INNOVATION MEETS TRADITION

Integrating ARTEX into the Josef Göbel Group is the latest development in a long corporate history infused with the aim to become Austria's best and most competent supplier and contractor for museums and exhibitions.

• 1874 Edmund Göbel establishes his company
• 1922 Robert Jirka etablishes his company in Pleissing in Lower Austria
• 1930 Robert Jirka relocates to Vienna
• 1954 Robert Jirka re-opens his business post-war, expansion and modernization
• 1974 Josef Göbel acquires Edmund Göbel's company
• 1982 Relocation to the new company headquarters in Fladnitz, Styria
• 1994 Expansion of the company in Fladnitz
• 1996 Opening of the new glazier's workshop in Passail, Styria
• 1978 Establishment of the consortium R.Jirka-J.Göbel
• 1996 Establishment of the R.Jirka GmbH & Co KG and consolidation with the Göbel-Jirka carpenter's workshops
• 2007 Göbel-Jirka carpenter's workshops relocate to Vienna and take over Seliger GmbH
• 2007 Establishment of Materio GmbH, holding company (FN 295113 s)
• 2011 Materio Gmbh acquires the ARTEX Art Services know-how and establishes ARTEX 2012 Gmbh