András Mechwart

András Mechwart de Belecska (or András Mechwart, born as Andreas Mechwart, Schweinfurt, 6 December 1834 – Budapest, 14 June 1907) was a Hungarian-German mechanical engineer, chief executive of the Ganz Works, and a pioneer in the Hungarian mechanical and electrical engineering. As an inventor and as a businessman he contributed to the development of the Hungarian transport manufacturing industry, and made the Ganz Works a flagship of the Hungarian economy of the 19th century.