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History of the TBP Group

1950

Foundation of the engineering consultant company Piesslinger-Schweiger
Consulting for VOEST-ALPINE-Linz Anlagenbau (plant construction), on occasion of the foundation of the Pulp Mill Department, and for technical engineering and commissioning of pulp projects for VOEST-Linz

1978

Foundation of Technisches Büro Piesslinger GmbH as successor company to the engineering consultants Piesslinger-Schweiger with seamless takeover of staff, customers and assignments

1989

First 3D CAD project for Hydrotechnik
Water treatment plant for shore-filtered water using reverse osmosis for the United Arab Emirates

1990

Foundation of Interprojekt, a joint venture company in Lodz/Poland with a staff of 25 employees; majority-owned by TBP-Piesslinger

1990/91

Company relocation to Linz, Langgasse 1-7
Start of broad expansion of the EDP systems

1991

Foundation of Austrocell as a joint venture with VOEST-ALPINE-Linz Plant Construction

1993

Handling of first large-scale project in 3D using Intergraph PDS

1995

Certification under the Quality Assurance System ÖNORM EN ISO 9001

1998

First modernisation project in 3D using as-built fotogrammetric images

1999

Start of cooperation with PIC Helsinki/Vantaa – foundation of PI-NETWORK

2000

95% of all major projects are planned in 3D
Sole ownership of Austrocell

2001

Foundation of PAB Engineering Stuttgart, Germany, as a PI-NETWORK joint venture with PIC-TBP-BHM

2002

Start of first joint project with PI-NETWORK: "Pulp Mill Stendal"

2004

Acquisition of shares of Inplana TEC-3D GMBH, Burghausen/Germany
Launch of the energy engineering department
Renaming of subsidiary Austrocell to TBP Paperconsult Gmb

2006

Relocation in September to the current headquarters in a new office building in 4020 Linz, Hopfengasse 25

2007

Cooperation agreement with A.V.I. – Added Value International
Acquisition of company shares of MinerWa Umwelttechnik GMBH

2008

Foundation of subsidiary TBP Environmental Consult
Acquisition of all private shares of the Polish joint venture company Interprojekt and renaming of the subsidiary to TBP Interprojekt
Acquisition of 50 % of the company shares of Upcon in Moosburg and renaming to TBP Upcon 
2009

Renaming of TBP Piesslinger GmbH&CoKG to TBP Engineering GmbH

Consolidation of the shareholdings in the TBP Group and enlargement of the planning and consulting services in the fields of energy, petrochemistry as well as water and waste water