Joseph Wendl est un inventeur industriel autrichien qui intervînt dans le secteur de l'armement. Il fonda la Manufacture d'armes autrichienne de Steyr, plus connu comme Steyr-Daimler-Puch

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Josef Werndl came from a family firmly anchored in the weapons craft. After his father's death, the 24-year-old Werndl took over the factory’s management, together with his mother. He modernized the enterprise by applying new step-by-step production techniques that he became acquainted with, during his apprenticeship in the United States.