Waagner-Biro

Collectively, the companies have about 1000 employees in various locations in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.

[1] On October 16, 1854, the Vienna city magistrate granted Rudolph Philipp Waagner an "Iron trade authorisation".

Other roof projects include Vienna's Stephansdom in 1948, the Munich Olympic facilities in 1969, the Prater Stadium in Vienna in 1985, and the Reichstag dome in Berlin, for which the company won a European Steel Design award in 1999.

Waagner-Biro won another award in 2003 for the British Museum's Queen Elizabeth II Great Court.

Waagner Biro Stage Systems is now owned by Austrian entrepreneur Erhard Grossnigg,[4] whilst Waagner Biro Steel and Glass was acquired by Alheya Holding Group, based in Abu Dhabi.

Tessellated roof of the Great Court of the British Museum , constructed by Waagner-Biro
Inscription of the Bulgarian St Stephen Church in Istanbul