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Manfred Weiss de Csepel (1857-1922), industrialist, born in Pest, Hungary (then part of the Austrian Empire, now Budapest in Hungary). Weiss - together with his brother, Berthold - founded the first canning factory in Hungary. This was later converted into the armaments factory at Csepel. It could supply all the armaments needs of the Hapsburg Empire and during World War I had 8,000 workers. After the War, Weiss manufactured household appliances, agricultural machinery and motorcars. He founded the National Union of Hungarian Industrialists and was also active in the Jewish community.