Kjeld Ammentorp
Kjeld Anker Ammentorp (10 November 1895 – 23 October 1975) was the founder of RMC Group, one of the United Kingdom's largest concrete businesses.
Career[]
Born in Frederiksberg in Denmark, Kjeld Ammentorp moved to the United Kingdom in 1919.[1] A civil engineer by training, Ammentorp took advantage of the invention of self-agitating cement trucks in the 1920s.[1] He built his first plant in 1930 at Bedfont in London, bought cement mixers from Denmark and expanded his business into one of the largest in the United Kingdom.[2]
In 1952 he sold his company to Sam Stirling who had developed a similar business in Australia.[1] Ammentorp remained on the Board of the Company until 1958 but retired to Denmark in 1961.[1]
He died in 1975 at Gentofte and is buried in Frederiksberg.[3]
Family[]
In May 1920 he married Tordis Giersing at St. James's Church in London.
References[]
- ^ a b c d Ammentorp Genealogy
- ^ Ready Mixed Fortunes Daily Telegraph, 28 September 2004
- ^ Kjeld Ammentorp at Ancestry.com
External links[]
- Kjeld Ammentorp at geni.com
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- 1895 births
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- 20th-century Danish businesspeople
- Businesspeople from Copenhagen
- People from Frederiksberg
- Danish emigrants to England
- Danish company founders
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