Heinrich Koppers

Heinrich Koppers (November 23, 1872 – September 5, 1941) was a German engineer.

Having previously worked at other German companies, Koppers founded his own company, Heinrich Koppers AG, in 1901 to successfully exploit the patents he had been granted in the area of coke oven design.

The headquarters of Heinrich Koppers AG were located in Essen - Moltkeviertel, adjacent to the mansion of the Koppers family.

After meeting with US Steel in 1907, Koppers agreed to build a coke plant in the United States and formed the H. Koppers Company.

[2] In 1912, the H. Koppers Company was incorporated to be Koppers Inc. in Chicago, Illinois, an industrial organization which moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States in 1914.