DYWIDAG-Systems International

DYWIDAG - Systems International (DSI ) is a global technology group in the construction and mining sector. The DSI Holding GmbH has its headquarters in Munich.

History

The DSI was founded in 1979 as a subsidiary of Dyckerhoff & Widmann AG worldwide sales of licenses for DYWIDAG products and systems. The business focus was initially in civil engineering, with the market segment prestressing technology and geotechnical engineering. In 2000, DSI began a second business in the field of underground mining with the development, production and distribution of products and systems to be installed for the mining and tunneling. With the merger of Walter Bau AG and DYWIDAG to Walter Bau-AG together with DYWIDAG in 2001 DSI was also transferred to the new company. Business in Germany DSI in the Construction sector was centrally controlled by the DSI Underground System GmbH with offices in Nauen, Langenfeld, King Brunn, Unterschleißheim and Munich. In 2002, the DSI acquired the Suspa prestressed concrete and split the business in Germany from the SUSPA prestressed concrete GmbH, which operated until 2009 as DSI GmbH.

In 2004, the company had 1,100 employees and generated sales of 300 million euros. " Following the bankruptcy of Walter Bau in 2005 followed by the acquisition of DSI Underground System by the financial investor Industri Kapital for 168 million euros, the DSI resold to CVC Capital Partners for more than one billion euros in 2007. In 2006, the concentration began on new business in the field of tunneling and concrete accessories. The DSI network comprised in the year 2007 about 90 companies, shareholdings, licensees and agents. 2009 was due to the economic crisis of the sales by 27 percent to 518 million euros. This was followed by mergers of subsidiaries DSI and contec on ​​the DYWIDAG - Systems International GmbH, Germany and the ALWAG tunneling Ges.mbH on the DSI Underground System Ges.mbH, Austria. 2010, the DSI was acquired by BAML ( Bank of America Merrill Lynch ) and Barclays Capital and sold on 1 April 2011 at Triton private equity for more than 400 million euros.

The company employs 2010 a total of 2,118 employees, generated a turnover of 620 million euros, of which 45 % came from the engineering and 55 % to underground mining. The business activities in the field of civil engineering and surface mining are focused on the EMEA, North America, South America and Asia - Pacific.

Structure

All activities for " Concrete Accessories " associated with the field of Civil Engineering, brings together the DYWIDAG formwork anchor store with products and systems of the DSI office at the site Porta Westfalica, contec -Systems ( Germany ) as well as the company Artéon, Mandelli - Setra, Technique Concrete and Idéaplast (all France).

All underground mining activities for the EMEA region (formerly ALWAG Ges.mbH ) focuses on DSI GmbH in Traun / Linz, Austria. Concurrently, the DSI Austria as a center of excellence in the development and application of high quality and innovative mining and tunneling systems.

The markets for construction and underground are regional markets. Therefore, DSI's global presence is based on a decentralized corporate structure. With own DSI companies, licensees and agents in over 90 countries DSI is represented worldwide.