Necessary Preferences Statistics English Toggle Dropdown Belgium Home Solutions Products About Us NEWS & REFERENCES Career Contact Search ABOUT US Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about SWARCO WHO WE ARE You encounter us every day on the roads of our planet. Our products, systems, services and turnkey solutions offer orientation, safety and convenient travelling for all people on the move. Following the spirit of SWARCO founder Manfred Swarovski we live agility, innovation and trustful cooperation and do not hesitate to go the extra mile for you. The traffic technology group SWARCO headquartered in Wattens near Innsbruck / Austria has an international network of production facilities, offices and partners on all continents and offers one of the most complete solution portfolios for road marking, signage, urban traffic management, parking, highway and tunnel management, and public transport. We connect vehicles with the road infrastructure, help in setting up charging infrastructure to boost electro-mobility and offer modular and holistic solutions with added values that support tomorrow’s mobility and make life in our cities more liveable. SWARCO’s over 3,800 traffic experts are looking forward to elaborate and implement jointly with you the solutions that really meet your individual requirements. What can we do for you today? WHAT WE DO When loading this video, data is exchanged between your browser and the streaming provider (see privacy policy). By clicking on "Agree and play" you agree to the data exchange with third parties. You can deactivate this function at any time. Agree and play Leading Idea Instead of formulating a corporate vision or mission, SWARCO has condensed its business purpose in the following leading idea. WE IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE BY MAKING THE TRAVEL EXPERIENCE SAFER, QUICKER, MORE CONVENIENT AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND. read more This idea is also underpinned by our new claim: THE BETTER WAY. EVERY DAY. SWARCO in Numbers 50 Years of Experience. Worldwide. SHAPING THE WORLD OF MOBILITY IN 70 COUNTRIES. Manfred Swarovski founds his first glass bead production in Amstetten, the birthplace of today's SWARCO Group. 1969 HEOSCONT CHEMIE becomes part of SWARCO. Start of road marking contracting business. 1973 Start of US business with glass beads, later followed by tape and thermoplastic production. 1974 Acquisition of Vestische Strahl- und Reflexglas GmbH, Recklinghausen, Germany, today SWARCO VESTGLAS. 1978 Acquisition of FUTURIT-WERKE AG, today SWARCO FUTURIT, the world’s largest traffic light producer. First shares in LIMBURGER LACKFABRIK, Germany’s no. 1 manufacturer of liquid road marking materials. 1986 SWARCO AG SUPERVISORY BOARD SUPERVISING AND CONSULTING THE EXECUTIVE BOARD The SWARCO AG Supervisory Board consists of the following members: Günther Apfalter Chairman Markus Vatter Vice-Chairman Michael Innerbichler Member Elisabeth Swarovski Member SWARCO AG EXECUTIVE BOARD OUR TOP MANAGEMENT The SWARCO AG Executive Board consists of the following members: Michael Schuch Speaker of the Executive Board; Chief Operating Officer (COO) Günter Kitzmüller Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Günther Köfler Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Footer Terms & Conditions Imprint Privacy Policy Cookies Incident Report Contact Order Tracking ABOUT US Executive Board Supervisory Board SWARCO Companies Compliance Memberships Partnerships SWARCO Traffic World SWARCO Innovation Hub CAREER Open Positions Apply for a job SWARCO Academy PORTFOLIO Solutions Products Services Software STORIES News References Events Drive On Magazine Scientific Publications Innovation Talks Copyright © SWARCO 2021