Günter Fronius (11 November 1907 – 21 July 2015) was an Austrian entrepreneur and the founder of

Fronius International GmbH Fronius International GmbH is an Austrian photovoltaic manufacturer based in Pettenbach, Upper Austria. Fronius is active in the fields of welding technology, photovoltaics and battery charging technology. History Formation and development ...

.Fronius International: History
fronius.com; accessed 23 July 2017. He was born in

Hermannstadt Sibiu ( , , , Hungarian: ''Nagyszeben'', , Transylvanian Saxon: ''Härmeschtat'' or ''Hermestatt'') is a city in central Romania, situated in the historical region of Transylvania. Located some north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the ...

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(now Sibiu,

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), and obtained his

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degree from Breslau University of Technology in 1945.Profile
siebenbuerger.de; accessed 23 July 2017. A

Transylvanian Saxon The Transylvanian Saxons (; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Siweberjer Såksen'' or simply ''Soxen'', singularly ''Sox'' or ''Soax''; Transylvanian Landler: ''Soxn'' or ''Soxisch''; ; seldom ''sași ardeleni/transilvăneni/transilvani''; ) are a people ...

, Fronius holds the honorific professional title of ''Kommerzialrat'' for "long-standing Merit to the Republic of Austria". In 2007 he was presented with the ''

Julius Raab Julius Raab (29 November 1891 – 8 January 1964) was a conservative Austrian politician who served as Federal Chancellor of Austria from 1953 to 1961. Raab steered Allied-occupied Austria to independence, when he negotiated and signed the Austr ...

Medal'', the highest

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award for

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, by Dr.

Josef Pühringer Josef Pühringer (; born 30 October 1949 in Traun) is a former Austrian politician. From 2 March 1995 to 6 April 2017 he was the governor (Landeshauptmann) of Upper Austria. He is a member of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP). He is a member ...

, Governor of

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, on the occasion of his 100th birthday. Günter Fronius died in 2015, aged 107.Günter Fronius' obituary
derstandard.at; accessed 23 July 2017.

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