Early years
Johann Kapsch founded a precision mechanics workshop in Vienna’s Neubau district in 1892. From the beginning, the postal and telegraph authorities were amongst the most important customers. The devices and services of Kapsch proved themselves and the small workshop grew over 20 years into a sizeable operation. In 1912, Kapsch had a factory built on premises which it owned in the Meidling district of Vienna. The First World War initially had no effect on the company’s growth; telecommunications equipment was needed by the railways and postal services as well as the army.