Alexander Keiller (businessman)

Alexander Keiller (1 July 1804, Dundee – 27 March 1874 Gothenburg) was a Scottish businessman active in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Three years later he started a mill for machine spinning of flax and hemp, along with his compatriot William Gibson.

In 1841 Keiller opened a heavy engineering plant in Gothenburg, as a private company.

In 1867 Keiller floated Göteborgs Mekaniska Verkstad on the stock exchange, and a year later he retired completely from the workshops.

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