What began in 1892 as a precision mechanics workshop for Morse and telegraph equipment in Vienna, today is a globally operating technology company and a leading provider of mobility solutions and communication services. The only constant in the always
In doing so, we have never seen technology and progress as ends in themselves, but always focus on the needs of the users. This is the brand essence of Kapsch – all those years back as well as today .
In the summer of 2015, our Corporate Museum was opened. Over 50 exhibits from the company‘s long history are presented in a 260 m² space at the Kapsch Group headquarters in Vienna‘s 12th district.
The great variety of well-preserved exhibition pieces, which in some cases have already faded into obscurity, are now exhibited thanks to the commitment of Erwin Macho. In the following interview he provides us an insight into the museum.
Together with numerous photographs from all eras, more than 50 exhibits invite you on a journey through the history of Kapsch.
Johann Kapsch founded a precision mechanics workshop in Vienna’s Neubau district in 1892…
In contrast to many other companies, when the war ended in 1918 Kapsch was able to build on its
Kapsch produced its first radio receiver in 1923. At the same time, a struggle for the first license…
The
The initial situation in 1945 was not too promising: parts of the company’s factories had been severely damaged…
In the 1950s, security forces and railway companies were increasingly outfitted with radio equipment…
In telephony, technical development progressed in stages: the fully automated switch system 48…
Full automation of Austrian telecommunications was completed in 1972…
Kapsch participated in the development of all mobile telephony standards from 1980 and continued…
Trains were originally controlled exclusively using optical and acoustic signals. In recent decades,…
In the 1990s, intelligent traffic solutions became an important business segment for Kapsch…
