Bertold Suhner

Bertold Suhner was a Swiss entrepreneur from the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden and founder of Metrohm AG .

Suhner was the son of Bertold Suhner. He married Mabel Rose Watts, daughter of Wilfred Edward Watts, in 1939. He completed his studies as a mechanical engineer at the ETH Zurich. Suhner built up the department for high-frequency cables in his father's company. In 1943 he founded his own company, Metrohm AG, in Herisau. After an initial struggle for survival, it rose to become the second most important company in Appenzell Ausserrhoden. It became one of the world's leading suppliers of electronic measuring instruments for the chemical industry. At the end of the 1960s, Suhner withdrew from the company management. In 1982, in order to prevent a takeover by interested parties from outside the canton, he brought his share capital into afoundation for cultural purposes. As a patron of nature conservation and cultural purposes, he founded two other foundations. Suhner received his doctorate in 1984 from the University of Basel with a thesis on infrared spectroscopy in mineralogy.

Suhner died on April 26, 1988.

 He bequeathed his collection of minerals to the municipality of Herisau.