About us – TรV AUSTRIA
We bring safety, quality, innovation, environmental protection and entrepreneurial interests to a common denominator. From industrial enterprises, commercial and handicraft enterprises to the health and communal sectors to scientific and research institutions.
Facts & Data: From planning to ongoing operation
More than 2,900 employees in over 30 countries are working for our customers and partners worldwide. With customised services in the areas of testing, inspection, cyber security, data protection and certification as well as training and further education.
The international orientation of the TรV AUSTRIA Group and a wide range of national and international authorisations make TรV AUSTRIA your competent and reliable partner. From project planning to realisation and use.
More inside and simply safe. Since 1872.
Competence, diversity, international orientation and tradition form the basis of the service portfolio for integrated safety, quality, environmental and technical resource management. TรV AUSTRIA creates safety and added value with all its activities. For our customers and partners, for our employees.
Documents produced by TรV AUSTRIA are recognised throughout the European Economic Area and beyond in many countries around the world. This brings a high degree of legal certainty and acceptance in the economy, with authorities and in the public.
Solutions from a single source
The requirements of our customers are constantly changing. What remains is the constant need for safety and quality. Our range of services in the field of testing, inspection, verification, assessment, education and training as well as certification continues to develop innovatively and in anticipation of the market. With solutions from a single source for sustainable infrastructure and resource efficiency. The TรV AUSTRIA Group’s range of services extends from lift technology, pressure equipment, plant safety and materials testing, education and training, medical technology, electrical engineering, environmental protection, Industry 4.0, Production 4. 0, noise protection assessments, carbon footprint evaluations, personal, system and product certification, cyber security, Internet of Things, e-mobility, AppChecks, loss adjusting, real estate management, calibrations, product testing, robotics, technical due diligence and legal compliance checks, as well as water hygiene, COVID-19 prevention and testing of stage, photovoltaic, hydrogen and wind power plants.
Because quality is decisive
In order to be able to guarantee our customers and partners the highest level of safety and quality with our services, we invest not only in appropriate technical equipment, but above all in the development of our employees. Their knowledge and commitment are the basis for our entrepreneurial success. Safety and quality therefore also have the highest priority in the workplace.
Autonomy, integrity and impartiality
In order to continuously fulfil ethical, legal and regulatory requirements, autonomy, integrity, impartiality and the confidential handling of information are at the centre of our actions in the TรV AUSTRIA Group. This is made possible by an owner-independent organisational structure of the only Austrian TรV, by a policy statement, by permanent membership in the TIC Council and the associated regular internal and external review of the TIC Council Compliance Code, a sector-specific code of conduct.
We take responsibility for our customers, partners, employees and society. As a substantial contribution to making the world a safer place.
Numbers, data, facts
TรV AUSTRIA is pleased to have 95 percent highly satisfied customers. Tens of thousands of system and product certifications, hundreds of thousands of tests every year, more than 16,000 course participants, IT security full-service provider, number one in the field of materials technology, research cluster for future technologies, innovation and environment make TรV AUSTRIA Austria’s leading testing, inspection & certification service provider.
Timeline: Overview from the foundation to the present
1872 – 1948
- 1872: Founded in Vienna as Dampfkesseluntersuchungs- und Versicherungsgesellschaft auf Gegenseitigkeit (DUVG) (Steam Boiler Inspection and Mutual Insurance Company) on 11 June 1872.
- 1875: Supervision of 3000 steam boilers
- 1889: Operates with 27 technical inspectorates in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
- 1905: Start of testing activities for lifts, hoists, impact and drop gears
- 1921: Resumption of testing activities after the First World War, initially with 21 employees
- 1938: After the annexation of Austria to the German Reich: integration into the Reich Federation of Technical Inspection Associations (RTรV)
- 1940: Transformation of the Dampfkesseluntersuchungs- und Versicherungsgesellschaft auf Gegenseitigkeit (DUVG) into Technischer รberwachungsverein Wien as a corporation under public law
- 1948: TรV Wien is newly founded as an association under Austrian law.
1948 – 1998
- 1955: Creation of departments “Lifts”, “Cranes and Hoists”, “Electrical Engineering”, “Steam and Pressure Systems” and “Materials Testing
- 1977: Establishment of environmental laboratory in Wels
- 1982: Opening of a testing centre in Vienna-Inzersdorf
- 1989: Foundation of an own educational institute, the TรV AUSTRIA Academy
- 1993: Renaming of “TรV Vienna” to “TรV Austria
- 1994: Austria’s accession to the EU opens up new opportunities outside Austria. Foundation of TรV AUSTRIA Hellas in Athens, foundation of UMSITEC, predecessor TรV AUSTRIA DEUTSCHLAND GMBH in Munich
- 1998: Takeover of TPA KKS GmbH, Vienna
2000 – 2009
- 2000: Foundation of I.T.I. Integrovana technicka inspekce spol s.r.o. in the Czech Republic, now TรV AUSTRIA Czech s.r.o.
- 2006: Foundation of TรV AUSTRIA Turk and TรV AUSTRIA Romania
- 2007: Spin-off of operational activities from the association TรV รsterreich into TรV AUSTRIA HOLDING AG and several operationally active GmbHs. TรV Austria is the sole shareholder of the AG and thus remains an independent Austrian company without external shareholders and without external capital.
- 2007: Takeover of TรV AUSTRIA Schreiner Consulting
- 2008: Foundation of TรV AUSTRIA ITALIA – Blu Solutions s.r.l.
- 2009: Foundation of TรV AUSTRIA Switzerland
- 2009: Foundation of TรV AUSTRIA SERVIS d.o.o., Slovenia
- 2009: Foundation TรV TRUST IT
- 2009: Participation in BQS Betriebsqualitรคtssicherungs GmbH, Germany
2010 – 2019
- 2010: Foundation of TรV AUSTRIA Shanghai, China
- 2012: Initiation of the TรV AUSTRIA Science Award for outstanding technical-scientific master’s theses, diploma theses and dissertations, HTL final theses and technical-innovative company projects
- 2012: Participation in QTEC-Qualynspect LDA, Portugal
- 2013: Foundation of TรV AUSTRIA Bureau of Inspection and Certification in Pakistan
- 2014: Foundation of TรV AUSTRIA India
- 2014: Participation APICE SRL, Italy
- 2015: Foundation of TรV AUSTRIA Bangladesh, India
- 2016: Participation ICEPI S.P.A., Italy
- 2016: Opening of the TรV AUSTRIA Campus in Brunn/Gebirge as a modern office building and training centre
- 2016: Foundation of TรV AUSTRIA Cyprus
- 2016: Foundation of AD Qualitas S.A., Spain
- 2016: Acquisition of Spieth Kathodischer Korrosionsschutz GmbH, Germany
- 2016: Participation in VCK Betonschutz + Monitoring GmbH, Germany
- 2017: Opening of the digital acceleration incubator Next Horizon
- 2017: Participation Ingenieurbรผro Moser GmbH, St. Johann/Pg, Austria
- 2017: Foundation of TรV AUSTRIA – JINHUA, China
- 2017: Majority shareholding in the Technical Testing and Research Institute of the Vienna University of Technology, realignment as TรV AUSTRIA TVFA Prรผf- und Forschungs GmbH
- 2017: Foundation of TรV AUSTRIA Azerbaijan
- 2017: Foundation of TรV AUSTRIA Belgium
- 2018: Foundation of TรV AUSTRIA PERSONEL Belgelendirme, Turkey
- 2018: Acquisition of TรV AUSTRIA Tecnotest GmbH
- 2018: Opening of the TรV AUSTRIA Technology & Innovation Center in Vienna-Inzersdorf as a large testing and research cluster
- 2018: Opening of the TรV AUSTRIA site in Leonding/Upper Austria as a modern office building, training and education centre
- 2018: Opening of the Safe-Secure-System-Lab (S3 Lab) in the TรV AUSTRIA Technology & Innovation Center.
- 2018: Participation METALogic NV, Belgium
- 2019: Opening of the TรV AUSTRIA Competence Centre for Environment and Cableway Technology in St. Johann/Pongau
- 2019: Opening of the #SafeSecLab for safety engineering solutions in industry together with the Vienna University of Technology
- 2019: Participation in SILA Kalite and SILA Industry, Turkey
- 2019: Acquisition of TรV AUSTRIA Standards & Compliance, Russia
- 2019: Takeover of FAWI Fachinspektorat fรผr Aufzugsanlagen, Switzerland
2020 – 2022
- 2020: Opening of TรV AUSTRIA Cybersecurity Lab, Malaysia
- 2020: Acquisition of SPP Handelsges.m.b.H., Vienna
- 2020: Takeover of Boreas SRL, Italy
- 2020: Takeover of innotec GmbH, Germany
- 2020: Takeover of Millner GmbH, Austria
- 2020: Takeover of EUROCONT Tรผrkiye, Turkey
- 2020: Takeover of Rothenseer Werkstoffprรผfung (RWP), Germany
- 2020: Acquisition of FHK Technisches Bรผro GmbH, Austria
- 2020: Foundation of TPA KKS Deutschland GmbH, Germany
- 2020: TรV AUSTRIA has a social media community of around 130,000 followers
- 2021: TรV AUSTRIA launches new claim “digital.now: connecting technology – living the future”.
- 2021: dhpg and TรV TRUST IT establish joint venture Certified Security Operations Center (CSOC), Germany
- 2021: Acquisition of CIPHRON, Germany
- 2021: The TรV AUSTRIA test hook celebrates its 25th birthday
- 2021: Acquisition of SINT Technology, Italy
- 2021: Acquisition of Steinbacher + Steinbacher with two new locations in Salzburg and Carinthia, Austria
- 2021: Takeover of FHK Ingenieurbรผro, Austria
- 2021: TรV AUSTRIA celebrates TรV AUSTRIA #WiPreis I\O – the 10th science award 2012-2021 with a record number of entries
- 2021: Acquisition of APICE, Italy
- 2021: Acquisition of QCB, Italy
- 2022: Acquisition of Applied Statistics / TรV AUSTRIA Data Intelligence, Austria
- 2022: Acquisition of Global Inspection Services (GIS), Spain
- 2022: TรV AUSTRIA Academy is the best seminar provider in Austria
- 2022: TรV AUSTRIA is “Top Employer” and ranks among the top 30 best employers in Austria
- 2022: TรV AUSTRIA TPA KKS Germany takes over Schulze Personalservice und Werkstoffprรผfung GmbH
- 2022: FHK Technical Office becomes TรV AUSTRIA Schreiner Consulting GmbH
- 2022: TรV AUSTRIA 150 – TรV AUSTRIA celebrates its 150th anniversary
- 2022: Foundation of TรV AUSTRIA Marine, Turkey