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Mr. Endre Thék (Orosháza, Békés County, 3 November 1842 - Balatonfüred, Zala County, 8 June 1919) carpenter, furniture and piano manufacturer, founder of the first Hungarian furniture factory, founder of Hungarian large-scale furniture production. He opened his carpentry workshop in Józsefváros, Budapest, in 1872, which was later equipped with a steam engine. He bought the Tauszig furniture factory on the corner of Üllői út and today's Leonardo Street. By 1885, its factory had become the largest and best-mechanized furniture factory in Hungary. In the 1890s, he expanded his factory and also set up equipment for piano production. He founded an apprenticeship in Orosháza and was the vice-president of the National Industrial Association and the Budapest Chamber of Commerce and Industry.