The History of the Raiffeisen Goods Organisation 1898 Geschichte 1898 © Archive Establishment of the first Lagerhaus cooperative in Austria according to the system proposed by Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (Pöchlarn/Lower Austria). 1898 VLG Vorstand 1972 Vorstand und Aufsichtsrat des VLG im Geschäftsjahr 1972/73 © RWA The Lower Austrian Association of Rural Cooperatives (VLG) starts operating from a headquarters in Vienna. 1900 Establishment of the Styrian Association of Agricultural Cooperatives (renamed the “Styrian Association of Farmers” in 1927). 1917 Creation in Linz of the Upper Austrian Agricultural Association for Utilisation and Supply (renamed Oberösterreichische Warenvermittlung in 1946). 1946 Creation in Vienna of the federal goods headquarters of the Austrian Association of Agricultural Cooperatives (renamed ÖRWZ Österreichische Raiffeisen Warenzentrale in 1982). 1992 1st foreign participation (Agrosaat d.o.o. in Slovenia). 1993 Creation of RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria reg.Gen.m.b.H. as a result of the merger between the provincial cooperative goods associations of Lower and Upper Austria and Styria and ÖRWZ. 1994 RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria takes over the operational activities of the founding associations and the Österreichischen Raiffeisen Warenzentrale (ÖRWZ). 1995 RWA Gebaeude © RWA RWA moves into its news headquarters in Vienna. 1998 RWA-Genossenschaft transfers its entire activities to the newly founded RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria Aktiengesellschaft. RWA reg. Gen. m.b.H. remains the proprietary holding company. 1999 Foto_131231_ko_Zentrale_generated_inet_low © BayWa The EU gives the green light to a strategic alliance, based on a share swap, between RWA AG in Vienna and BayWa AG in Munich. 2004 The four Lagerhaus cooperatives in Burgenland become members of RWA. 2008 Raiffeisen Agro Beograd - first newly established RWA AG company outside the EU. 2011 Acquisition of the majority of Wärme Austria VertriebsgesmbH. from OMV. 2012 Establishment of the company which is now known as Austria Juice GmbH and has 14 production facilities in Austria, Germany, Denmark, Hungary, Poland, Rumania, Ukraine and China as a joint venture with Agrana Beteilungs-AG. 2012 Takeover of the majority of AFS Franchise-Systeme GmbH. 2014 The volume of agricultural products exceeds three million tonnes for the first time. 2015 Establishment of the Rumanian subsidiary RWA Romania. 2016 RI5_5515-2_Innovation © RWA Establishment of the Agro Innovation Lab as a platform for innovation in the agricultural sector. 2020 RWA Unternehmenszentrale Korneuburg © Maurer & Partner Transfer of RWA’s headquarters to Korneuburg 2022 Bild Sitz von Patent Co. in Mišićevo Patent Co. mit Sitz in Mišićevo vertreibt Mischfutter, Proteinkonzentrate und Premixe in der Balkanregion. © Patent Co./RWA Establishment of feed unit