renown.

Tadeusz Sendzimir held 120 patents in mining and metallurgy, 73 of which were awarded to him in the United States.

Tadeusz Sendzimir developed revolutionary methods of processing steel and metals used in every industrialized nation of the world.

Tadeusz Sendzimir was awarded many distinctions and honours including the Polish Gold Cross of Merit, the Bessemer Gold Medal and the Brinell Gold Medal of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm.

The Russian Revolution of 1917 forced Tadeusz Sendzimir to flee to Vladivostok, then to Shanghai, where Tadeusz Sendzimir built the first factory in China which produced screws, nails and wire.

Tadeusz Sendzimir's first son Michael was born two years later.

Tadeusz Sendzimir discovered that the problem was due to the zinc bonding to a thin layer of iron hydroxide on its surface, rather than to the iron.

In 1929 Tadeusz Sendzimir approached several American industrialists with his findings, but since the Great Depression had begun, he was unsuccessful in gaining their interest.

Tadeusz Sendzimir's patented mill could roll hard materials down to very light gauges.

Tadeusz Sendzimir was awarded an Officer Cross of the Order Polonia Restituta.

In 1975 Tadeusz Sendzimir received the honorary degree of doctor honoris causa from the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow.

In 1974 Tadeusz Sendzimir invented a spiral steel looper used in both the United States and Japan.

Tadeusz Sendzimir died after a massive stroke and was buried by his family in a zinc-plated coffin made according to his design.