Paul Eisler

Paul Eisler (b. 1907 – d. 26 October 1992, London) was an Austrian inventor born in Vienna. Among his innovations relevant to the screenprinting industry were the printed circuit board and the rear window defroster. Eisler graduated in engineering from the Vienna University of Technology in 1930. Being Jewish, antisemitic German-Nationalist organizations prevented him from […]

Heinz Joseph Gerber

Heinz Joseph Gerber (17 Apr 1924–8 Aug 1996) founded the Gerber Scientific Instrument Company. Born in Austria, Gerber was imprisoned in a labor camp in 1937 at the age of 13. In 1940, he and his mother fled war-torn Austria, immigrating to the United States. After completing high school in just two years, he entered […]

Herbert Mayrhofer

Herbert Mayrhofer (1943-2019), Engineer and CEO of MHM. Mayrhofer was arguably the most brilliant engineer in the screenprinting technologies. He designed the MHM press in the early 1980s and set the standard for automatic presses. The MHM press quickly grew to be accepted as gold standard for automatic textile presses worldwide. In 1993, MHM hired […]