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Milestones of development of the company

trade licence

1936:

Foundation of the Road Construction Company "Ing. Hellmuth SWIETELSKY" in Gmunden. Initial activities are road construction and paving.

1937:

Relocation to Linz.

1938:

Initial operation of company's own asphalt mixing plant

1939:

Beginning of Railroad Construction in the area of Vienna, implementation of subsidiary in Vienna.

1941:

Foundation of "Kontinentale Bau" in Vienna for assignments abroad.

1945:

After the war there is an almost completely new start. The company is growing rapidly and the services offered are extended to most area of construction in the following 30 years. Furthermore, subsidiaries are founded in all provinces of Austria.

1957:

The one-man-business becomes a "Ges.m.b.H. & Co.KG" (limited liability company) and belongs to the five largest construction companies in the private sector.

1962:

SWIETELSKY founds a subsidiary company located in Munich with branches in Traunstein and Emmerting.

Senator DI. Hellmuth SWIETELSKY

1965:

Senator DI. Hellmuth SWIETELSKY is elected "Man of the Year" by the International Road Federation, Washington D.C.

state-authorised material testing laboratory

1974:

Authorisation for the central laboratory in St. Martin to operate as "state-authorised material testing laboratory". Project oversight in Mauretania, Camerun and the former USSR earned the laboratory international reputation.

National Coat of Arms

1975:

Founding of "Hoch-Tief-Bau Imst" (structural-civil and underground-engineering construction company) and awarding of the "National Coat of Arms".

1987:

Change of legal corporate structure to SWIETELSKY Baugesellschaft m.b.H. (Swietelsky Construction Company Ltd.)

1989:

In the following 10 years subsidiaries are founded in Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia and Croatia.

quality management certificate acc. to EN ISO 9001 : 2000

2000:

Founding of subsisidiary in Poland. On March 8th, 2000, SWIETELSKY Bauges.m.b.H. receives the quality management certificate acc. to EN ISO 9001 : 2000.

2001 to 2005:

Purchase of 100 % shares of further construction companies such as

  • Bmstr. Karl Sedlmayer
  • Kallinger Bau GmbH
  • C. Peters Baugesellschaft m.b.H.
  • Ing. Rudolf Seibt Gleisbau GmbH
  • Stollen- und Tunnelbau Ast-Holzmann (Swietelsky Tunnelbau GmbH & Co KG)
  • Ast-Holzmann Tirol Baugesellschaft m.b.H. (A.S.T. Baugesellschaft m.b.H.)
  • Jos. Ertl GmbH
  • Wadle Bauunternehmung
  • Georg Feßl GmbH

2005:

New majority ratio due to change in shares of existing holder structure.

2006:

Founding of SWIETELSKY d.o.o. Beograd.

2007:

Purchase of the Company BAHNBAU PETRI Hoch- u. Tiefbau GesmbH & Co. KG

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