History

October 1990

Metasyst Informatik GmbH with its HQ at 1130 Vienna, Amalienstraße 68 is founded by the management of Medata GmbH (part of the Herba Apotheker AG-Gruppe).

Shareholders: Elsat GmbH and Elbatex GmbH, part of the Elbatex AG Switzerland.

General managers: Karl Kaufmann, Felix Klementschitz.

Signatories: Günther Laber, Robert Krickl.

1990-1993

First warehouse management projects for clients in Austria including Nestlé Linz and Bauwelt Wagner, as well as Herlango and Foto Niedermeyer.
The mobile terminals are based on infrared transmission, i.e. not yet online, and are supplied by Prologistik and Hand Held Products.
After client projects based on single-position-systems, first interconnected systems followed; the data base system Oracle is used for the first time.
The project SCH2000 for Schachermayer in Linz was devised and went into operation in 1994 as the first Metasyst project with automatic system integration.
Subsequent projects for Murexin, Austrotherm and Wopfinger.
Metalag is established as the standard WMS product of Metasyst.

1994-1995

First international projects for Vogl & Noot in Germany and first foreign language projects for Cokoladovny / Nestlé / Danone in Prague and projects for pharmaceutical wholesalers such as Trogalen in Vienna.
The first mobile online terminals are introduced on the basis of LXE narrow band data transmission in WMS-projects for Reformwerke Wels and Teich.
May 1995: the entire shares of Metasyst are taken over by the Kaufmann and Laber families; Günther Laber is general manager alongside Karl Kaufmann, Felix Klementschitz resigns.
June 1995: move to the Festo-Haus, 1140 Vienna, Lützowgasse 14.

1996-1998

Metalag is introduced to yet another pharmaceutical company: Bender/Boehringer Ingelheim Austria.
Cooperation with Klumpp Informatik in Stuttgart is initiated for the use of the certified SAP logistics interface.
The first WMS hook-ups to SAP go live for clients like Ericsson in Kindberg and Ericsson in Vienna.
The first Fplus project is carried out for max.mobil (later T-Mobile, Telering).

1999-2001

International WMS projects for Vogl & Noot in Hungary and Poland, as well as other projects in Germany, are successfully introduced.
The first Metalag MFC project is implemented at Hydro Aluminium Nenzing.
At home, renowned SAP clients such as Kärcher, Beiersdorf, Heidelberger, 3e and Kellner & Kunz are acquired.

2002-2004

The WMS for Rewe subsidiary Merkur Direkt goes live. Further WMS projects for Isovolta, Hella and Holzmann follow suit.
Further logistics expansion stages at the heavy duty plant of Schachermayer in Linz are implemented within the project SCH2010.
The order picking warehouse of Raiffeisen Ware Austria uses the efficient Metalag SAP interconnection with mobile LXE terminals.

2005-2008

July 2005: move to the site at 1160 Vienna, Thaliastraße 85.
The first Metalag projects with JAVA-interface are introduced at EN-LOG, Bombardier, Proserv, Haubenberger, PAA and Karasto.
Metalag MFC systems are used in Germany at Zanders and Wiberg.
Invent, the system for sampling inventory, is incorporated into Metasyst’s product portfolio.
The quality assurance system “ISO 9001” is introduced.
The Metasyst LR system at Schaermayer is linked to SAP.
Metasyst receives the Business Award Burgenland for the Metalag project at Kolarz in Müllendorf.

2009-2010

Further international Metalag projects in Germany, Hungary and Lithuania are completed successfully.
Cooperation with Locanis and joint development of the Metalag truck guidance system.
Several projects in the beverage industry for the Heineken and Egger/Radlberger groups.
The Fplus product line is sold to Raiffeisen Technical Services.
Metasyst celebrates its 20-year jubilee.

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