About us – TรœV 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 TรœV AUSTRIA Group and a wide range of national and international authorisations make TรœV 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. TรœV AUSTRIA creates safety and added value with all its activities. For our customers and partners, for our employees.

Documents produced by TรœV 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 TรœV 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 TรœV AUSTRIA Group. This is made possible by an owner-independent organisational structure of the only Austrian TรœV, 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

TรœV 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 TรœV 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 (RTรœV)
  • 1940: Transformation of the Dampfkesseluntersuchungs- und Versicherungsgesellschaft auf Gegenseitigkeit (DUVG) into Technischer รœberwachungsverein Wien as a corporation under public law
  • 1948: TรœV 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 TรœV AUSTRIA Academy
  • 1993: Renaming of “TรœV Vienna” to “TรœV Austria
  • 1994: Austria’s accession to the EU opens up new opportunities outside Austria. Foundation of TรœV AUSTRIA Hellas in Athens, foundation of UMSITEC, predecessor TรœV 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 TรœV AUSTRIA Czech s.r.o.
  • 2006: Foundation of TรœV AUSTRIA Turk and TรœV AUSTRIA Romania
  • 2007: Spin-off of operational activities from the association TรœV ร–sterreich into TรœV AUSTRIA HOLDING AG and several operationally active GmbHs. TรœV 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 TรœV AUSTRIA Schreiner Consulting
  • 2008: Foundation of TรœV AUSTRIA ITALIA – Blu Solutions s.r.l.
  • 2009: Foundation of TรœV AUSTRIA Switzerland
  • 2009: Foundation of TรœV AUSTRIA SERVIS d.o.o., Slovenia
  • 2009: Foundation TรœV TRUST IT
  • 2009: Participation in BQS Betriebsqualitรคtssicherungs GmbH, Germany

2010 – 2019

  • 2010: Foundation of TรœV AUSTRIA Shanghai, China
  • 2012: Initiation of the TรœV 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 TรœV AUSTRIA Bureau of Inspection and Certification in Pakistan
  • 2014: Foundation of TรœV AUSTRIA India
  • 2014: Participation APICE SRL, Italy
  • 2015: Foundation of TรœV AUSTRIA Bangladesh, India
  • 2016: Participation ICEPI S.P.A., Italy
  • 2016: Opening of the TรœV AUSTRIA Campus in Brunn/Gebirge as a modern office building and training centre
  • 2016: Foundation of TรœV 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 TรœV AUSTRIA – JINHUA, China
  • 2017: Majority shareholding in the Technical Testing and Research Institute of the Vienna University of Technology, realignment as TรœV AUSTRIA TVFA Prรผf- und Forschungs GmbH
  • 2017: Foundation of TรœV AUSTRIA Azerbaijan
  • 2017: Foundation of TรœV AUSTRIA Belgium
  • 2018: Foundation of TรœV AUSTRIA PERSONEL Belgelendirme, Turkey
  • 2018: Acquisition of TรœV AUSTRIA Tecnotest GmbH
  • 2018: Opening of the TรœV AUSTRIA Technology & Innovation Center in Vienna-Inzersdorf as a large testing and research cluster
  • 2018: Opening of the TรœV 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 TรœV AUSTRIA Technology & Innovation Center.
  • 2018: Participation METALogic NV, Belgium
  • 2019: Opening of the TรœV 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 TรœV AUSTRIA Standards & Compliance, Russia
  • 2019: Takeover of FAWI Fachinspektorat fรผr Aufzugsanlagen, Switzerland

2020 – 2022

  • 2020: Opening of TรœV 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: TรœV AUSTRIA has a social media community of around 130,000 followers
  • 2021: TรœV AUSTRIA launches new claim “digital.now: connecting technology – living the future”.
  • 2021: dhpg and TรœV TRUST IT establish joint venture Certified Security Operations Center (CSOC), Germany
  • 2021: Acquisition of CIPHRON, Germany
  • 2021: The TรœV 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: TรœV AUSTRIA celebrates TรœV 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 / TรœV AUSTRIA Data Intelligence, Austria
  • 2022: Acquisition of Global Inspection Services (GIS), Spain
  • 2022: TรœV AUSTRIA Academy is the best seminar provider in Austria
  • 2022: TรœV AUSTRIA is “Top Employer” and ranks among the top 30 best employers in Austria
  • 2022: TรœV AUSTRIA TPA KKS Germany takes over Schulze Personalservice und Werkstoffprรผfung GmbH
  • 2022: FHK Technical Office becomes TรœV AUSTRIA Schreiner Consulting GmbH
  • 2022: TรœV AUSTRIA 150 – TรœV AUSTRIA celebrates its 150th anniversary
  • 2022: Foundation of TรœV AUSTRIA Marine, Turkey

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