{"id":5805,"date":"2017-01-30T15:02:10","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T14:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ubimet.com\/?page_id=5805\/"},"modified":"2024-04-25T11:04:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T09:04:25","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ubimet.com\/en\/company\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-q3nxel-7cf8e233b5b36e0c451ce66d64690f13\">\n.flex_column.av-q3nxel-7cf8e233b5b36e0c451ce66d64690f13{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-q3nxel-7cf8e233b5b36e0c451ce66d64690f13 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jk3zjjdi-3a7fbdd95b3a8f6a51166396961a00d8\">\n.avia-image-container.av-jk3zjjdi-3a7fbdd95b3a8f6a51166396961a00d8 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-jk3zjjdi-3a7fbdd95b3a8f6a51166396961a00d8 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-jk3zjjdi-3a7fbdd95b3a8f6a51166396961a00d8 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-18982 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-18982 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.ubimet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Michael-Fassnauer-Manfred-Spatzierer.jpg\" alt='Michael-Fassnauer-&amp;-Manfred-Spatzierer' title='Michael-Fassnauer-&amp;-Manfred-Spatzierer'  height=\"228\" width=\"600\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ubimet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Michael-Fassnauer-Manfred-Spatzierer.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ubimet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Michael-Fassnauer-Manfred-Spatzierer-350x133.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.ubimet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Michael-Fassnauer-Manfred-Spatzierer-450x171.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ntobot-a9bc5941d9248b138ccf1e7dc2e2f89c\">\n.flex_column.av-ntobot-a9bc5941d9248b138ccf1e7dc2e2f89c{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-ntobot-a9bc5941d9248b138ccf1e7dc2e2f89c av_one_full  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_hr  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jk40xf2n-f88284d05cbd9514ffa4fd902fc1c277\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-jk40xf2n-f88284d05cbd9514ffa4fd902fc1c277{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-jk40xf2n-f88284d05cbd9514ffa4fd902fc1c277 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-jk40xf2n-f88284d05cbd9514ffa4fd902fc1c277 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:18px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-jk40xf2n-f88284d05cbd9514ffa4fd902fc1c277 av-special-heading-h2 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-3  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >A SUCCESS STORY: FROM A START UP TO A GLOBAL PLAYER<\/h2><div class='av-subheading av-subheading_below'><p>Born out of pure enthusiasm for meteorology, UBIMET was founded in 2004 as the start-up by Michael Fassnauer &#038; Manfred Spatzierer, and can now look back on an exciting success story. 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class=\"av-milestone-icon-wrap\"><span class='av-milestone-icon milestone_icon milestone-icon-hasborder'><span class='av-milestone-icon-inner milestone_inner'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div><article class='av-milestone-content-wrap'><div class='av-milestone-contentbox'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h4 class='av-milestone-title '>Service-oriented claims service provider<\/h4><\/header><div class='av-milestone-content'><ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">UBIMET concludes &#8220;Preferred Partnership Agreement&#8221; with Red Bull.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">The successful cooperation with the German Association of Public Insurers commences.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">In June the company receives the accolade of &#8220;Service-oriented claims service provider&#8221; in Germany &amp; Austria.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">The World&#8217;s fifth best airport, Hamad International Airport, opts for the Weather Cockpit\u00ae.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Swiss Railways SBB starts optimising its winter ops with Weather Cockpit\u00ae.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class='av-milestone-article-footer entry-footer'><\/footer><\/article><\/li>\n<li  class='av-milestone av-ij7yzh-eb55fd10881f486d98c0917b32eb93d8 av-animated-generic fade-in av-milestone-valign-baseline av-milestone-even'><h2 class='av-milestone-date ' id='milestone-2017'><strong>2017<span class='av-milestone-indicator'><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><article class='av-milestone-content-wrap'><div class='av-milestone-contentbox'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h4 class='av-milestone-title '>WSA Austria Award<\/h4><\/header><div class='av-milestone-content'><ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">The premium weather app <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubimet.com\/en\/consumer-brands\/morecast\/\"><strong>MORECAST<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0broke\u00a0the\u00a0<strong>15 million download<\/strong>\u00a0mark.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubimet.com\/en\/services\/weather-cockpit\/\">UBIMET\u00a0Weather Cockpit<\/a>\u00a0won the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubimet.com\/en\/ubimet-weather-cockpit-wins-the-world-summit-award-austria-2017\/\">World Sumit Award Austria 2017<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubimet.com\/en\/industries\/energy-weather-forecasting-industry-solutions\/\">energy<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubimet.com\/en\/industries\/insurance-weather-forecasting-industry-solutions\/\">insurance<\/a>\u00a0specialist\u00a0EWC Weather Consult GmbH rebranded as UBIMET GmbH.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">UBIMET managed the lightning and extreme heat policies for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubimet.com\/en\/portfolio-item\/ubimet-managing-rugby-league-world-cup-2017-weather-risks\/\">Rugby League World Cup 2017<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class='av-milestone-article-footer entry-footer'><\/footer><\/article><div class=\"av-milestone-icon-wrap\"><span class='av-milestone-icon milestone_icon milestone-icon-hasborder'><span class='av-milestone-icon-inner milestone_inner'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div><h2 class='av-milestone-date ' id='milestone-2017'><strong>2017<span class='av-milestone-indicator'><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><\/li>\n<li  class='av-milestone av-i3gevx-1dfe8028aa0c381f1b070a12148128ad av-animated-generic fade-in av-milestone-valign-baseline av-milestone-odd'><h2 class='av-milestone-date ' id='milestone-2016'><strong>2016<span class='av-milestone-indicator'><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><div class=\"av-milestone-icon-wrap\"><span class='av-milestone-icon milestone_icon milestone-icon-hasborder'><span class='av-milestone-icon-inner milestone_inner'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div><article class='av-milestone-content-wrap'><div class='av-milestone-contentbox'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h4 class='av-milestone-title '>Gold Medal<\/h4><\/header><div class='av-milestone-content'><ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">The premium weather app <strong>MORECAST<\/strong>\u00a0broke\u00a0the\u00a0<strong>12 million download<\/strong>\u00a0mark.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubimet.com\/en\/portfolio-item\/national-australian-sailing-team-sailing-toward-the-gold-medal\/\"><strong>Australian sailing team won a gold medal<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and three silver medals at the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympic.org\/rio-2016\">Rio Olympics<\/a> with UBIMET<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">UBIMET is for the third season the official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fia.com\/\">weather service provider of the FIA<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubimet.com\/en\/portfolio-item\/pga-australia-meteorological-risk-management\/\">PGA Australia<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0became a new UBIMET customer and uses tailored\u00a0<strong>weather information for all golf tournaments<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class='av-milestone-article-footer entry-footer'><\/footer><\/article><\/li>\n<li  class='av-milestone av-fl7qq5-fa55e6c0aeccee8f3ffe467fa08bc9bb av-animated-generic fade-in av-milestone-valign-baseline av-milestone-even'><h2 class='av-milestone-date ' id='milestone-2015'><strong>2015<span class='av-milestone-indicator'><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><article class='av-milestone-content-wrap'><div class='av-milestone-contentbox'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h4 class='av-milestone-title '>Morecast Launched<\/h4><\/header><div class='av-milestone-content'><ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubimet.com\/en\/consumer-brands\/morecast\/\"><strong>MORECAST weather app<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0was launched in July 2015 and surpassed the\u00a0<strong>six million download mark<\/strong>\u00a0by December 2015.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubimet.com\/en\/services\/weather-energy-forecasts\/\">energy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubimet.com\/en\/industries\/insurance-weather-forecasting-industry-solutions\/\">insurance<\/a> specialist EWC Weather Consult GmbH\u00a0became\u00a0<strong>part of the UBIMET Group<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubimet.com\/en\/portfolio-item\/frankfurt-airport-efficient-handling-with-precise-weather-data\/\">Frankfurt Airport<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubimet.com\/en\/portfolio-item\/deutsche-bahn-winter-service-planning-for-more-than-5400-railway-stations\/\"><strong>Deutsche Bahn<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0became customers of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubimet.com\/en\/services\/weather-cockpit\/\">UBIMET\u00a0<strong>Weather Cockpit<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">UBIMET <strong>received funding from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ffg.at\/en\/frontrunner\">FFG\u2019s<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u201cFrontrunner\u201d program as an\u00a0<strong>international leader in weather warnings<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">UBIMET gained the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubimet.com\/en\/portfolio-item\/football-federation-australia\/\"><strong>Football Federation of Australia<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Golf New South Wales<\/strong>\u00a0as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubimet.com\/en\/industries\/sports-weather-forecasting-industry-solutions\/\"><strong>sports customers<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class='av-milestone-article-footer entry-footer'><\/footer><\/article><div class=\"av-milestone-icon-wrap\"><span class='av-milestone-icon milestone_icon milestone-icon-hasborder'><span class='av-milestone-icon-inner milestone_inner'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div><h2 class='av-milestone-date ' id='milestone-2015'><strong>2015<span class='av-milestone-indicator'><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><\/li>\n<li  class='av-milestone av-1dslst-a22ce763086cb8dbf6bef7e954294b94 av-animated-generic fade-in av-milestone-valign-baseline av-milestone-odd'><h2 class='av-milestone-date ' id='milestone-2014'><strong>2014<span class='av-milestone-indicator'><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><div class=\"av-milestone-icon-wrap\"><span class='av-milestone-icon milestone_icon milestone-icon-hasborder'><span class='av-milestone-icon-inner milestone_inner'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div><article class='av-milestone-content-wrap'><div class='av-milestone-contentbox'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h4 class='av-milestone-title '>FIA Service Provider<\/h4><\/header><div class='av-milestone-content'><ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">UBIMET became the official weather <strong>service provider of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fia.com\/\">FIA<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0for every <a href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/\">Formula 1<\/a> race around the globe.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">The Swiss media specialist <a href=\"http:\/\/meteonews.ch\/en\/Weather_Map\/CCH\/Switzerland\">MeteoNews<\/a>\u00a0<strong>became a strategic partner\u00a0of the UBIMET Group<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwz.at\/\">uwz.at<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wetter.tv\/\">wetter.tv<\/a>\u00a0apps surpassed the\u00a0<strong>one million download mark<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">UBIMET opened a branch <strong>office<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0<strong>New York City<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oesv.at\/news\/index.php\">\u00d6SV (<strong>Austrian Skiing Association<\/strong>)<\/a> relied on the weather forecasts provided by UBIMET during\u00a0<strong>Olympic winter games<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class='av-milestone-article-footer entry-footer'><\/footer><\/article><\/li>\n<li  class='av-milestone av-caeh8t-65f2ba9929daaac39c87dedf9f935229 av-animated-generic fade-in av-milestone-valign-baseline av-milestone-even'><h2 class='av-milestone-date ' id='milestone-2013'><strong>2013<span class='av-milestone-indicator'><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><article class='av-milestone-content-wrap'><div class='av-milestone-contentbox'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h4 class='av-milestone-title '>nowcast Becomes Part of UBIMET<\/h4><\/header><div class='av-milestone-content'><ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">UBIMET moved to the <a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ares_Tower\">ARES TOWER in Vienna<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nowcast.de\/en\"><strong>nowcast<\/strong><\/a>, the specialist in the field of lightning detection,\u00a0<strong>became part of the UBIMET group<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Full-scale<\/strong>\u00a0meteorological\u00a0<strong>operations<\/strong>\u00a0began in\u00a0<strong>Australia<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">UBIMET received a <strong>major contract<\/strong>\u00a0from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubimet.com\/en\/portfolio-item\/deutsche-bahn-winter-service-planning-for-more-than-5400-railway-stations\/\"><strong>Deutsche Bahn<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">UBIMET secured new clients for its <strong>Event Management products<\/strong>\u00a0including the Beach Volleyball European Championship 2013 and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubimet.com\/en\/portfolio-item\/red-bull-x-alps-location-specific-information-regarding-wind-and-weather\/\">Red Bull X-Alps<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class='av-milestone-article-footer entry-footer'><\/footer><\/article><div class=\"av-milestone-icon-wrap\"><span class='av-milestone-icon milestone_icon milestone-icon-hasborder'><span class='av-milestone-icon-inner milestone_inner'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div><h2 class='av-milestone-date ' id='milestone-2013'><strong>2013<span class='av-milestone-indicator'><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><\/li>\n<li  class='av-milestone av-ax8ptp-1b74961e3cd6567fa1eeaf061f8fbce4 av-animated-generic fade-in av-milestone-valign-baseline av-milestone-odd'><h2 class='av-milestone-date ' id='milestone-2012'><strong>2012<span class='av-milestone-indicator'><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><div class=\"av-milestone-icon-wrap\"><span class='av-milestone-icon milestone_icon milestone-icon-hasborder'><span class='av-milestone-icon-inner milestone_inner'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div><article class='av-milestone-content-wrap'><div class='av-milestone-contentbox'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h4 class='av-milestone-title '>Red Bull Joined As Shareholders<\/h4><\/header><div class='av-milestone-content'><ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">UBIMET started offering its services via purpose-built <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubimet.com\/en\/consumer-brands\/\">Apps<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redbull.com\/gb-en\/\">Red Bull<\/a> joined as shareholders\u00a0<\/strong>and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redbullstratos.com\/\">UBIMET supplied data for the \u201cStratos\u201d project<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">UBIMET successfully supported the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubimet.com\/en\/portfolio-item\/national-australian-sailing-team-sailing-toward-the-gold-medal\/\"><strong>Australian sailing<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0team during the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympic.org\/london-2012\">London Olympics<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0assisting them to win one\u00a0silver and three gold medals.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Private customers in Germany and Switzerland gained access to UBIMET services. UBIMET secured the <a href=\"https:\/\/kurier.at\/\"><strong>Kurier<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kleinezeitung.at\/kaernten\/index.do\">K\u00e4rntner Tageszeitung<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>newspapers as customers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class='av-milestone-article-footer entry-footer'><\/footer><\/article><\/li>\n<li  class='av-milestone av-8j9q2l-e572ca6da3e249eaa5a6dac68377baa8 av-animated-generic fade-in av-milestone-valign-baseline av-milestone-even'><h2 class='av-milestone-date ' id='milestone-2011'><strong>2011<span class='av-milestone-indicator'><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><article class='av-milestone-content-wrap'><div class='av-milestone-contentbox'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h4 class='av-milestone-title '>Branch Office In Melbourne<\/h4><\/header><div class='av-milestone-content'><ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Started operations in Australia and opened a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubimet.com\/en\/company\/offices\/\"><strong>branch office in Melbourne<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">UBIMET <strong>expanded to Croatia<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">UBIMET supplied over <strong>1.5 million people in Central and Eastern Europe<\/strong>\u00a0with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubimet.com\/en\/services\/severe-weather-warnings\/\"><strong>severe weather warnings<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">As part of the European Research Initiative \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurescom.eu\/news-and-events\/eurescommessage\/eurescom-message-archive\/eurescom-messge-2-2011\/future-internet-ppp-programme-launched.html\">Internet of the Future<\/a>\u201c, UBIMET was<strong>\u00a0invited as one of three companies<\/strong>\u00a0from\u00a0<strong>across Europe<\/strong>\u00a0to the\u00a0<strong>opening ceremony in Brussels<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class='av-milestone-article-footer entry-footer'><\/footer><\/article><div class=\"av-milestone-icon-wrap\"><span class='av-milestone-icon milestone_icon milestone-icon-hasborder'><span class='av-milestone-icon-inner milestone_inner'>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div><h2 class='av-milestone-date ' id='milestone-2011'><strong>2011<span class='av-milestone-indicator'><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-7ut8jh-56f2163b2a6779ef44a1baab21bcded6\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-7ut8jh-56f2163b2a6779ef44a1baab21bcded6{\nheight:25px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-7ut8jh-56f2163b2a6779ef44a1baab21bcded6 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-n7dx9-b9f6786f2f461c3a32463ebc6e281e23\">\n.flex_column.av-n7dx9-b9f6786f2f461c3a32463ebc6e281e23{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-n7dx9-b9f6786f2f461c3a32463ebc6e281e23 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_one_full  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-4cnwvx-30e65c4592a6d7d5fc3472db78b3734d'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3><strong>UBIMET 2006 &#8211; 2010<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>2010<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As the first weather service in Austria, UBIMET received the ISO certification (EN ISO 9001: 2008) for its storm warnings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wetter.tv\">www.wetter.tv<\/a>, the UBIMET Weather website for German-speaking countries went live.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2009<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>UBIMET expanded its activities to <strong>Hungary<\/strong>, <strong>Poland<\/strong> and the <strong>Czech Republic<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2008<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the spring of 2008 UBIMET was\u00a0revitalized and with <strong>100% ownership by the founders Michael Fassnauer and Manfred Spatzierer<\/strong> they continued the <strong>success story internationally and facilitated expansion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2007<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Awarded <strong>second place<\/strong> at the WINNING Young Entrepreneurs Competition 2007 &#8211; <strong>Michael Fassnauer was selected as one of the top 3 young Austrian entrepreneurs<\/strong> of 2007.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2006<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The company was awarded <strong>third place<\/strong> in the category &#8220;<strong>The most innovative start-up companies<\/strong>&#8221; at the Viennovation Awards, 2006, and <strong>distinguished for the INDUS project<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The growth rate and investments in our own research and development department paid off and were honoured with the following prizes: Safe and Secure 2006, Mercur 2006<\/p>\n<p><strong>2005<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Austrian Federal Railways \u00d6BB<\/strong> received weather information from UBIMET in order to plan their resources better and to increase the safety and efficiency of railway operations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-39pb25-2d6043d0ab31d320ce7f7accc8bfe192\">\n.flex_column.av-39pb25-2d6043d0ab31d320ce7f7accc8bfe192{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-39pb25-2d6043d0ab31d320ce7f7accc8bfe192 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-jk40x3av-a911a2969b8998f7dee1ab00b489b121'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3><strong>UBIMET 2004<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Michael Fassnauer and the meteorologist Manfred Spatzierer found the company.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-19006 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ubimet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Michael-Fassnauer-Manfred-Spatzierer-found-UBIMET.jpg\" alt=\"Michael-Fassnauer-&#038;-Manfred-Spatzierer-found-UBIMET\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubimet.com\/en\/portfolio-item\/uniqa-severe-weather-alerts-for-customers\/\">UNIQA commissioned\u00a0UBIMET<\/a> as a service provider for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubimet.com\/en\/services\/severe-weather-warnings\/\">severe weather alerts<\/a> &#8211; As the 1st insurance company, UNIQA offers severe weather warnings via SMS and e-mail to its private customers.<\/p>\n<p>Formation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubimet.com\/en\/consumer-brands\/severe-weather-center\/\">Severe Weather Center Austria<\/a> (Unwetterzentrale \u00d6sterreich; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uwz.at\/at\/de\/\">UWZ.at<\/a>) &#8211; the UWZ offers <strong>severe weather warnings around the clock<\/strong>. For the first time, location-specific severe weather alerts down to the postal code level were offered to the Austrian market.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Largest private weather service in Austria<\/strong> &#8211; Only a few months after its foundation, UBIMET supplied renowned customers such as the dpa<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dpa-international.com\/\"> (German Press Agency)<\/a> with daily weather information.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From pure enthusiasm for meteorology: UBIMET was founded in 2004 as the start-up by Michael Fassnauer &#038; Manfred Spatzierer, and can now look back on an exciting success story. 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