Some roots of the TransInvest Group reach back to the 1880s. Today, close capital ties and the sharp increase in the number of companies and locations of the conglomerate are the product of developments since the late 1980s. The opening up of large geographic regions and countries such as Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, Central Asia as well as the gradual opening up of China to the world market were identified and used vigorously as a chance for future-oriented expansion of business activities. The competencies were developed in breadth and depth.