Austrian Industrial Sector Expands

BusinessEconomy ♦ Published: May 2, 2012; 10:47 ♦ (Vindobona)

Positive production trends in industry and construction in January 2012: turnover was up by 11.1%. Construction output grew by 17.9%.

Austrian Industrial Sector Expands / Picture: © Vindobona.org

According to calculations by Statistics Austria, the 61 646 enterprises (+2.1% compared to the previous year) in the entire industry and construction sector turned over a total of € 18.8bn (+11.1%) in January 2012, coupled with increasing employment (856 657 persons, +2.7%).

At establishment level, industrial production sold was above the previous year’s level and amounted…