Hermann Steiner (1913 - 14 November 2005) was a Swiss inventor and businessman. In 1944, Steiner opened his carpenters shop in

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. He invented a system in 1956 that he called the Lamello Joining System which is now known as the

biscuit joiner A biscuit joiner or biscuit jointer (or sometimes plate joiner) is a woodworking tool used to Woodworking joints, join two pieces of wood together. A biscuit joiner uses a small Circular saw, circular saw blade to cut a crescent-shaped hole (call ...

or plate joiner. He also produced the first portable plate joiner in the late 1960s. In 1969, his family operation was incorporated under the name Lamello AG.

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20th-century Swiss inventors 20th-century woodworkers 1913 births 2005 deaths {{Switzerland-business-bio-stub