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Al Jaber in Distress
Saudi investor Mohamed Al Jaber has to fight on several fronts in Austria. Kneissl awaits restructuring, loans are due.
April 23, 2011
Trenkwalder Gets Fresh Capital with Droege Capital
German Droege Capital GmbH acquires the majority stake in the Austrian employment agency Trenkwalder International AG.
April 23, 2011
Every second Company Concerned by Crisis in Libya and Japan
According to a survey in Upper Austria, 46% of the companies are concerned by the rise in commodity and energy prices or by supply bottlenecks in the electronic industry.
April 23, 2011
Interest in Acquiring A-Tec
The Austrian restructurer Erhard Grossnig is interested in acquiring parts of the insolvent A-Tec Group.
April 22, 2011
Rising Number of One-Day Registrations of Cars
One-day registrations of passenger cars in the first quarter 2011: +5.6%; 5.1% of the new passenger cars were deregistered within 24 hours
April 22, 2011
Banner on Growth Course
The Upper-Austrian manufacturer of car batteries could raise its sales up to € 225m. Investments of € 20m are planned.
April 22, 2011
ATB in Severe Turbulences
Losses of the Austrian A-Tec subsidiary will probably exceed half of the share capital.
April 22, 2011
Timber Production Increased Slightly Again in 2010
The timber harvest increased last year by 6.6% compared with 2009. Climate-damaged timber has decreased by 14%.
April 20, 2011
Record Results for Rosenbauer Group
The Austrian company manufacturing fire fighting vehicles could realize a rise of 70% in EBIT. Export ratio amounts to 93%.
April 20, 2011
Frauenthal: Staff Returns
The Styrian supply company was hard hit by the crisis. After an unavoidable workforce reduction, capacities are growing again.
April 19, 2011
GATX Rail Europe Announces Entry into Turkish Marketplace
The Vienna-based GATX Rail Europe today announced its entry into the Turkish marketplace with the deployment of newly-manufactured railway tank wagons.
April 18, 2011
Lenzing to switch to prime market of Vienna Stock Exchange on 18 April
Lenzing AG will start listing on the Vienna Stock Exchange’s prime market – the premium segment – as of 18 April 2011.
April 16, 2011
Payer Takes over Fluid Pack Production from Roche
July 2011 will see Roche Diagnostics in Graz transfer 6 fluid pack production systems to Payer International Technologies in St. Bartholomä. The cooperation with Roche continues.
April 15, 2011
Semperit AG Holding: Thomas Fahnemann succeeds Rainer Zellner as CEO
New composition of Management and Supervisory Boards. Annual General Meeting approves dividend of € 1.25 per share.
April 15, 2011
Strabag Expands its Activities in Hydraulic Engineering Sector
The Austrian construction company acquires 100 % of the German civil hydraulic engineering firm Ludwig Voss, Cuxhaven.
April 14, 2011
Resch &Frisch - Expands to Italy
The baked goods producer was able to increase its sales in 2010 again. The market is to be expanded to the south.
April 13, 2011
Austrian Construction Industry Aims at the Czech Republic
Despite the current downturn in the Czech construction market, the Economic Chamber presently recommends making use of the traditionally good relations with the Czech Republic.
April 13, 2011
Strabag Consortium Wins PPP Contract in Germany
The Austrian construction company has been awarded to upgrade a highway-section in Bavaria, Germany.
April 12, 2011
Registration of new passenger cars increased by 7.8%
New vehicle registrations in Austria in first quarter 2011: +15.4%; passenger cars +15.7%, almost one-third more lorries.
April 11, 2011
Team 7: Tripling of Sales by 2020
The natural furniture manufacturer is on the rise. The goal is to reach € 200m in sales by 2020.
April 9, 2011
Criticism on AMAG IPO
The placement of the shares before today's initial public offering has not been undertaken correctly, according to bank representatives. On the first day of trading the shares lost 6% of the issue price.
April 9, 2011
AMAG Quotes at Vienna Stock Exchange
Vienna Stock Exchange: Initial listing of AMAG stock on prime market today.
April 9, 2011
A-Tec: Restructuring With Success Prospects
The insolvent A-Tec Group might actually succeed in completing its reorganization. An investor has yet to be found by the end of June.
April 7, 2011
Austrian Paper Industry Shows Itself Cautiously Optimistic
2010 was marked by a production volume increase of 9%. Investment behavior remains hesitant.
April 7, 2011
Polytec Achieves Turnaround
The Austrian component supplier could improve its results substantially. Net profits are in the black again.
April 7, 2011
Bene Still in the Red
The Austrian furniture company could improve its results slightly. However, EBIT is still negative. Turnover decreased by 5%.
April 7, 2011
Andritz Defends Itself against the Greens
The Austrian technology group rejects vehemently the accusation of the Greens concerning the alleged sale of nuclear technology to Pakistan.
April 6, 2011
Saubermacher: Further Expansion in the SEE Region
The Austrian waste recycler takes over a Croatian supplier and takes further expansion steps.
April 6, 2011
Tough Collective Bargaining in the Electrical Industry
The second round of collective bargaining in Austria's electrical industry had to be interrupted. About 50,000 workers are affected.
April 6, 2011
Hirsch Servo Opens New Plant in Romania
Expanding its eastern and southeastern European production network, the HIRSCH Servo Group is setting up another operation in Oradea/Romania. Production at the site will total some 600 tonnes of packaging material a year.
April 6, 2011
FACC Expands Austrian Establishment
The Chinese aircraft component group accelerates the pooling of development activities at the Upper Austrian establishment.
April 5, 2011
Green Jobs are Booming in Austria
Environmental production and services sector defies the crisis – 2009 employment increases by 3.7%.
April 5, 2011
Plansee Expands Into Chile
The Austrian Plansee Group acquires minority ownership of the Chilean company Molibdenos y Metales S.A.
April 5, 2011
Wienerberger Acquires French Plastic Pipe Business from Alphacan
Alphacan France is a specialist for the development, production and maketing of PVC pipe systems.
April 5, 2011
Schlumberger Takes Over Distribution of Evian and Volvic
The Austrian sparkling wine producer considers this cooperation a "strategic expansion of the beverage competence by means of international Danone water brands".
April 5, 2011
Strong Year 2010/11 for Keba
The automation company has seen strong revenue growth in the previous year. The growth outlook is positive thanks to new markets.
April 2, 2011
Decreasing Output in Austria´s Construction Industry
Output of construction of buildings and civil engineering decreasing by 4.7% from January to December 2010. Volume of orders increasing by 0.3% at the end of December 2010.
April 2, 2011
BWT Back on Growth Path
Sales of the Austrian water technology company rose by 15.0% to€ 460.7m. EBIT is up by 17.4% to € 31.5m.
April 2, 2011
Frauenthal: Turnaround in 2010 Completed
Revenue was up by 19% to € 539.4 m (m). Profits rose from € -29.4m to € +17.4m.
April 1, 2011
AWO: "Great Italian Interest in Austrian Steel Know-How"
Foreign Trade Austria (Außenwirtschaft Österreich, AWO), sees good opportunities for domestic firms in Italy's steel industry.
March 31, 2011
Mixed Results for Crafts and Business Enterprises
Austria's business establishments are struggling especially with strong price pressures. Growth is moderate.
March 30, 2011
Bene Intensifies Activities in Asia and Australia
The Austrian office furniture manufacturer expands foreign operations. International sales are now conducted by Søren Trampedach.
March 30, 2011
voestalpine Increases Research Budget to a Record High
In the new business year 2011/12, which begins on April 1, 2011, the Austrian steel company set asiede more than € 120m for product and technology development.
March 30, 2011
Alpine: Confrontation with Polish Authorities
Due to the termination of a construction project, a violent dispute has broken out between the construction company and Polish authorities.
March 29, 2011
6.1 Million Cars in Austria
Stock 2010: over 6 million motor vehicles for the first time; Austrians own 4.4 million passenger cars.
March 29, 2011
€ 110m Project for Andritz
The Austrian technology group Andritz will supply Francis turbines and generators for the Mica hydropower plant in Canada.
March 29, 2011
Strabag Awarded for Project in Frankfurt
A subsidiary of the Austrian construction group Strabag, Züblin, is building the "TaunusTurm" in Frankfurt financial district. Construction period ends in 2013.
March 29, 2011
Brau Union with Stable Results
The Austrian brewery Brau Union has sold more beer again, while maintaining sales and profits. Innovations and a more aggressive pricing policy provided for market growth.
March 26, 2011 · Updated: March 26, 2011; 12:10
Austrian Industrial Production Still Growing
Statistics Austria: Rise in Production index in January 2011: 8.4% over January 2010
March 26, 2011
IPO of AMAG in April
The aluminum company Austria Metall AG is the first company going public in Vienna since 2007. The free float will amount to 55%.
March 25, 2011
