s quality standards . no cleanup reason has been specified . please help improve this article if you can . november 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message kapsch ag industry it founded 1892 headquarters vienna austria key people georg kapsch ceo kari kapsch coo franz semmernegg cfo products tolling systems it data networks it system integrations revenue 908.8 mio . eur fy 2014 15 1 number of employees 5 734 fy 2014 15 1 website www.kapsch.net the kapsch group headquartered in vienna austria is an international road telematics information technology and telecommunications company . the corporate group with more than 5 000 employees worldwide generated total revenue of 908.8 million as of march 2015 . 1 contents 1 company history 2 kapsch businesscom ag kbc 3 kapsch carriercom ag kcc 4 kapsch trafficcom ag ktc 5 references 6 external links company history edit this section contains embedded lists that may be better presented using prose . you can help by converting the list or lists to prose if appropriate . editing help is available . october 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message in september 1892 johann kapsch 1845 1921 founded a precision engineering workshop in vienna with the state owned and operated post und telegraphenverwaltung mailing and telegraph administration among its first clients . in 1916 the company changed its name to telefon und telegrafen fabriks aktiengesellschaft kapsch & s hne in wien telephone and telegraph manufacturing stock company kapsch & sons in vienna . during world war i the company produced night sights for the austrian model 1895 rifle and carbine . 2 with the growing number of inventions kapsch expanded its product range by adding the manufacturing of capacitors tin tubes and dry batteries . in 1923 kapsch started to manufacture radios with the first tv sets following in 1955 . after the second world war kapsch was heavily involved in rebuilding the austrian telephone network . 3 4 toll gate kapsch in the czech republic from 1978 focus on digital communications systems own printed circuit board production . 1984 entry into mobile telephones kapsch produces c network mobile telephones . 1985 kapsch is involved in the introduction of the digital telephone infrastructure in austria and hungary . first time deployment of kapsch s train telephone at the austrian federal railway bb . 1989 1999 founding of the company s international subsidiaries and representations in hungary czech republic poland slovakia ukraine russia slovenia and croatia . 1989 involvement in the development and introduction of isdn and gsm technologies . 1994 europe s trains are equipped with train radio systems from kapsch . 1995 implementation of austria s ecopoint system . 2000 acquisition of traffic control technology from bosch and saab . subsidiaries and interests are founded in asia australia south america and south africa . 2001 acquisition of schrack businesscom . 2002 the kapsch group is organized into three business areas kapsch businesscom ag is a partner for the implementation of communications solutions for small medium and large businesses . kapsch carriercom ag is a global system integrator and supplier of end to end telecommunications solutions for public and railway operators urban transport organizations and companies seeking real time asset management solutions . kapsch trafficcom ag is a service supplier of traffic telematics systems and components for road and rail traffic . 2003 kapsch trafficcom ag implements the electronic toll collection system based on microwave technology in austria . 2004 start of commercial operation of austria s nationwide truck tolling system . new representative offices in china and a branch office in croatia are founded . 2005 foundation of the kapsch telematic services gmbh with branch offices in czech republic and hungary . 2006 kapsch trafficcom ag implements a toll system in czech republic . 2009 kapsch trafficcom ag has been awarded the implementation of the gauteng tolling project in south africa . 5 2013 kapsch trafficcom ag implements a toll system in republic of belarus . 2014 kapsch trafficcom acquires advanced traffic management software atms provider transdyn . kapsch now positioned to provide extended end to end traffic management solutions . 2014 kapsch carriercom acquires prodata mobility systems nv kapsch businesscom ag kbc edit in 2001 kapsch ag bought the majority of former schrack businesscom ag which was subsequently merged with the kapsch enterprise division . as a result of this merger kapsch businesscom ag was founded and expanded its activities and outreach throughout central europe . 6 today the company has subsidiaries in the czech republic slovakia hungary romania turkey and poland . the company is a regional reseller and integration partner to technology companies in the it network and telecommunications sector cisco gold certified partner microsoft gold partner aastra training provider . kapsch businesscom ag produces the card reader and gina box for the austrian e card system which is placed in doctors offices . kapsch carriercom ag kcc edit kapsch carriercom ag is a global system integrator and supplier of end to end telecommunications solutions for public and railway operators urban transport organizations and companies seeking real time asset management solutions . kapsch trafficcom ag ktc edit kapsch trafficcom ag is an international supplier of intelligent road traffic telematic solutions . clarification needed the company develops and sells products systems and services primarily for electronic toll collection etc systems and specializes in solutions for open road tolling ort multi lane free flow mlff and high occupancy tolling hot . in addition the company supplies traffic management systems with a focus on road safety and traffic control and electronic access systems and parking management . the company with headquarters in vienna has subsidiaries and interests in 23 countries . 7 the company has performed 210 installations in 35 countries as of march 2009 in europe australia north america latin america middle east asia pacific and in south africa and about 13 million on board units obus and over 11 300 equipped lanes . kapsch trafficcom ag built the austrian truck tolling system which went on stream in 2004 . since 2004 the company established subsidiaries in moscow russia and slovenia and has entered into a joint venture agreement with busi impianti s.p.a. italy creating kapsch busi s.p.a. since june 26 2007 30.3 % of kapsch trafficcom ag has been listed in the prime market on the vienna stock exchange . kapsch group beteiligungs gmbh retains possession of 69.7 % . overall 2.2 million new and 1.16 million old shares were brought to the market . the ipo was 14 times over subscribed . 8 in the fiscal year 2013 14 kapsch trafficcom ag generated a turnover of 465.4 million and an ebit of 32.7 million . 1 references edit a b c d kapsch group annual report 2014 15 http www.kapsch.net kapschgroup downloads reports kapsch annual report 2014 15 offelli siro 2002 . gino rossato ed . le armi e gli equipaggiamenti dell esercito austro ungarico dal 1914 al 1918 volume secundo in italian . p. 86 . master thesis familiengeschichte der firma kapsch sch pf s. 2008 wien http othes.univie.ac.at 675 1 05 27 2008 92075 13.pdf company history of the kapsch group http www.kapsch.net en aboutus factsandfigures pages companyhistory.aspx kapsch trafficcom sweden secures one of the world s largest toll projects with gauteng open road tolling in south africa http www.kapsch.net en press articles pages ktc 090919 pr.aspx http www.pr inside.com de kapsch businesscom kauft eines der sichersten r660932.htm press release results of general meeting http www.kapsch.net en ktc press articles pages ktc 090624 pr.aspx prime market of the vienna stock exchange http en.wienerborse.at marketplace products segmentation equitymarket teilnehmer.html 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