History

2011 establishment of ALWAG in Serbia (10% REIWAG, 90% Aling Conel)

2011 transfer of the remaining 30% of company shares of REIWAG Kaiser & Schmidt Budapest- 100% REIWAG

2011 Europe’s 500 award as one of the most dynamic enterprises in Europe

2010 award as a finalist of the competition “Entrepreneur of the Year” in the category of services

2010 member of IFMA (International Facility Management Association)

2009 establishment of 000 REIWAG Facility Services in Russia (closed 2011)

2007 establishment of REIWAG Industrial Services GmbH

2006 establishment of REIWAG Rail Services GmbH

2006 Europe’s 500 award as one of the most dynamic enterprises in Europe

2006 establishment of REIWAG Facility Services d.o.o. in Zagreb

2006 Buildings Support Services (B.S.S.) Bukarest, equity investment through consortium (F.I.S.)

2005 establishment of F.I.S. (FIDEN International Services): international consortium in which the REIWAG Facility Services Group is holding shares through 5 companies

2005 establishment of REIWAG Facility Services Kft. In Budapest

2004 establishment of REIWAG Facility Services SK, s.r.o. in Bratislava

2004 majority shares in Kaiser & Schmidt Kft.b.a. in Budapest

2003 establishment of the Bondy Centrum Management s.r.o. in Prag (renamed in 2005 to IMWAG s.r.o. – closed 2007)
2002 establishment of REIWAG s.r.o. in Brünn (Czech Republic)

2002 Europe’s 500 award as one of the most dynamic enterprises in Europe

2001 appointment of the Board of Directors of REIWAG GmbH consisting of Dkfm. Mag. Erich Maar (chairman), DI. Peter Puchberger (vice-chairman) and RA Dr. Hannes Füreder

2001 acquisition of ÖRAG Realitny s.r.o., Prague (now ORWAG)- merger with REIWAG

2000 establishment of WIWAG Business Catering GmbH

1999 Europe’s 500 award as one of the most dynamic enterprises in Europe

1998 establishment of FAMWAG Housing Management GmbH, merger with SEWAG in 2003 (closed 2004)

1997 expansion of activities with business gastronomy & catering

1996 establishment of CIWAMATIC Business Vending Machines GmbH (merged in 2009 into WIWAG Business Gastronomy GmbH)

1996 in the course of the privatisation tenders were issued for the city and street cleaning of a major part of Prague, subsequently KOMWAG A.S City-, Street- and Garbage Removal Company was launched together with the city of Prague

1994 establishment of SIWAG Security Services, Building Engineering and Cleaning GmbH, since 1996 SEWAG Security and Public Services for Events GmbH and 2009 merged into REIWAG Facility Services GmbH

1993 establishment of ALLMED Medical Clinic GmbH, liquidated in 2001

1992 establishment of the Vienna Animal Crematory WTK

1992 establishment of IMWAG spol.s.r.o. in Prague (Czech Republic)

1991 bestowal of the Coat of Arms of the Republic of Austria

1991 holdings in the buildings management company PRAGOWAG in Prague, sold in 1998

1991 establishment of REIWAG s.r.o. in Prague (Czech Republic)

1987 establishment of LEWAG Janitor Services GmbH

1982 establishment of REIWAG Linz

1982 establishment of IMWAG Real Estate and Realtor GmbH. Merged with REIWAG in 1999

1980 establishment of SAWAG (Building Maintenance, Technical Servicing) Ltd., this company was engaged in activities in Riyad and Jeddah with the partner Saud Abdul al Feisal through SIGMA. In 1984 SIGMA was sold to a German investor.

1976 establishment of SPIWAG Institute for Hospital Cleaning GmbH. (1997 merged with REIWAG )

1968 establishment of REIWAG by KR Viktor Wagner with one employee. The first company car was a second hand VW beetle in which the passenger seat was removed. Two years later KR Wagner incorporated the company of his father.

1938 the father of KR Wagner took over the company of his father Jakob Wagner

1903 the laying of foundation stone of today’s REIWAG group by Jakob Wagner, the grand father of the present managing director KR Viktor Wagner.

Short Story about REIWAG:

KR Viktor Wagner:

On 29.October 1903 my grandfather Jakob Wagner laid the foundation stone of today’s REIWAG.

My father believed that in view of the economic situation after the 2nd world war, cleaning companies would not have a promising future. He therefore recommended to become a civil servant.

I followed his advice and joined the Zentralsparkasse, a bank inVienna. There I received a short but intensive training in financial matters which I would not liked to have missed. One of my former colleagues was Gerhard Randa.

Upon the recommendation of the mother of a friend of mine, I flew, as a nobody to New York where I hardly could afford one meal a day. I called upon the Austrian Trade Delegate and asked him if he could provide me with contacts in the building cleaning trade sector. He kindly did so and next day I met with Mr. Norman Davis, Vice-President of National Cleaning with app. 10.000 employees. In a short time I learned about management, know-how and organisation. Filled with entrepreneurial expectations I returned with the low cost airline Loft Leidier in a condensed water dripping DC 8 via Rejkjavik to Vienna.

Thereafter I asked my father to allow me to establish my own company under his trade license. Additionally I was allowed by my then supervisor in the Zentralsparkasse to start my business while still working at the bank. I hired my first window cleaner for my newly established company “Viktor Wagner Junior”.

It was a blessing in disguise when I had traffic accident with no fault of mine. The insurance company paid me ATS 20.000 and this was my starting capital. With this money I purchased an old VW beetle, a suspension fitting for ladders and removed the passenger seat. From then on I had an operative/useable company car.

I approached several shops and business on the Vienna Ringstrasse such as Alitalia, Enit etc. which subsequently became my first clients. Soon thereafter the first cleaning machines were pured and the first cleaning lady joined the young company.

My business aspirations particularly benefited from the fact that at that time my competitors hardly had the knowledge about work scheduling, organisation and know-how I had studied in the USA. I therefore was able to generate more profits than my competitors while asking for the same price. In addition, I was favoured by the fact that an economic boom has started in 1968 resulting in construction of a number of new office buildings.

From now on things are loading up and after a short time span I could make my father the proposal to merge his company (with app. 7 employees) into mine, making him at the same time the head of the office. Unfortunately, only a few years later, my father passed away but he could witness with pride the advancement and the validity of this vision.

In the course of the years we continuously expanded and were awarded in 1991, as one of the first companies, the coat of arms of the Republic of Austria. On 25 November 1998 I was honored by the Federal President of the Republic of Austria with the title “Kommerzialrat”. The REIWAG Facility Services Group was given 5 times the Europe’s 500 award as one of the 500 most dynamic enterprises in Europe (1999, 2002, 2006, 2007 and 2010) (measured by profits, employee quotas, turn over trends, equity capital) As well as some other distinctions we expanded our service activities to facility services which means to offer our clients the entire maintenance of buildings in one company. Already in 1990 we established a company in the Czech Republic.

Specially to be highlighted is a more than successful Private Public Partnership (KOMWAG Prague a.s.) which we, entered into in 1996 with the city of Prague in a joint stock company for street cleaning and garbage disposal. Also this company is flourishing and its profits surpass the forecasts each year.

In the meantime, as can be seen from the organigram, the REIWAG Group is successfully operating in many sectors and countries.