Bernard Lauth

Bernard Lauth
Born	August 23, 1820 Obersteinbach, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
Died	June 25, 1894 near Howard, Pennsylvania in Centre County
Residence	Pittsburgh
Ethnicity	German American
Occupation	inventor
Known for	cold rolling
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Wilhelm
Parent(s)	Bernard Lauth and Catharina Barbara Dauenhauer
Relatives	William Laud

Bernard Lauth was born August 23, 1820 in Alsace, France. He founded the American Iron Works in 1850, and formed a partnership with B.F. Jones in 1851. In 1854, Lauth retired from the steel firm, selling his partnership to James H. Laughlin, who led the company to be renamed Jones and Laughlin Steel Company. He invented and patented the process for cold rolling of iron in 1859. In 1871, he purchased the iron furnace at Howard, Pennsylvania, where he built a rolling mill in 1882.