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KTM Corporate Bond “Very Popular”
The bond volume of € 85m was more than double oversubscribed within two hours. Especially Austrian private investors were interested.
April 19, 2012
Major Order at Andritz by Mondi Austria
International technology Group Andritz has been selected by Mondi Group to supply a 1,200 tds/d recovery boiler for Mondi Frantschach at its mill in Carinthia.
April 19, 2012
Alpine: Best Bidder in Slovakia
The Austrian construction company has good prospects to receive a major contract in Slovakia. The contract volume is € 126.3m.
April 18, 2012
Chemical Industry: Workers Want 5.8% Wage Increase
The Austrian chemical industry negotiates the collective agreements. Before the third negotiation round started, the workers put pressure on the employer side.
April 18, 2012
Bad Prospects for Austrian Paper Industry
In 2011, production of the Austrian paper industry declined by 2.2%. In 2012, there is no reason to be optimistic, the industry says.
April 18, 2012
Moderate Growth at Wintersteiger
In 2011, the Austrian machine manufacturer could raise revenues by 9.0% to € 101.8m.
April 14, 2012
Romania´s Authorites Check Alpine and Strabag
The two Austrian construction companies are suspected to have participated in three price arrangements. The order volume is € 190m.
April 14, 2012
Kapsch: Critique by Czech Republic
The toll collection system in the Czech Republic is more expensive in Austria or Germany, the Czech audit authority alleges.
April 14, 2012
Bene Posts Rise in Earnings
In the scope of an institutional investors event, the Vienna Stock Exchange listed Bene Group publishes today a first estimate of results for the financial year 2011/12 ended on January 31, 2012.
April 14, 2012
Lenzing Expects Not to Reach Results of 2011 Again
Lenzing´s CEO Peter Untersberger presented the excellent results of the last financial year. This year, earnings will reach the level of last year only “at best”.
April 13, 2012
Wienerberger Builds Firewall Against Hostile Takeover
The Austrian brick producer plans to lower the marginal value for takeover offers to 20%.
April 13, 2012
SW Umwelttechnik Improved Earnings
The Austrian environmental technology company still records operating losses. Turnover fell considerably.
April 13, 2012
Alpine Shortlisted for Crossrail Fit-Out in UK
Austrian construction firms team up to make the shortlist for fit-out work on 52km of Crossrail tunnels. Worth GBP 400m this represents one the largest contracts on the new east-west rail link across London.
April 12, 2012
Voestalpine Indicates Significant Increase in Revenues
The Austrian steel company recorded about € 12.0bn in revenues last financial year. 25% of the revenues are based on exports apart from Europe.
April 12, 2012
Strabag to Expand in Danube Region
In order to develop the Danube region of Hungary, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria and Ukraine, the Austrian construction group expands its hydraulic engineering business.
April 12, 2012
Frauenthal to Sell Catalyzer Segment
The Austrian supply company intends to sell the “industrial honeycomb” segment with revenues of € 80m and 350 workers.
April 11, 2012
Ruttenstorfer Enters RHI
The former OMV executive becomes supervisory board member at the Austrian RHI.
April 11, 2012
Alpine to Rebuild Railway in Macedonia
The € 7m contract to be fully financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
April 11, 2012
Voestalpine Increases R&D Expenditure
voestalpine said it is increasing R&D expenditure to a record level of € 132m for the 2012-13 business year just begun.
April 11, 2012
Eder Ticks Off Rail Cartel
Voestalpine´s CEO Wolfgang Eder underlines the new compliance rules of voestalpine. Another participation in a cartel would be “impossible”.
April 7, 2012
„Power Struggle“: Red Bull Declines Rumors
Red Bull commented that reports on an arising power struggle between the two owners are nothing else as “fanciful speculations”.
April 6, 2012
Free Float at KTM Declines
The Austrian motor-cycle manufacturer has a free float of only 2.9%. The two main shareholders are CEO Stefan Pierer and the Indian Rajiv Bajaj.
April 6, 2012
Austria Tabak Loses Market Shares
The U.S. group Philip Morris is the clear market leader in Austria´s tobacco market.
April 6, 2012
Strabag Germany Cancels Profit Warning
In November, the German subsidiary of the Austrian construction company published a profit warning. Now, the initial expectations were recovered.
April 6, 2012
FACC Enhances Revenues Massively.
The Austrian plane component supplier FACC could raise revenues by 31%.
April 5, 2012
EU Approved Joint Venture between Agrana and Ybbstaler
The EU Commission granted Agrana and RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria the green light for the merger of their fruit juice concentrates subsidiaries.
April 5, 2012
Power Struggle at Red Bull?
After the death of the inventor of Thai-Austrian energy drink, a power struggle between Mateschitz and the new majority owner may arise.
April 4, 2012
Go-Ahead for Joint Venture Between Agrana and RWA.
EU Commission approves joint venture between the two Austrian food companies Agrana Juice Holding GmbH and Ybbstaler Fruit Austria GmbH (RWA).
April 4, 2012
„Steel Industry Needs Market Adjustment“
Wolfgang Eder, CEO of the Austrian steel company voestalpine, sees massive overcapacities in the European steel Industry. Eder reaffirmed his warning to leave Austria.
April 4, 2012
Polytec Posts Significant Improvement of Earnings
Sales and Earnings performed as expected. Earnings per share reach € 1.54, a dividend per share of € 0.35 is proposed.
April 4, 2012
Polytec: Declining Revenues, but Rising Earnings Expected
Tomorrow, Wednesday, the Austrian automotive component supplier presents its results of 2011. Analysts anticipate a significant increase in earnings.
April 3, 2012
Frauenthal Expands into Slovakia
The Austrian conglomerate acquires a Slovak sanitary retailer. The automotive segment recovers, CEO Moser says.
April 2, 2012
British Mayr-Melnhof Factory Occupied
The Liverpool-based site of the Austrian packaging company Mayr-Melnhof will be closed. Workers occupy the factory in order to prevent the shutdown.
April 2, 2012
Bajaj Increases Stake in KTM
The Indian Investor Rajiv Bajaj now holds a 44.3% share in the Austrian motor-cycle manufacturer.
April 2, 2012
Construction Industry: Small Rise in Output, Good Prospects
The Austrian construction industry recorded an increase in volume of orders by 10.2% at the end of December 2011. Output of construction of buildings and civil engineering rose by 2.9% from January to December 2011.
March 30, 2012
Pröll Declines Konrad´s Succession
Josef Pröll, former Austrian Minister of Finance, excludes rumors about the succession of RZB´s chairman Christian Konrad.
March 30, 2012
Andritz Acquires U.S. Bricmont Inc.
The Austrian technology Group Andritz has acquired Bricmont Inc. from Inductotherm Group. Bricmont is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, and includes certain assets in China and India.
March 30, 2012
Mayr-Melnhof Closes Liverpool Plant
The Austrian packaging company today announced that it is to close its packaging plant in Liverpool.
March 29, 2012
Andritz Receives Order from ThyssenKrupp
The Austrian technology group is awarded to supply equipment for stainless steel production to ThyssenKrupp Nirosta, Germany.
March 29, 2012
Semperit Group Achieved Double-Digit Growth Rates
Revenue increased by 18.9% to € 820.0m. The Austrian producer of synthetic products recorded an increase in earnings after tax by 19.2% to € 54.1m.
March 29, 2012
FCC to Appoint Benita Ferrero-Waldner as Alpine´s Chairwoman
Austria´s former Minister of Foreign Affairs heads the supervisory board of Alpine. The appointment will take place at the next Supervisory Board meeting of Alpine, FCC's Central and Eastern European subsidiary.
March 29, 2012
Major Order at Strabag´s German Subsidiary
Ed. Züblin, a subsidiary of the Austrian construction group Strabag, was awarded to build new universites in Hamm and Lippstadt. The contraction volume amounts to € 100m.
March 29, 2012
Palfinger: High Expectations in China
The Austrian crane manufacturer is optimistic that China becomes the biggest market for the company.
March 28, 2012
Zumtobel Introduces Global Management for all Production Plants
As part of its growth strategy, the Zumtobel Group is placing all Zumtobel brand production plants under uniform global management.
March 28, 2012
Telekom Austria: Bond Issue Completed
The telecommunication company has successfully placed € 750m Eurobond with a coupon of 4.0% p.a. The order book´s volume surpassed the proceeds substantially.
March 27, 2012
Voestalpine Gets a New Group Structure
The Automotive Division and Profilform Division will be amalgamated to create the Metal Forming Division.
March 27, 2012
RHI Confirms Results 2011
The Austrian manufacturer of refractory products confirms its results published on March 6. RHI announces to have appointed a new CFO:
March 27, 2012
Voestalpine Forecasts Improved Business Conditions
Austrian steel group voestalpine expects results to improve from April 2012 as it benefits from price hikes and solid demand, Reuters reported.
March 27, 2012
Moderate Increase in Vienna-held Congresses
3,151 congresses were held in Vienna in 2011. This is an increase by 7.0%.
March 27, 2012
Alpine to Build Railroad Tunnel for Stuttgart 21
The Austrian construction company is involved in the German Railroad’s large-scale Stuttgart 21 project.
March 26, 2012
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