Emil Viktor Strub (July 13, 1858 in Trimbach, Switzerland – December 15, 1909 in Zurich, Trimbach, Switzerland) was a Swiss builder, railway builder and inventor who invented the Strub rack system.

Emil Strub was born on July 13, 1858 in Trimbach, Switzerland, to Urs Viktor and Aloisia von Arx[1].

He did engineer studies in Mittweida and he made an internship at a machine factory in Esslingen am Neckar[1].

In 1921 he founded Strub + Co. a tribology company in Olten[2].

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