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International Business Important for Austrian Insurers
The Austrian insurance companies recorded moderate growth in the first quarter of the year. More than 50% of their premium income comes from their international business.
June 21, 2011
Vienna Stock Exchange with Satisfying Results and Changes in the Supervisory Board
Heimo Scheuch and Andreas Brandstetter will succeed Wolfgang Reithofer and Konstantin Klien in the Supervisory Board of Wiener Börse AG and its parent company CEESEG AG.
June 16, 2011
Record Loss for A-Tec in 2010
The insolvent company reported a loss of € 585m. Nonetheless, CEO Kovats sees a positive development and remains optimistic.
June 15, 2011
Palmers on the Way Back to Black Figures
The Austrian lingerie group’s results are still negative due to the acquisition of Lejaby. An expansion of the Palmers brand is planned in Germany and CEE.
June 15, 2011
Miba Continues Its Growth Course
The Austrian component supplier’s level of orders reached a peak of € 260m. Sales increased by 41.5% to € 138.7m in the first quarter.
June 10, 2011
Kapsch TrafficCom Records Strong Growth in 2010/11
The Austrian technology group reported the best result in its history in the last year. EBIT almost doubled to € 48.9m.
June 8, 2011
Hirsch Servo Still in the Red
The Austrian machine manufacturer and packaging supplier improved its results in the first three quarters of the financial year. Operational turnaround is still planned for 2010/11.
May 31, 2011
Strabag Raises Outlook for 2011 and 2012 after Solid Q1
The Austrian construction company increased its output volume by 26% in the traditionally weak first three months of the year. Operating result improved marginally to € -145.38m.
May 31, 2011
Strong Growth for voestalpine in 2010/11
The Austrian steel company increased its operating result by 180% to € 984.8m. Annual profit tripled to around € 600m.
May 31, 2011
C.A.T. oil: Results Influenced by Diversification into Third Core Business
The Lower-Austrian provider of oil and gas field services registered a net loss of € 1m due to high tax expense. Revenues increased by 29.4% yoy to € 61m.
May 30, 2011
Warimpex: First-Quarter Loss Widens
The Austrian real estate company’s loss increased from € -0.7m to € -3.0m in the first quarter of 2011. EBIT fell from € 2.9m to € -0.3m.
May 27, 2011
Slight Decline in OeNB’s Profit in 2010
The Austrian national bank's operating profit came to € 291m in the previous year. € 269m will be paid to the central government.
May 26, 2011
EVN: 12% Drop in First-Half Net Income
The Austrian energy company recorded a substantial drop in group net income, mainly due to a 30.9% decline in the financial result.
May 26, 2011
Flughafen Wien Group: 4.8% Increase in Net Profit
Revenue: plus 6.9% to € 131.5m, net profit: € 19.8m. Traffic: plus 5.5% to 4.1 million.
May 26, 2011
RBI’s Results Above Expectations
The Austrian bank’s consolidated profit fell by 19.1% to € 270m, while analysts expected a decline to only € 253m. Net provisioning for impairment losses went down by 35.9%.
May 26, 2011
Mixed Quarterly Results for KTM
The Austrian motorcycle manufacturer reported significantly higher sales in the first three months of the year. EBIT, however, decreased by 78% year-on-year.
May 25, 2011
Uniqa Records Premium Growth in All Regions and Segments
The Austrian insurance group increased its IFRS premiums written by 3.0% to € 1.8bn in the first quarter of 2011. The group profit grew by 17.2% to € 27m.
May 25, 2011
SW Umwelttechnik Still in the Red
The Austrian technology company reported a slight increase in revenue. EBIT improved from € -2.9m to € -2.5m.
May 25, 2011
CA Immo: Initial Consolidation of Europolis Prompts Sharp Rise in Earnings
The figures for the first quarter of 2011 show a strong rise in earnings following the inclusion of Europolis into the consolidated accounts of the Austrian real estate group.
May 25, 2011
Rosenbauer Slightly Below Expectations
The Austrian company manufacturing fire fighting vehicles reported revenues of € 107.3m in the first quarter of 2011. Analysts expected € 108.5m.
May 24, 2011
Surprisingly Good First Quarter Results for ÖBB
The Austrian Federal Railways achieved earnings of € 4.2m before tax in the first three months of 2011. For the full year, however, the company still forecasts a loss.
May 23, 2011
Conwert Announces Strong Growth in Revenues in the First Quarter of 2011
The Vienna-based real estate company records a good business development and a 24% increase in EBIT.
May 20, 2011
ÖVAG: Strong Provisional Results for Q1 2011
Österreichische Volksbanken-AG Group (VBAG) expects a quarterly result of € 32m. The AGM concludes the combination of VBAG and Investkredit.
May 19, 2011
Austrian Cement Industry: Further Decline in Production
Total cement production is 20% lower than in 2008. A reversal of the trend is expected for 2012.
May 19, 2011
Borealis Records Strong Results in the First Quarter
The Austrian chemical company achieved a net profit of € 174m, an increase of € 120m. Both the Polyolefins and Base Chemicals businesses improved versus last year's results.
May 19, 2011
Sales Decline for Bene in the Financial Year 2010/11
The Austrian office furniture company reported a sales drop of 4.7% for the last year. EBIT improved from € -14.0m to € -8.2m.
May 19, 2011
Atrium: 50% Decline in Pre-Tax Profit
Despite a growing rental income, the real estate company’s profit before taxation decreased from € 46.3m to € 26.4m.
May 18, 2011
Binder+Co Starts 2011 with Strong First Quarter Growth
The Austrian machine and plant manufacturer began the 2011 financial year in a successful manner. Company sales revenues were some 44% higher at € 17.34m, EBIT more than trebled to € 1.10m.
May 18, 2011
Strong Growth Rates for Schoeller-Bleckmann
The Austrian oilfield equipment company recorded strong results in the first quarter. Sales went up by 81.8%, EBIT quadrupled to € 20m.
May 18, 2011
RWA: Strong Results in 2010
The Austrian conglomerate achieved double-digit growth rates of revenues and earnings. The positive trend continues in 2011.
May 17, 2011
VIG Is Staying on Course in the 1st Quarter of 2011
Group premiums went up by 2.9% to more than € 2.6bn. Profit increased by 7.0% to € 142.8m.
May 17, 2011
Pankl Announces Earnings and Sales Growth
Pankl Racing Systems AG records a 13.6% increase in revenues. EBIT improved by 40% from € 2.5m to € 3.5m.
May 16, 2011
Growing Sales at Wiesner-Hager Furniture
Wiesner-Hager, the Austrian office furniture specialists succeeded in completing the business year 2010/11 with growths both in sales and profits.
May 14, 2011
Strong Growth rates for BAWAG P.S.K. Insurance
BAWAG P.S.K. Versicherung AG was able to get into the Top-Ten group of Austrian life insurance companies for the first time, due to its growth in 2010.
May 14, 2011
Bank Austria Starts the Year with Net Profit of € 341m
Operating profit up by 8 per cent to € 851 m compared with Q1 2010, driven by strong revenue trend in commercial banking business and flat cost development
May 14, 2011
Declining Sales at UBM
The Austrian real estate company hat do report a decline in sales of 15%. However, profits rose slightly.
May 13, 2011
Sanochemia Confirms the Turnaround and Returns to Profitability
Sanochemia reports a profit and puts the focus on market expansion. Revenue increased by 20 percent year-on-year.
May 13, 2011
Strong Profit Growth for Agrana
The Austrian sugar and starch company could record an increase in sales by 8.9%. The starch segment could grow faster than the sugar segment.
May 13, 2011
Moderate Earnings Increase for Austrian Post
Revenue up 1.6% from the previous year on a comparable basis. EBIT goes up by 7.6% to € 48.8m. EBITDA margin amounts to 12.4%
May 13, 2011
Strong Decline in Eco Business Sales and Earnings
The net result was positive with € 1.1m, but it fell in comparison with the same period of the previous year by 68%.
May 13, 2011
Signs of Recovery at A-Tec
The insolvent company showed a satisfactory development in all divisions in the first quarter.
May 13, 2011
Sales Increase for Ottakringer Group
The beverage was able to increase its sales by 32% in the first quarter, compared with the same period of the previous year.
May 13, 2011
Mayr-Melnhof Improves Results Significantly
The Austrian packaging company could rise profits by 27.3%. Sales went up by 12.6%.
May 12, 2011
Good Prospects for BDI
The manufacturer of biodiesel could realize rising profits in Q1/2011. However, sales were declining.
May 12, 2011
Strong Sales Growth for RHI
Revenues of the RHI Group amounted to € 413.8 m in the first quarter of 2011, up 20.9% on the reference quarter of 2010. In the Steel Division revenues grew by 20.1%, in the Industrial Division by 23.3%.
May 12, 2011
TeleTrader in the Red
TeleTrader increases its sales again by around 5.7%, but net earnings are impacted negatively by investments in data and infrastructure with € -0.155m.
May 12, 2011
Falkensteiner Michaeler Tourism Group on Growth Course
With the four-part investment strategy in Central and Southeastern Europe, the Falkensteiner Michaeler Tourism Group AG (FMTG) is on the path to success.
May 12, 2011
Strong Results for Lenzing AG
The Austrian fiber manufacturer could record the best quarterly results in the company´s history. EBIT rose by 83.6% compared to Q1/2010.
May 11, 2011
Highly Satisfying Results for Polytec
The Austrian component supplier could definitively leave the crisis behind. EBITDA rose more than four-fold.
May 11, 2011
Surprisingly High Losses for Telekom Austria
After profits of € 91.2m in the first quarter of 2010, Telekom Austria suffered losses of € 79.2m in Q1/2011. This is mainly due to a social restructuring plan.
May 11, 2011
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