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Kohler Co., is an American manufacturing company founded in 1873 by John Michael Kohler, based in Kohler, Wisconsin. [3] Kohler is best known for its plumbing products, but the company also manufactures furniture , cabinetry , tile , engines , and generators .
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The Kohler family of Wisconsin is a family notable for its prominence in business, society, and politics in the U.S. state of Wisconsin during the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Its members include two Governors of Wisconsin , and the founder and executives of Kohler Co. , a Wisconsin-based manufacturing and hospitality company.
A 200 kW Caterpillar diesel generator set in a sound attenuated enclosure used as an emergency backup at a sewage treatment substation in Atlanta, United States. A diesel generator (DG) (also known as a diesel GenSet) is the combination of a diesel engine with an electric generator (often an alternator) to generate electrical energy. [1]
Thermoelectric generators are primarily used as remote and off-grid power generators for unmanned sites. They are the most reliable power generator in such situations as they do not have moving parts (thus virtually maintenance-free), work day and night, perform under all weather conditions and can work without battery backup.
In 1899, Kohler purchased 21 acres of farmland four miles west of Sheboygan, intending to move his entire company to the location. Shortly after the new factory was constructed, in 1900, Kohler died at 56, likely of heart failure. Five years later, 30-year-old Walter J. Kohler assumed his father's corporate presidency and began to guide the firm.
Wisconsin's fame came from its small air-cooled engines, such as AEH (used on generators, garden tractors, skidsteers tractors), AEN, and VF4. [1] In the 1950s they were able to claim they were the world's largest manufacturer of heavy-duty air-cooled engines.
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