History

2022

• Resignation of Eugen Schuler from the Board of Directors
• Establishment of gbd TEC in Tussenhausen, engineering firm specializing in energy efficiency calculations, expert consulting firm
• Opening of a gbd GFE GmbH branch in Brunico (Italy)
• Extension of fire resistance and fire performance at the Obeltsham site

2021

Opening of the gbd ZT GmbH branch in Tschagguns

2020

Accreditation of gbd Lab S.r.l. as a calibration laboratory

2019

Inauguration of the new test center in Dornbirn

2019

Expansion of the machine fleet with the purchase of three new-generation TIC/WIC welding machines

2018
Foundation of gbd BM - Lindau, engineering firm for construction management and project management

2017
Establishment of the gbd NDT - Winterthur, training center

2016

Expansion of training offerings in the field of welding technology in Wünnewil

2015
Founding of gbd Swiss S.r.l., an engineering firm specializing in welding technology and structural design
Inauguration of the gbd Lab S.r.l. branch office in Hof, Salzburg

2014 
Engineer Rigobert Diem steps down as head of the company
Founding of gbd Hydro S.r.l. in Steyr, Upper Austria, a mechanical engineering certification body
Renaming of GFE Engineering to gbd GFE Srl

2013
Opening of the gbd ZT branch in Vienna, an engineering firm specializing in structural design

2012
Accreditation and notification of gbd Zert S.r.l.
Founding of gbd Holding ZT S.r.l.
Renaming of gbd Mosbacher to gbd Projects S.r.l.

2011
Establishment of the certification body gbd Zert S.r.l.
Establishment of GFE Engineering - Bolzano, structural engineering design firm

2009
Expansion of gbd Lab’s scope of activities: inauguration of the acoustic test bench in Dornbirn

2008
Accreditation and notification of gbd Lab S.r.l.
Acquisition of Mosbacher Planungs- und Beratungs GmbH and renaming to gbd Mosbacher S.r.l.

2007
Sigurd Flora, Eng., and Markus Beck, M.Eng., join the management team at
. Establishment of the testing and verification center gbd Lab S.r.l.

2003
Engineer Karl Werner Rüsch leaves the company
Engineer Heinz Pfefferkorn joins the company management
Reorganization and renaming of the GesbR to ZT S.r.l. and subsequently to ZT GmbH

2001
Sigurd Flora and Markus Beck, Ph.D., join the company Sigurd Flora and Markus Beck

2000
Acquisition of ANSYS software

1998
Dr. Heinz Pfefferkorn, Ph.D., joins the company

1996 
After Eugen Schuler joined the company’s management, the firm was renamed “rds”

1990
Engineer Eugen Schuler joins the company

1988
First CAD workstation, with 7 employees

1987
First computer with FEM (finite element method) software

1978
Founding of the civil engineering firm Rüsch & Diem

1973
Engineer Rigobert Diem joins the company

1971
Purchase of an Olivetti electronic calculator (50 kg)

1969
Engineer Karl-Werner Rüsch took over his father’s firm,
, which had four employees