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Irmgard Schmid-Maybach celebrates her 90th birthday

Posted on October 15, 2013

Irmgard Schmid-Maybach will celebrate her 90th birthday on October 16, 2013.

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  • Daughter of company founder Karl Maybach born on October 16, 1923 in Friedrichshafen

Friedrichshafen/San Francisco, October 15, 2013. Irmgard Schmid-Maybach will celebrate her 90th birthday on October 16, 2013. As the daughter and one of the heirs of Karl Maybach, Irmgard Schmid-Maybach was a Supervisory Board member of Tognum’s core company, MTU Friedrichshafen, between 1984 and 2005. In October 2007, the mtu Supervisory Board elected her as an honorary lifetime member and by doing so acknowledged her commitment and contribution to the company.

Irmgard Schmid-Maybach was born in 1923 in Friedrichshafen and was the fourth of five children of Käthe and Karl Maybach. Her father was the company founder, head and shareholder of Maybach-Motorenbau, the mtu predecessor company. She will celebrate her birthday in San Francisco where she has been living with her family since 1957.

Irmgard Schmid-Maybach visits mtu regularly and informs herself about current developments in the company. She keeps in touch with mtu staff and with the citizens of her home town.
Wolfgang Boller Spokesman Regional and Business Media
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