obtained a master’s degree in thermal engineering and a doctorate and habilitation from the Warsaw University of Technology (PW) in 1976, 1983 and 2014 respectively. He is the president of the company from its inception to the present day. At the same time, he works at the PW, and in 2016-20 he was the head of the District Heating and Gas Systems Department at this university. Its theoretical and practical areas of activity are energy, heating and cooling, energy storage and pumping systems. He led and participated as a contractor in more than 100 projects mainly in the area of “energy and environment”. He has published more than 80 articles and papers in various international and national journals and conference materials.A BRIEF HISTORY AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COMPANY
- Creation of Proinstall s.c.
- foundation – November 1993
- shareholders: 5 persons, (all shareholders held the title of Dr. D.C. and took an equal share in the company)
Proinstall s.c. operated on the market for nearly 4 years and in June 1997 was transformed into a limited liability company.
- The establishment of AF-Proinstall ltd.
- was founded in June 1997
- shareholders: Proinstall s.c. (52.5% of the shares) and ÅF-Group – a Swedish company (47.5% of the shares)
ÅF Group is the largest engineering and consulting company in Sweden, as well as one of the largest in Europe and is listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. ÅF Group has about 30 companies (more than 2600 employees) that operate primarily in the areas of energy and environment, as well as process engineering and mechanics.
- Increase in the company’s capital – November 2005
- to 142 thousand PLN (2840 shares at 50 PLN),
- ÅF-Group took 2760 shares, i.e. about 97.2% of the total shares in the company
- The Changes of Ownership in the capital of the company – July 2008
- sale of 2824 shares (ÅF Group),
- buying 2824 shares (Ryszard Zwierzchowski)
Remarks:
1) throughout the life of the company, its chairman is Ryszard. Zwierzchowski,
2) in the period 1993 – 2020, the company successfully implemented more than 80 projects,
3) the company successfully introduced to the Polish market innovative technology (on the scale of heating in Poland) heat accumulation (heat accumulators) in urban district heating systems (Siemens award for Dr. Ryszard Zwierzchowski).