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33-640: The company was founded by André Koechlin in 1826 to produce textile machinery. In 1839, he opened a factory to build railway locomotives at Mulhouse in Alsace . The business grew rapidly but in 1871, the annexation of Alsace-Lorraine by Germany, brought about the transfer of some production to Belfort in France. In 1872 the company merged with the Graffenstaden company of Illkirch-Graffenstaden (a suburb of Strasbourg ) to form SACM. The new company diversified into

66-583: A colourist . In 1759, Oberkampf proposed a partnership with the Swiss for the creation of a manufacture of cottons printed with engraved wood boards in Jouy-in-Josas. The first fabrics were successfully printed in May 1760. In 1764, Oberkampf increased his factory to a vast area of 18,000 m². The number of employees grew quickly and reached 900 workmen in 1774. In 1770, Oberkampf who had then lived in France for ten years,

99-623: A French composer. Paul or Jean-Paul Koechlin (1881–1916) was an aviation pioneer. He was a nephew of Paul Koechlin the race car driver. He created his first plane in 1908 and started the company "Aéroplanes P. Koechlin" in Boulogne-Billancourt . He collaborated with the Austrian pioneer Alfred de Pischof in the creation of other planes. Later he participated in early aviation races between 1910 and 1912, and had an aviation school in Paris. He died at

132-490: A Straw (2015) and Waiting (2016). Koechlin is the descendant of the French engineer, Maurice Koechlin . Raymond Koechlin (1860–1931), son of Alfred Koechlin-Schwartz, was a journalist and art collector. He owned works by Eugène Delacroix , Vincent van Gogh , Claude Monet , Edgar Degas , Auguste Renoir , Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot and Édouard Manet , next to large collections of Oriental, Islamic, and medieval art, and

165-450: A cloth printing firm in Mulhouse . Dollfus left the company in 1765 to start his own firm. Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf was an engraver in the firm of Samuel Koechlin. Josué was a son of Samuel, and the father of Joseph Koechlin-Schlumberger. He was the first of six Koechlins to become mayor of Mulhouse, from 1811 to 1814. André Koechlin (1789–1875) was a grandson of Samuel Koechlin and

198-431: A great-grandson of Samuel Koechlin. He was mayor of Mulhouse from 1848 until 1852. Jean Mieg-Koechlin (1819–1904) was the son-in-law of Joseph Koechlin-Schlumberger. He was mayor of Mulhouse between 1872 and 1887. Alfred Koechlin-Steinbach (1825–1872), son of Daniel Koechlin-Schouch and uncle of the composer Charles Koechlin, was a deputy for Haut-Rhin for a short while in 1871. Alfred Koechlin-Schwartz (1829–1895)

231-599: A memoir, Souvenirs d'un vieil amateur d'art de l'Extrême-Orient in 1930. His bequest to the Louvre in 1932 included amongst many other pieces the Peacock dish , the "most famous of all dishes made at İznik ", and 11 Persian paintings and drawings. But he also donated works of art to many other French musea, like the Guimet Museum and the Musée d'Orsay . Charles Koechlin (1867–1950) was

264-665: The Battle of the Somme in 1916. Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf (11 June 1738 – 6 October 1815) was a French naturalized German industrialist . He became famous for founding the royal manufacture of printed cottons of Jouy-en-Josas where the toile de Jouy was manufactured. Oberkampf was born in Wiesenbach , Germany, into a family of dyers . He traveled to educate himself and initially worked in Mulhouse as an engraver , then from October 1758 in Paris as

297-536: The Filmfare Award from three nominations. Koechlin has established herself as one of the most popular actresses of India, through her performances in the critically and commercially successful films, including Dev.D (2009), Shanghai (2012), Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011), Shaitan (2012), That Girl in Yellow Boots (2011), Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013), Ek Thi Daayan (2013), Margarita with

330-563: The University of Haute Alsace . The conservation of the SACM foundry received a Europa Nostra award for outstanding heritage achievements on industrial and engineering structures and sites in 2010. A new plant devoted to diesel and gas engines has opened in Lyon SACM Power and does the manufacturing and refurbishing of diesel and gas engines and mini-power plants. Production of steam locomotives

363-638: The Emperor. When Oberkampf died in 1815 in Jouy-en-Josas (today in Yvelines ), his son Emile succeeded him as the head of the company. Taken over by Jacques-Juste Barbet de Jouy in 1822, it finally went bankrupt in 1843. Oberkampf was buried in the garden of his house, which today houses the Music Academy of Jouy-in-Josas. Oberkampf's name was given to a Rue Oberkampf in the 11th arrondissement of Paris , and to

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396-731: The General Electricity Company), with the Nuclear energy telecommunications and electronic Department of SACM. In 1982, the remaining parts of SACM separated the textile machinery division which closed in August 1986, and became SACM DIESEL in 1989. In 1993, the company changed its name to Wärtsilä SACM Diesel with the Finnish group Wärtsilä Diesel taking full control of the company Mulhouse. The historical Alsatian diesel engine plant closed in late 1999 and has been rehabilitated as an extension of

429-522: The German Reich , the production of locomotives for Germany began. After the war, the remaining divisions of SACM continued operating independently until 1966 when the company became a subsidiary of the Company's Hispano-Alsatian machine-building (SHACM) and Alsatian Society of Industrial Investments (ALSPI). In 1970 a new company Alcatel was created by merging The Industrial Telephone Company (a subsidiary of

462-674: The Strasbourg- Basel line and the Mulhouse- Thann line in the 1830s. He was the head of the Mulhouse chamber of commerce from 1828 until 1835. During the Hundred Days he organised a group of Partisans, and became a Knight in the Legion of Honour in 1814. He was a deputy from 1830 until 1837. Daniel Koechlin or Koechlin-Schouch (1785–1871) was a younger brother of Nicholas Koechlin. He

495-523: The court. He was convicted in May, and on appeal in July, to six months imprisonment for writing and publishing the first pamphlet . Nicolas (or Nicholas) Koechlin (1781–1852) was a brother of Jacques Koechlin and a grandson of Samuel Koechlin. He created the company Nicolas Koechlin et Frères, which branched out of the textile industry. He was instrumental in promoting the installation of railway lines in Alsace, with

528-554: The eldest son of Rodoplhe Koechlin, was a military officer like his father. He also became a Knight in the Legion of Honour and received the Croix de guerre with Silver Star. Rodolphe Emile Koechlin (1874–1916) was the second son of Rodolphe Koechlin. He served in the French army as well, and became a Commander of the Legion of Honour, received the Croix de Guerre with Bronze Star and other war medals. His son, Robert Rodolphe Koechlin (1916–1971) also

561-459: The factory received from king Louis XVI of France the title of "royal manufacturer" and in 1787, Oberkampf received from the king the title of squire as well as the right to use arms and his device "Recte et vigilanter (uprightness and vigilance)". In 1785 Oberkampf invented the first machine for printing wallpaper, and shortly afterwards, Louis-Nicolas Robert designed a process for manufacturing endless rolls of wall-paper. On 7 February 1790

594-421: The largest French locomotive maker, having built 22 of them by then. This rose rapidly, and in 1857 alone, they made 91 locomotives. They stayed one of the six large French locomotive constructors until the merger with Elsässische Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Grafenstaden in 1872, when the company became Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques . André Koechlin was mayor of Mulhouse from 1830 until 1843, and

627-599: The production of boilers, steel equipment, printing equipment, compressors, firearms and other engineering products growing to 4500 employees by 1910. A new foundry was built in 1922 for textile machinery. In 1928 the Compagnie Française Thomson-Houston merged with the Electrical Engineering division of SACM to form a new company named Alsthom, (Alsace-Thomson), later changed to Alstom . In 1940, Alsace and Lorraine were again annexed/occupied to

660-623: The reforms of the French Revolution led him to be appointed mayor of Jouy-en-Josas. In 1794 his daughter Émilie was born. Influenced by the British Infant Schools, she would become the pioneer of the nursery school . The factory continued to flourish during the Revolution and became the second company of the kingdom after the mirror manufacture of Saint-Gobain. In 1799, sales declined and the manpower – which had reached 2,000 workers –

693-494: The son-in-law of Daniel Dollfus-Mieg, head of the Dollfus-Mieg textile company. Under his lead, between 1818 and 1826, the company became the leading textile company of Mulhouse . Turning in 1826 to the building of machinery for the textile industry, Koechlin became knowledgeable in the fabrication of steam machines and started making railroad equipment. The firm prospered and in 1839 already employed 1,800 people. By 1842, they were

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726-562: The textile industry and became leading industrialists and politicians of the region. The first traces of the family can be found in 1440, when Johann Koechlin moved from Stein am Rhein to Zurich , both in Switzerland. His grandson Hartmann Koechlin (1572–1611) was the first of the Koechlins to move to Mulhouse , then called Mülhausen . In 1745, Samuel Koechlin (1719–1776), together with Jean-Henri Dollfus and Jean-Jacques Schmaltzer, started

759-528: Was a first cousin once removed of André Koechlin . He was an engineer who worked closely together with Gustave Eiffel . He was an officer in the Legion of Honour. One of his descendants is Kalki Koechlin , an award-winning French actress based in India. Kalki Koechlin (born 1984) is a French actress based in India. She has received two of India's highest-ranking awards in film, the National Film Award and

792-431: Was a Commander of the Legion of Honour. Paul Koechlin (1852–1907) was the winner of one of the earliest automobile races in the world, the 1895 Paris–Bordeaux–Paris race. Despite arriving third in his Peugeot, eleven hours after the first racer, he was declared the winner and received the 31.500 francs prize money since he drove the first four seater to arrive, as stipulated in the rules. Maurice Koechlin (1856–1946)

825-717: Was a benefactor of the Louvre Museum, a.o. as creator and director of the Friends of the Louvre, and as director of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris . He was director of the Réunion des Musées Nationaux from 1922 until 1931. Apart from his connections with artists like Auguste Rodin , he was a longtime friend of the art dealer Samuel Bing and American historian Royall Tyler and also befriended other Americans like Edith Wharton and French writers like Marcel Proust . He wrote among other works 3 volumes about French Gothic ivories (1924) and

858-447: Was a chemist and inventor, and received the Legion of Honour for his work in the field. He studied from 1800 until 1802 under Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy . He was most notable for his inventions related to the dyeing of cotton. Joseph Koechlin-Schlumberger (1796–1863) was a grandson of Samuel Koechlin. He was mayor of Mulhouse from 1852 until 1863. Émile Koechlin (1808–1883) was

891-582: Was a deputy for the region Nord . Rodolphe Koechlin (1847–1920) was a great-grandson of Nicolas Koechlin. Captain in the French Army, he became a Knight in the Legion of Honour and received the Médaille commémorative de la guerre 1870–1871 . After his retirement he moved to Bénodet in Brittany, where he became known for his philanthropy, and a street was named after him after his death. Georges Koechlin (1872–1955),

924-463: Was elected a deputy in 1830, 1831, 1841 and 1846. He became a Knight in the Legion of Honour in 1836. Fritz was the younger brother of André. He was responsible for a number of cotton mills, and owned large cotton plantations in Senegal. Jacques or Jean-Jacques Koechlin (1776–1834) was mayor of Mulhouse in 1815 and between 1819 and 1821, and a deputy of France for Haut-Rhin . Jacques Koechlin

957-565: Was made a naturalised French citizen, along with his brother. Around this period, an important technical evolution enabled his company to considerably increase its production: the wooden boards were replaced with copper plates, also engraved, but flexible and able to be fixed on cylindrical drums. The company entered the era of mechanisation. Until 1789, he was the business partner of Alexandre Sarrasin de Maraise, whose wife Marie-Catherine de Maraise took care of his interests and had an able companionship with Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf. In 1783,

990-478: Was mayor of Mulhouse until October 1820, and was reelected as a Deputy in November 1820. He was one of the leaders of the opposition. He published a pamphlet against some French officials governing Alsace , which was reprinted in a number of newspapers. The newspapers were convicted for printing this, but Koechlin was only taken to trial in 1823. He published a second pamphlet explaining why he refused to appear before

1023-729: Was originally carried out at Mulhouse and Graffenstaden (for German production), and Belfort for the French production. Both plants also exported models. However, after the First World War, Mulhouse and Graffenstaden built French steam locomotives, and Belfort specialized in the construction of electric locomotives. During the 1890s the company was particularly noted for its fast and efficient compound locomotives designed by Alfred de Glehn . Diesel engines built at Mulhouse have been sold worldwide primarily for ship propulsion, locomotives and railcars, and as power generators. The range of diesel engines produced by SACM included: MAREP Moteur MGO

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1056-464: Was reduced. In 1806, Oberkampf won a gold medal at the industrial fair of the Louvre for its eminent role in the manufacture of printed toiles . On 20 June 1806, after visiting the workshops, Napoleon , awarded him the legion of honor . Decrease in the demand and competition got more insistent. In 1815, manpower fell to 435, and the manufacture was closed during the invasion of the armies united against

1089-552: Was the Société de Matériel et de Recherche Pétrolière. Grosshans Ollier refers to Georges Frédéric Grosshans and Jacques Gaspard Ollier who held a patent for liquid-cooled pistons, US patent 3,323,503 of 6 June 1967. Examples of SNCF locomotives using these engines were BB 63400 (MGO engine) and CC 72000 (AGO engine). Koechlin family#André Koechlin The Koechlin family are a French Alsatian family which acquired its wealth in

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