acquired EVVA and paid 10.2 million schillings for EVVA-WERK, Karl Jindrich K.G. On top of that, the creditors demanded millions more. And so, on 1 December 1973, Nikolaus Bujas became the CEO of EVVA, without

support for the company from some of EVVA’s other key customers. But all of the effort was not enough. On 10 February 1944, he received a sobering response from Berlin: EVVA was forced to seize production as [...] certain Dr Schwaiger – most probably his business contact at Saint Florian diocese near Linz, where EVVA had installed cylinders. But the letter was not successful. Karl Jindrich left not stone unturned

EVVA was the first company in the world to calculate cylinder locking systems using a computer. From 1977 locking plans were calculated and verified by a powerful computer and no longer by hand. An innovation [...] innovation that EVVA developed in collaboration with the IT Institute at Kepler University in Linz, which set an international benchmark in security technology.

Finally, in 1977 EVVA purchased a 50% stake in the security company ELCA, the biggest distribution partner in West Germany, based in Krefeld. This marked the establishment of EVVA's first independent

warehouses and self-storage facilities are only two product features of many that EVVA customers value and which EVVA’s high-quality products must deliver.

EVVA invites its employees and their partners, children and grandchildren to a Family Day in EVVA’s headquarters. The fun activities include a tour of the plant, a hands-on station, a bouncy castle, a

Trust is probably the most important emotion in relationships. Traditionally EVVA has always maintained very close, long-term relationships with specialist retail partners, customers and suppliers. Maintaining [...] rely on each other. A total of around ten thousand partners and millions of customers and users trust EVVA.

The ‘Giuliani’ machine marked the start of the era of computer-aided manufacturing at EVVA. There is an original photo from the 1980s, and a photo of how the Giuliani machine is still in use today with [...] mechanical engineering department has become increasingly innovative and it designs around 80% of EVVA's current machines and tools itself.

EVVA developed a new process for machining metal in cylinder plugs using an oil-free serial production method. All metal chippings produced when cylinder plugs are sawn, drilled or cut can be up to 100% [...] 100% recycled, without any additional work. EVVA received the 2011 Environment Award for this environmentally friendly innovation – the jury was excited!

In the 1990s, EVVA identified that electronic locking systems were gaining relevance and the company was a driving force behind the symbiosis of mechanical and electronic locking systems. In a confidential [...] highest priority: "Disregarding electronic locking systems would mean disregarding the future for EVVA."