Austrian companies profiting from the Olympics

IndustrialsIndustrial Goods ♦ Published: August 14, 2012; 09:37 ♦ (Vindobona)

The London Olympics were responsible for prestigious and lucrative orders running into double-digit millions in the run-up to the games.

Austrian companies profiting from the Olympics / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / Original author: Pierre de Coubertin (1863-1937), Public Domain

Over the past few years London has been sprucing itself up for the Olympic Games, with correspondingly high investments. And more than a dozen Austrian companies have also benefited. Numerous infrastructure projects, lighting solutions and energy concepts have all been realised – some with breathtaking order volumes:

voestalpine supplied the steel for Wembley Stadium while…