Ubimet

Ubimet GmbH

Type	Limited liability company
Industry	Meteorological services
Founded	2004
Headquarters	Vienna, Austria
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Michael Fassnauer, Manfred Spatzierer
Number of employees	200-500
Website	www.ubimet.com

The Institute for Ubiquitous Meteorology (UBIMET) is a worldwide private provider of weather forecasts and severe weather warnings.

UBIMET was established in Vienna, Austria, by Dr. Michael Fassnauer and Manfred Spatzierer in September 2004 under the name Meteomedia GmbH. It began by providing weather services to institutions such as the German Press Agency, Austrian Federal Railways, and Uniqa Insurance Group. UBIMET went on to build the Austrian Severe Weather Center to forecast extreme weather events. In December 2008, shares of Meteomedia Group were bought back by the company's founders, and the name was changed to UBIMET GmbH.

Today, companies in the insurance, media (such as Der Standard and Kronen Zeitung), sports (the International Automobile Federation, Moto GP, Red Bull, the Australian Olympic sailing team, the 2013 European Beach Volleyball Championships), infrastructure (Austrian Federal Railways, Deutsche Bahn), energy (E.ON), mining (Austmine), and logistics (STRABAG) industries use UBIMET’s corporate services.

In 2011, the company opened an office in Melbourne, Australia, with a full-scale operation including meteorologists and business development resources, as well as marketing and infrastructure. In 2012, UBIMET provided weather data for the Red Bull Stratos space diving project during which Felix Baumgartner successfully ascended to 128,100 feet in a stratospheric balloon and free-fell at supersonic speed before parachuting to the ground. In the same year, Red Bull became a company shareholder. UBIMET now provides weather data for many of Red Bull’s global sporting events (e.g., the Wings For Life World Run in 2014 and 2015).