Mulvany was an Irish surveyor and entrepreneur who prospered in the Ruhrgebiet, and did much to transfer British mining technology to Germany. He was born in Dublin, brother to William Thomas Mulvaney [...] Britain into his collieries, and was particularly successful in finding new markets for coal from the Ruhrgebiet, in part by securing the improvement of transport facilities. At Gelsenkirchen he built some miners`
August Thyssen was one of the principal entrepreneurs in the iron and steel industry of the Ruhrgebiet, whose influence spread throughout Europe. He was born in the mining town of Eschweiler near Aachen [...] Thyssen sought to expand the company in other countries and by the acquisition of other firms in the Ruhrgebiet. The company began to produce pipes for gas mains, to roll sheet iron, and to operated a galvanizing
