History
1913 | By registering a construction firm and a building contractor business in Hohenfort, which today belongs to the Czech Republic, Vinzenz Halatschek creates the basis for the later rise of HABAU. |
1929 | Foundation of the construction company with its headquarters in Perg. |
1950 | Vinzenz Halatschek´s son Erich takes over the business and continuously focuses on setting up the areas building construction and construction of prefabricated units. |
1955 | Together with the engineer Dir. Ing. Georg Heindl, master builder Ing. Erich Halatschek founds the Ing. Erich Halatschek & Co. OHG (general partnership). New main fields of activity are construction equipment rental, earth moving with machinery and underground engineering. |
1988 | The construction company and the OHG are merged and become the HABAU Hoch- und Tiefbaugesellschaft m.b.H. The business areas are combined. |
1989 | The first foreign subsidiary company is founded in Heringen, Germany: the HABAU Hoch- und Tiefbau GmbH. |
1992 | The group adds further business areas to its portfolio by acquiring the concrete manufacturer Universalbeton Heringen GmbH & Co KG in Germany and the HABAU Ipari gravel pit in Hungary. |
1998 | Foundation of the HABAU Polska Sp.zo.o. with headquarters in Warsaw. Further activities become part of the company´s portfolio: Horizontal Directional Drilling, Vertical Directional Drilling and structural engineering. |
2001 | The HABAU group acquires the Austrian building company HELD & FRANCKE Baugesellschaft m.b.H. & Co KG. At the same time, the HABAU Hungària is founded. |
2002 | The group adds pipeline construction to its portfolio by acquiring the German-based PPS Pipeline Systems GmbH. HABAU enters the Russian market by founding the HASTROY GmbH. |
2004 | The foundation of the HABAU d.o.o. in Croatia constitutes a further step in the conquest of new international markets. |
2005 | The HABAU group manages to consolidate its position as a competent partner on the international market by founding the HABAU Slovakia spol.sr.o. |
2007 | Acquisition of the German company Hans Holzner Baugesellschaft mbH based in Rosenheim. The HABAU group enters the Romanian market by founding the S.C. HABAU Constructii. |
2008 | Acquisition of the Leoben-based tunnel construction specialist ÖSTU-STETTIN. The group also acquires the Fuchs Transport-Logistik GmbH in Münzbach and the Karl Seidl Bau GmbH in Brunn am Gebirge. |
2009 | Foundation of a Held & Francke subsidiary in Budweis, Czech Republic. |
