| 1987 | Founding of Heissenberger & Pretzler GmbH by Josef Heissenberger and Rudolf Pretzler, as an engineering office for agricultural machinery |
| 1992 | Entry into development, manufacturing and international marketing of machinery and compact systems for mechanical-biological treatment of solid waste under the KOMPTECH brand |
| 1995 | Founding of Heissenberger & Pretzler d.o.o. headquartered in Ljutomer (Slovenia) |
| 1997 | Establishment of the new company headquarters in Frohnleiten, bringing together composting and shredding technology development, production (assembly) and purchasing/logistics at one location |
| 1999 | Majority ownership in German screening machine manufacturer Maschinenbau Farwick GmbH, enabling the KOMPTECH FARWICK group to become a complete solution provider for machines and compact systems for the mechanical- biological treatment of solid wastes |
| 2002 | Increase of shareholding in Maschinenbau Farwick GmbH to 100% Commencement of group restructuring (centralized sales organization, with autonomous competence centers for product development and production organized by product groups) Renaming of the parent company from Heissenberger & Pretzler GmbH to KOMPTECH FARWICK GmbH Founding of KOMPTECH Umwelttechnik GmbH headquartered in Frohnleiten as competence centre for composting and shredding technology |
| 2003 | Acquisition of the German star screening machine manufacturer BG Recyclingmaschinen GmbH in Lauterbach Founding of KOMPTECH FARWICK Anlagenbau GmbH as project organization for plant construction with offices in Vienna Founding of KOMPTECH UK Ltd, sales organization covering Great Britain |
| 2005 | Renaming of the parent company from KOMPTECH FARWICK GmbH to KOMPTECH GmbH Renaming of all subsidiaries to KOMPTECH: KOMPTECH Anlagenbau GmbH KOMPTECH Umwelttechnik Deutschland GmbH KOMPTECH Vertriebsgesellschaft Deutschland mbH |
| 2006 | Renaming of the Heissenberger & Pretzler d.o.o. in Ljutomer (Slovenia) to FARMTECH d.o.o. Acquisition of the Swedish separation machine manufacturer BRINI Waste Recovery Technology and renaming to KOMPTECH Scandinavia AB Completion of the buyout of company shares by the Heissenberger & Pretzler- Beteiligungs GmbH, so that 100 per cent of the company shares are held by the company founders |
| 2007 | Founding of KOMPTECH USA Inc. as the US sales organization Construction of a plant for component manufacturing for the environmental technology products, the KOMPTECH okoljska tehnika d.o.o., in Ljutomer (Slovenia) Construction of a group-wide research center for pre-development, prototyping and testing, the KOMPTECH Research Center, in St. Michael/ Leoben (Austria) |
| 2008 | Establishment of the Komptech Academy as a training centre for customers, partners and employees |
