which has only had a few minor colour changes since the company was founded. The EVVA logo is similar: Since the 1950s, EVVA has stayed true to its logo’s design features, which has made it highly recognisable

Everyone at EVVA is elated. At the gala event in Vienna’s Sofiensaal concert hall hosted by the newspaper ‘Die Presse’, Stefan Ehrlich-Adám is named Entrepreneur of the Year. It is the 11th time that the [...] newspaper has given out the ‘Austrian of the Year’ award in different categories. Among other things, EVVA's innovative product strategy tipped the scales for the jury in Stefan Ehrlich-Adám’s favour.

contract with Frankfurt Airport in Germany. EVVA was awarded a gold medal at the Leipzig Trade Fair for the extraordinary technical quality of its padlock. EVVA had evolved into an internationally renowned

company was just around the corner: the liquidation of the company by the National Socialist regime. EVVA managed to prop up production fairly well over several years. However, year after year, sourcing raw [...] all locks and escutcheons that were not crucial to the war effort and even threatened to shut down EVVA's local production facilities.

In the 1970s, the EVVA model of success gradually became a case of the need for restructuring. Within only a few years the company had been run down. This unfortunate situation had been caused by "completely [...] supplement the product range with completely new products that had previously not been sold. In 1973 EVVA was facing bankruptcy.

officially established, a dense network of EVVA partners extending from Vorarlberg had been built. After having company headquarters in St. Gallen and Rikon, EVVA Schweiz had found its fixed address in Rotkreuz

war is over. The population and economy needed another decade to fully recover from the aftermath. EVVA itself had to contend with shortages of materials and production machines, which were partially dismantled [...] female support staff and trainees. Reconstruction continues; the economy gradually gains momentum. EVVA benefitted from the construction work, and the creation of housing.

EVVA combined the ESKIS system developed by Zeiss-Ikon with the award-winning GPI system. It was one of the first times that GPI's mechanical security was brought together with the electronic benefits [...] e-cylinder was designed on the basis of tried and tested GPI technology. As an alternative to ESKIS, EVVA offered durable key tags, which contained ID information, known as EIS – Electronic Identification

another 120 new staff over the coming years. Almost 300 highly specialised employees worked at EVVA in the 1980s. EVVA as a family-owned company had grown to be the country's largest manufacturer of cylinders

ly extended the product range. EVVA products enjoyed such a good reputation that insurance companies gave a 10% discount on premiums if the doors were protected by EVVA products. The range of key systems