Austria Proves Attractive Business Location For International Companies

Politics ♦ Published: April 25, 2013; 11:36 ♦ (Vindobona)

Strong results for consultancy firm ABA - Invest in Austria: 201 companies started business operations in Austria in 2012, a rise of 10% on 2011.

Austria Proves Attractive Business Location For International Companies / Picture: © Wikipedia / Congress of Vienna (Jean-Baptiste Isabey)

Despite a problematic economic backdrop, the number of international companies setting up businesses in Austria rose by 10%. This makes 2012 the second best year ever for ABA – Invest in Austria . The 201 new companies created a total of 2,385 jobs (+31%) and invested EUR 282.37m.

Germany has traditionally been the most important investor and was once again responsible for the…