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Expo 2020 Dubai: Austria's Youth Showcase Their Innovation
The four teams that won Austria's "Innovative Youth" competition will get to showcase their projects at the World Expo 2020 in Dubai. Read about the competition and what the winning projects were.
January 27, 2022
Austrian Companies Join Largest European Technology Initiative
Austrian companies AT&S, Infineon Austria and NXP Semiconductors Austria are joining the IPCEI Microelectronics. The total investment volume of the Europe-wide project amount to no less than EUR 8.4 billion. Federal Ministers Gewessler and Schramböck are excited about the opportunity for Austria to make an impact in European digitalization.
March 25, 2021
Investment Subsidy Program Gets Extended
The Austrian government has announced an extension of the investment period for which subsidies will be granted. The high demand for the subsidy shows that many companies are hoping for a quick recovery from the current pandemic, which secures important jobs and strengthens Austria as a business location.
January 25, 2021
Further Increase of Investment Subsidy
The Austrian government has decided to increase its budget for investment subsidies. The high demand for this subsidy by companies located in Austria has exceeded the expectations of the government and is therefore adjusted upwards by another EUR 1 billion in order to further promote investments into digitalization, sustainability and other sectors.
November 30, 2020
Increase of Budget for Investment Subsidies to EUR 2 Billion
The Austrian Government has announced a budget increase for investment subsidies. A high demand and investment volume in the first three weeks of the application period has lead to this decision that is welcomed by the Federal Chamber of Commerce.
September 23, 2020
Environmental Support Act: 1 Billion for Climate Protection Support until 2022
The National Council is in favor of a budget increase dedicated to climate protection. In detail, the Environment Committee wants to raise the amount of funding to EUR 1 billion by 2022 which will be invested in biogenic heating networks, renovation of buildings and other measures.
September 17, 2020
Austrian World Summit 2020 Was a Success
The Austrian World Summit 2020 was held in a mixture of analog and digital setting due to Covid-19, yet starred international personalities that all highlighted the importance of sustainability and the fight against climate change.
September 17, 2020
Subsidies for New Investments in Austrian Economy
The Austrian government has put in place an investment subsidy in order to support the Austrian economy during the Covid-19 crisis. Business investments will be subsidized with up to 14% of the eligible costs.
August 17, 2020
COVID-19 Drug Made in Austria
Austrian biotech company Apeiron Biologics AG, which is currently working on a drug to treat the coronavirus, announces financing round for the further development of the COVID-19 drug APN01.
May 19, 2020
WeWork Cooperation to Facilitate Internationalization of Austrian Start-ups in the USA
The aim of the cooperation between shared workspace provider WeWork and AWS - Austria Wirtschaftsservice is to support innovative Austrian start-ups in their internationalisation in New York and on the US market.
April 26, 2019
Austria Strengthening Venture Capital Structures with Seoul and Shanghai
Margarete Schramböck, Austrian Federal Minister for Digitisation and Business, visited Seoul, the capital of South Korea and China's greater Shanghai metropolitan area, together with a high-ranking delegation of experts from the fields of digitisation, science and business, with the aim of strengthening Austria as a location for innovation.
November 9, 2018
aws LISA: With BIO-Europe in Vienna the focus of the global biotech industry will once more be on Austria
aws LISA: With BIO-Europe in Vienna the focus of the global biotech industry will once more be on Austria
November 4, 2013
Austrian SME Increase Investments
Sentiment in the SME sector is improving: 60% are planning to grow in the medium to long term. Enterprises increasingly rely on internal financing.
July 6, 2011
aws: Willingness to Invest in Austria’s Manufacturing Industry Grows
The investment projects promoted from January to March 2011 were larger and more ambitious than one year ago.
April 22, 2011
Lack of Venture Capital for Austrian Companies
The Ministry of Economy considers providing funds for start-ups. The Israeli concept serves as a model.
March 10, 2011
aws: Investments in Austria Rise Again
"Companies are investing more heavily in expanding and adding production capacity", reports the management of aws (Austria Wirtschaftsservice).
February 16, 2011
Austrian SME as a Source of Innovation
Austria's small and medium enterprises are, according to the Small and Medium-Sized Business report, the main driver for innovations.
January 7, 2011
aws is Commited to the Promotion of Technology
The Austrian development bank aws (austria wirtschaftservice) provides staffing and strategic action steps in order to implement innovative and technological trends.
December 1, 2010
aws Has Expansion Plans
The state-owned SME financing agency aws will double its fund volume to € 160 million, and extend its investments.
November 25, 2010
Vienna Stock Exchange: Winners and Losers (2010-11-19)
Daily News-Flash from the Vienna Stock Exchange: Upgrades & Downgrades, Winners & Losers.
November 19, 2010
Criticism of Austria's Allocation of Subsidies
Both the volume and the organization of the allocation of subsidies are susceptible of improvement, experts say.
October 21, 2010
aws-mittelstandfonds: Participation in New Telecom Holding in Carinthia
The fund of the Austria Wirtschaftsservice-Agentur (Austrian Economic Service Agency), a company launched last year to finance medium-sized businesses, has now acquired its fourth participation.
October 20, 2010
AWS - Increasing demand for small loans
According to the Austria Economic Service (AWS) a significant increase in demand for small loans was registered in the first half of 2010.
August 17, 2010