S. Spitz Gesellschaft m.b.H. has travelled a long and successful road from 1857 to today. Key events and milestones in the company's history:
Founding of the company S. Spitz at the Linz location by Salomon Spitz.
The Spitz company produces liqueurs, schnapps and rum in Linz-Urfahr and markets these regionally.
SPITZ products are now produced in the Attnang-Puchheim factory. The product and marketing range is extended by fruit juices and syrups.
Councillor of Commerce Walter Scherb takes over management of the company after World War II and the Spitz product range once again includes all kinds of spirits and fruit juices.
Councillor of Commerce Walter Scherb buys the Spitz company from Viktor Spitz and runs it as a limited commercial partnership.
After the fall of the demarcation lines in Austria, the marketing range is extended to the entire federal territory. Until the end of the sixties, distribution is expanded systematically to all of Austria.
Spitz becomes market leader in the spirits (fruit schnapps, plum brandy, liqueurs), as well as fruit juices (syrups) sectors.
The Attnang-Puchheim production plant is now run in the form of a company with limited liability.
The traditional production and marketing range is extended to include jams, mustard, mayonnaise and ketchup.
With the construction of a factory for baked goods, S. Spitz now also starts production of wafers, ladyfingers and cakes.
A separate bread factory is constructed and extensive expansion of confectionery production commences.
The products are now bottled in the company's own PET bottle plant.
The baked goods area is extended and the entire production operation is certified under ISO 9001.
A new plant for the production of chocolate coated wafer curls is constructed and commissioned.
The ketchup production and bottling plant is modernised, immediately enabling the production of unpreserved products. It's also full steam ahead for the bottling of a large variety of containers (from 320 ml to 1.5 kg standing tubes).
The new Tetra Pak plant allows filling of Tetra Rex cartons in package sizes of 0.5 l, 0.75 l and 1.0 l with screw-cap.
POWER HORSE Energy Drinks GmbH is founded. The company has a turnover of 24.6 million euros with a workforce of 55 employees from 15 nations.
Investment in a new filling technology for non-alcoholic beverages (Aseptic Filling).
Founding of Pet2Pet Recycling GmbH.
The aseptic filling plant for PET bottles as well as a new can filling plant are commissioned.
S. Spitz celebrates the 150th anniversary of its existence and acquires a 51% holding in Gasteiner Mineralwasser GmbH.
Spitz acquires a holding in the company Gasteiner Mineralwasser GmbH (51% Spitz, 49% Brauunion) based in Bad Gastein (Salzburg)
With the commissioning of BioWärme Spitz GmbH, internal energy demand can be fulfilled sustainably and in an environmentally-friendly manner as well as local heat supplied for the Attnang Puchheim region.
Spitz acquires the company Auer GmbH based in Spillern (Lower Austria).
Relocation Auer-Blaschke company headquarters from Auer-Blaschke from Spillern to Attnang
Takeover of the remaining shares and thus ownership of 100% of Gasteiner Mineralwasser GmbH
Company takeover of Honigmayr GmbH, based in Tenneck (SBG)