Breitfeld and Evans
of Prague
In 1832, British engineers David Evans and Joseph Lee founded a small factory for the production of textile machines and steam boilers in Prague's New Town. It was one of the first engineering plants in Bohemia.
In 1845 German entrepreneur Karl Friedrich Breitfeld (1797 - 1862) established a steam engine factory ein the neighborhood of this plant. It produced all kinds of steam engines and prospered from the beginning. In the late 1840s the companies merged to form a new company, Breitfeld & Evans, with 250 workers.
1852, Vincenc Daněk (1826-1893) joined the company, but left in 1854 to start his own business.
1872 The company was bought by competitors Vincenc Daňka (Danek), and became "Akceni společnost strojirny dříve (previously) Breitfeld, Daněk a spol. v Praze (in Prague)". See Breitfeld, Danek and Co. [1]
See here for the source of some of the above information and for more about Vincenc Daněk and his role in the development of sugar processing machinery.</ref>[2] Google translation of 'Euro' article 'Bez Kolbena boss' by Robert Šimek, 15 September 2008, </ref>