- Main computer system for gearing production at Caterpillar in Grenoble
- Steering systems for power train mounting lines for VW in Hannover
Geschichte
ABF – The company history
Between the company founding in 1988 and today, there are now 30 years of success stories with numerous milestones.
1988 Company foundation
Foundation of ABF - Industrielle Automation limited company by Dipl.-Ing. Günther Adelwöhrer, Dipl.-Ing. Edgar Brunnthaler and Dipl.-Ing. Hermann Freiberger
1989 The first big projects
ABF is assigned with the first big projects
1990 Following project for VW
Following project at VW for the car body manufacturing in Wolfsburg
1992 Award for best start-up entrepreneur
Award for best start-up entrepreneur
ABF gets decorated with the award for the best start-up entrepreneur
1996 ISO certification
ISO 9001 certification
As one of the first service companies ABF gets certified according to ISO-9001
1997 First major order for voestalpine
ABF gets the order for material tracking in the rail rolling mill in Donawitz
1998 New office building in Südpark, Linz
ABF builds its new office in Südpark, Linz
Our office was the first building in the Südpark Linz, which became a prosperous industrial area in the mean time. Our head office in the Südpark has a direct connection to the motor highway A1 and is close to the recreation area of the Pichlinger lake.
2000 OneBase®development
ABF starts with the development of the OneBase®application platform
2001 Enlargement of our new office building in Südpark, Linz
2002 OneBase® becomes the central platform
OneBase® becomes the central platform for numerous major projects in the industrial automation sector
- voestalpine steelworks master computer for LD converter
- Mannesmann ring rolling mill
- Norsk Hydro aluminium extrusion plants
- voestalpine Linz raw iron industry
2003 Motor assembly for BMW
ABF is assigned with the order for developing a main computing system for the motor assembly of BMW
2009 First projects using SAP-MII
ABF uses SAP-MII as platform for process and manufacturing systems
2013 SAP partner
After the successful realisation of a number of projects in the area of SAP manufacturing, ABF gets officially nominated as qualified partner for SAP MII and SAP ME.
2014 Product development of the OneBase®MFT logistics solution
Completion of the new logistics solution and first implementation in a customer project based on the newly developed logistics solution OneBase®MFT
ABF provides the plant overall logistics system for the voestalpine wire rolling mill
2015 SAP - ME Projects
ABF - Industrial Automation becomes most likely the most successful SAP MII and SAP ME Integrator in Austria
For BRP-Rotax and KTM, MES large-scale projects are being implemented with the SAP ME solution. The course for One Piece Flow and increase of productivity is set.
ABF Industrial Automation makes a significant contribution to the success story of the MES solution from SAP. The ME project at BRP-Rotax is one of the three most successful SAP ME success stories worldwide.
2016 Fair Events
Since 2016, ABF - Industrial Automation is exhibiting at the largest annual logistics fair in Europe, the LogiMAT in Stuttgart. ABF thrilled the visitors with a live demo of the OneBase®MFT Intralogistics Suite.
2017 Innovative Intralogistics
2017 is marked by major intralogistics projects in the field of forklift trucks and crane logistics. The OneBase®MFT Intralogistics Suite gets introduced at sites of the following customers:
- Salzgitter Mannesmann Grobblech GmbH (crane warehouse)
- Binderholz (automatic crane)
- Finsa (bulk storage with stackers)
- Bosch (high-bay warehouse with stackers)
2018 30 years ABF
We celebrated the 30th anniversary of our company with a glittering party.
2019 ABF is growing
For the first time in ABF's history, our number of employees has broken the 50 mark.