Develops and manufactures projection screens, media servers and show control software for live events and AV installations.
AV Stumpfl GmbH
Wallern (AT) · Alpharetta, GA (US) · Moscow (RU)New on Amplifa
About AV Stumpfl
AV Stumpfl GmbH is an Austrian family-owned company founded in 1975 by Reinhold and Ulli Stumpfl and headquartered in Wallern, Upper Austria. The company develops, manufactures and markets mobile and stationary projection screens as well as the multi-award-winning media server platform PIXERA, consisting of software and high-performance hardware for live shows, events and professional AV installations. Product development encompasses software, hardware and mechanical engineering, including specially designed machines and tools as well as a self-developed climate control technology for production. In 2015, the company invested around EUR 7.2 million in an R&D competence center at the Wallern site. Development and production take place exclusively in Wallern; sales and support are ensured through subsidiaries in the USA (Alpharetta, GA) and Russia (Moscow) as well as a worldwide partner network. The product line is designed for 24/7 continuous operation.
- Site
- Wallern
- Processes
- Development and manufacture of mobile and stationary projection screens, Media server software (PIXERA) and media server hardware, Show control, Software and hardware development, Production of own machines and tools, Sales and support via worldwide partner network
- Materials
- Media server hardware, PIXERA software, Projection screens
- Founded
- 1975
- Industries
- Event and entertainment industry, AV installations, Live shows, Presentation technology
- 01
Development (software, hardware, mechanics)
- 02
In-house machine and tool manufacturing
- 03
Production in Wallern
- 04
Sales via worldwide partner network
- 05
Support and service
Development & Manufacturing
Media server hardware
High-performance server product line (PIXERA zero/one/two/four) for uncompressed playback and scalable show systems.
PIXERA software
64-bit software for professional media playback, compositing and 3D projection mapping.
Projection screens
Mobile and stationary screen and frame systems (including Vario, Monoblox, Fullwhite) for 24/7 use.
Locations
Wallern
ATHeadquarters, development, production, logistics
- R&D competence center
- Logistics hall
- Own special-purpose machinery
- Self-developed climate control technology
Alpharetta
USSubsidiary AV Stumpfl Inc. (sales/support)
Moscow
RUSubsidiary AV Stumpfl CIS (sales/support)
Products
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
History
- 1960er
Reinhold Stumpfl discovers electronics as a hobby and builds loudspeakers and amplifiers.
- 1970er
Studies in Graz; building dissolve units for slide projectors; beginning of screen manufacturing as a precursor to the Vario system.
- 1975
Founded by Reinhold and Ulli Stumpfl.
- 1981
Relocation to Bad Schallerbach into a former kindergarten.
- 1986
Construction of the first own building in Bad Schallerbach.
- 1980er
AV Stumpfl becomes known in the German-speaking region as an innovation leader in presentation technology.
- 1990er
International growth of the mobile projection screens; development of the Wings software.
- 2000er
Construction of the first operational building in Wallern; development of the Monoblox system and marketing in the USA.
- 2004
Expansion of production halls and doubling of production capacity; start of projection trade.
- 2008
Development and market launch of the Fullwhite system.
- 2012
Construction start of the competence center and logistics hall; expansion of the media server division; VarioClip premiere.
- 2014
Development of the first Fullwhite Curve.
- 2015
Completion of the new building (EUR 7.2 million in the R&D competence center); 40th anniversary; Tobias Stumpfl becomes Managing Director.
- 2018-19
New products T32-SHIFT and AT64-SHIFT; PIXERA wins numerous awards.
- 2021
Stefanie Niederwimmer and Harry Gladow join the company management alongside CEO Tobias Stumpfl.