History
1980 Expansion of operations into South and Upper Styria
1982 Start of waste paper disposal
1983 Start of collection of dangerous waste products
1984 First petrol station waste disposal in Styria
1985 First hospital waste disposal in Styria * Presentation of a mobile sludge press and purification plant
1986 Presentation of the first sewer sanitation vehicle in Austria * Austria-wide first introduction of a 3 container system (separation of glass, paper and other rubbish) * Foundation of the Saubermacher location in Krems
1987 Presentation of the first closed circuit television system for sewers
1988 Introduction of the first refuse container cleaning system in Austria * Introduction of the BioPaG system (separation of organic waste, paper and glass) * Austria-wide first fluorescent tube recycling * Introduction of the first oil alarm emergency call
1989 First refrigerator disposal in Austria
1990 Foundation of waste disposal services based in Krems * Saubermacher brings natural compost under the trade mark “Bodenschatz” on the market * Foundation of Saubermacher Slovenia
1991 The first chemical and physical plant for the treatment of hazardous waste * Saubermacher expands to Hungary * First refuse collection vehicle with complete garbage weighing equipment in Austria * First recycling plant in Austria for refrigerators and fluorescent tubes * Saubermacher becomes a regional partner of the newly founded Society for Packaging Waste Disposal (ArgeV)
1992 Saubermacher commissions the compost plant in Lannach * Foundation of the Saubermacher locations in Lannach, Graz-Puchstrasse and St. Pölten * Foundation of Hartberger Saubermacher * First plant for checking through non-separated rubbish in Austria
1993 Opening of the Saubermacher locations in Croatia and the Czech Republic * Introduction of the first disposal system for kitchen garbage in Austria * Saubermacher as regional partner for ArgeV, ARO and AGR
1994 Cooperation with WIBEBA * Introduction of a complete disposal system for night-storage heaters with asbestos components
1995 Take-over of the company Schauperl, and Saubermacher becomes a shareholder in SEEG * Saubermacher is the first waste disposal company in Austria to be awarded the quality certificate ISO 9002
1996 Pilot project for the collection of electronic waste using the containers for waste packaging * Start of collection of old clothes * Start of collection of old bottle corks * Start of the Saubermacher key account department to build up Austria-wide waste disposal solutions
1997 Acquisition of the Krems company Müll & Schrott * Foundation of Mürztaler Saubermacher in Kapfenberg* Takeover of ARW (Vienna Waste Recycling) * Introduction of document destruction services * Introduction of the small sewage treatment plants of Saubermacher
1998 Takeover of the company ESÖ Entsorgungssysteme GmbH * Opening of the first location in Carinthia in Klagenfurt * Start of the taking-back initiative for waste material and empty bottles at the central SPAR warehouse in Maria Saal
1999 Takeover of the company Rudolf Beck und Söhne GmbH in Brunn am Gebirge * 20-year-anniversary celebrations in Vienna, Krems and Graz * Merger of the Lannach and Graz locations * Hans Roth receives the “Environmental Manager of the Year” award
2000 Start of the communal partnership with the municipality of Mödling, which is one of Austria’s biggest public-private partnerships * Furthermore, Mödlinger Saubermacher also is the first such communal partnership in Lower Austria
2001 Saubermacher receives the “Ökoprofit 2000” award of the city of Graz * Thermo-Team, a cooperation of Lafarge Perlmooser and Saubermacher, becomes a thermal user in the ARA system (waste material recycling plant system) * Disposal of 4,000 litres of garbage at the Mount Everest * Foundation of Villacher Saubermacher * Construction of a waste tip in the Hungarian city of Kecskemet * Hans Roth receives the “Businessman of the Year” award * Collection of 25,000 used mobile phones for the charity “Licht ins Dunkel” (Bringing light into the darkness)
2002 Frank Dicker is appointed Chief Sales and Marketing Officer * Award of the title “Waste Disposal Specialist” * Foundation of Saubermacher Hellas Waste Management S.A. in Athens * Hans Roth is awarded the honorary title “Kommerzialrat” (Councillor of Commerce) * Opening of a centre for waste treatment in Slovenia * Award as the “Most Outstanding Emerging Entrepreneur in the Field of Employment Promotion of the Last 25 Years”
2003 Opening of a location in Velenje/Slovenia by the PPP PUP-Saubermacher * Disposal of waste in the Izsak region in Hungary with 50,000 inhabitants * Opening of the ThermoTeam plant, the worldwide most modern and Austria-wide largest plant for the production of alternative fuels * The bio-waste facility in Waidhofen/Thaya is awarded the official seal of quality for compost * Within the campaign “Clean Alps 2003”, 45,000 l of waste are collected in the Hohe Tauern National Park * Expansion of the Group in Hungary with the companies Zalai HUKE and Zala EURO
2004 Shareholding in the company Schrott Schweiger in Lannach * Takeover of the company Haunschmied in St. Pölten * Shareholding in the Hungarian company Nyiregi HUKE Kft * Opening of a waste management centre in Kapfenberg with Mürztaler Saubermacher * EFB certification * Scrap car disposal in Slovenia * Environment Protection Award of the Province of Styria * Opening of the first waste management centre in the city of Hulín in the Czech Republic * Commissioning of the splitting plant in Vienna
2005 Saubermacher receives the “Amtsmanager 2005” award * Shareholding in TERRA Umwelt-Technik GmbH * “Fast Forward Award 05” for the project “Sewage Sludge Combustion” * Saubermacher buys back 50 % of the shares and is thus in family possession at 100 % again * Subsidiary L&S opens an innovative recycling centre * Saubermacher is “Service Provider of the Year” * Saubermacher Pannonia received the Trade Fair Award from the Hungarian Minister for Environment Protection
2006 Takeover of the international company Rumpold with more than 1,000 employees * Grant of the “Hans Roth Saubermacher Umweltstipendium” (environmental scholarship) * Vienna location receives “ÖKOprofit” Award * ARGEV Quality Award 2006 * Yellow Addy Award 2006 * Saubermacher Outsourcing receives the “ÖKOprofit” Award of the City of Graz * Hartberger Saubermacher celebrates 15 years of successful waste disposal partnership * State award and IIP certificate for Saubermacher * Support of the campaign “Schule auf dem Weg nach draußen” (mountain and nature watch programme)
2007 Commissioning of the first natural gas-powered waste collection vehicle in Vienna * Winner of the EU-wide PPP tender for the “Voitsberg Core Regional Alliance” * Professional disposal of more than one million mercury thermometers * Savings of 153,000 tons of green house gases by innovative waste recycling * Opening of a high-tech sorting plant in Graz * 10 years of partnership with Öko-Service * “klima:aktiv” Award * Mag. Erhard Schmidt becomes Chief Financial Officer * Partner of the campaign TRENNT`S 07
2008 Initial public offering postponed due to the fluctuating international share markets * Winner of the Styrian Health Award in Gold * TRIGOS 2008 * Saubermacher website wins Summit Creative Award 2008 in Silver * Saubermacher forces further expansion together with UBS Global Asset Management * Introduction of battery pick-up from shops * Award of the “Hans Roth Saubermacher Environment Award” * US Senator Pacheco visits Saubermacher
2009 Fire at ThermoTeam * Federal Minister for Agriculture and Forestry a guest at Saubermacher’s * Saubermacher awarded “Best Styrian Family Company” * Saubermacher wins the TRIGOS 2009 * Saubermacher receives Eco Profit Award * Start of campaign “Enjoy every scrap” * Presentation of BIG BELLY, the first completely self-powered waste crusher * Hans Roth in the finale for ”Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2009“ * Hans Roth is Austrian of the Year * Saubermacher receives a climate active certificate * Saubermacher wins PR-Panther * Presentation of Saubermacher Ecoport
2010 Spick & span through the crisis * Opening up in Slovenia * Saubermacher receives Austrian “Leading Company” certificate * Saubermacher wins the TRIGOS * Laying of the foundation stone of Saubermacher e-cycling Park * Saubermacher wins Export Prize 2010 * Nr. 1 in BusinessPeople * Nr. 82 in the TOP GEWINN Image Ranking 2010 * Saubermacher wins Momentum Award 10 * Opening of the e-cycling Park * Saubermacher receives the Ruban d’Honneur
2011
EcoBox Design Competition
Saubermacher presents the winning project named "Maultaschen" (Suabian raviolo) by Robert Matzke (5°sued) from Dresden together with further highly-ranked projects at a press conference. The objective of this international design competition was do design a container for the speraration of recyclable materials such as paper, glass and metals, combining the deisgn and protection of the environment and prompting correct behaviour in terms of waste disposal.
