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 [...] The new management not only saved the company from folding, it also propelled it to new heights. Nikolaus Bujas and his son-in-law Sven Berlage, who shortly after became a member of the management, were

EVVA Belgium celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2019. How has EVVA Belgium developed since it was founded? Following branch offices in Sint-Pieters-Leeuw and Halle, the company has now found its home in [...] in Buizingen, near Brussels. The French market has been managed from the Belgian branch since 2016. The French and Belgians' favourite EVVA products are 3KS plus and 4KS.

often specific demands of regional markets. Simply put: It was time for independent EVVA subsidiaries and distributors. EVVA steadily pushed ahead with its internationalisation and established one site after [...] other throughout Europe. On 10 January 1977, Nikolaus Bujas brought his son-in-law to EVVA and made him Co-managing Director. [...] Orders from other countries increased and EVVA quality made a name for itself internationally. However, being able to provide the right products and gain satisfied customers required knowledge of the often

second Czech subsidiary in Tisnov. In 2009 EVVA purchased Guard. One year later Martin Koudelka became the new General Manager of both subsidiaries. In 2019 EVVA is a premium security brand in the Czech [...] At first the EVVA subsidiary in Prague was actually run out of Vladimir Fulin’s garage, as is often the way with a start-up. Back in 2005 EVVA purchased a majority share in Guard, the oldest security company

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 materials [...] all locks and escutcheons that were not crucial to the war effort and even threatened to shut down EVVA's local production facilities.

during the war. The company only managed to stay afloat thanks to female support staff and trainees. Reconstruction continues; the economy gradually gains momentum. EVVA benefitted from the construction [...] 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

EVVA’s history under Karl Jindrich began in Laxenburgerstrasse 28 in the 10th District of Vienna, the ‘basement workshop’. The affiliated company, EVVA Schmierfettfabrik and EVVA went separate ways, yet [...] yet the ‘EVVA’ acronym has been kept to this day. The EVVA Schmierfettfabrik is still a success today, operating under the name EVVAOIL ( http://www.evvaoil.at/ ). EVVA’s headquarters, which was known as [...] workshop’, was the home of EVVA’s lock production from the end of the 1920s until at least 1938. Karl Jindrich eventually acquired the patent for a rim lock from EVVA. EVVA evolved into a specialist in

company – ‘EVVA-Werk Spezialerzeugung von Zylinder und Sicherheitsschlössern GmbH & Co. KG’ – was once again back in the black. The reason for this being that Nikolaus Bujas put the focus back on EVVA's founding [...] established the company’s own R&E department. Management went about tackling other important areas: it cut costs, improved purchasing policies and had the EVVA plant remodelled in only six months.

studied electrical engineering and commerce. On 1 September 1993, he started working at EVVA and shortly after he managed electronics development and electronics sales. [...] In 1987, the third generation started working at EVVA to continue its tradition as a family-owned business. Nicole Berlage, Sven Berlage's daughter and granddaughter of Nikolaus Bujas, had a degree in

he managed to secure 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 [...] 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