Our history
The entire industrial history of the first 180 years in Berndorf can be found at:
history.berndorf.at
1843
Foundation of the Berndorfer Metallwerke
1900
World market leader in dining culture
1957
Nationalization
1988
Management buyout transforms Berndorf AG into a privately owned company.
Chief Executive Officer: Norbert Zimmermann
1997
Initial public offering of Schoeller Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment AG
2004
SPO (Secondary Public Offering) of Schoeller Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment AG and spin-off of the shares (1/3) into Berndorf Industrieholding AG
2006
Foundation of the Berndorf Immobilien AG
2008
Change in the supervisory board to
Norbert Zimmermann and in the management board to Peter Pichler (†), Franz Viehböck and Dietmar Müller
2019
Spin-off of stoba in Berndorf Automotive AG
2020
Change in the supervisory board to
Sonja Zimmermann and in the management board to Franz Viehböck and Dietmar Müller
2025
Change in the management board from Dietmar Müller to Thomas Karazmann as CFO, Franz Viehböck stays as CEO
Topotheque
The Topotheque is a platform on which the population can participate
The locally historically relevant material and knowledge that is in private hands is secured, indexed and made visible online.
berndorf-werk.topothek.at