Zug, Switzerland, 09-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The 66th Four Hills Tournament ended on Saturday with record ratings and the outstanding victory of Poland’s Kamil Stoch, who was able to succeed in each of the four events. The so-called Grand Slam … Read the full press release
STUTTGART, 08-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Every G-Class has to conquer the Schöckl. Mercedes-Benz uses the 1,445 metre high local mountain near the Austrian city of Graz as a test track. The 5.6 km route includes gradients of up to 60 percent and … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Automotive, Germany, Transportation & Logistics
Opens regional headquarters in Austria to support growing customer base Treviso, ITALY, 08-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — RCH Group SpA, a provider of advanced point of sale systems for the retail, food and beverage, and the public administration sector, today announced the … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Electronics & Machinery, Food & Beverage, International Trade, Italy, News, Retail, Small Business, Technology
Tagged automatic cash desks, cash registers, cloud-based, cloud-based back office, design, Europe, expansion, Fiorenza Mella, Food&Beverage, INNOVATION, Innsbruck, Italian, Michele Stecca, office, Point of Sale, POS, RCH, RCH Europe, retail, self-service ticketing kiosk, systems
LONDON, 03-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — International Airlines Group (IAG) is to buy assets of the Austrian airline NIKI, which was formerly part of the Air Berlin group, for €20 million and provide liquidity to NIKI of up to €16.5 million. The transaction … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Investment, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged acquire, assets, Austrian airline NIKI, International Airlines Group (IAG)
THE HAGUE, 02-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The three development banks signed a USD 67.5 million loan to Lebanon and Gulf Bank (LGB BANK). In addition to the USD 32.5 million provided by FMO, OFID (the OPEC Fund for International Development) … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Banks, Financial, Investment, Netherlands, Small Business
Tagged FMO, Lebanon and Gulf Bank, LGB BANK, OeEB, OFID, SMEs, syndicated loan
The ORBI Tower – „the New World of Work“ in TownTown, 1030 Vienna, has been handed over to the new owners VIENNA, 29-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Following the closing on 15 December 2017, the ORBI Tower in Vienna TownTown, which is … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Banks, Investment, Management, Real Estate
Tagged Bank Austria Real Invest, IWS TownTown, Swiss Town Consult AG, the ORBI Tower, Wiener Stadtwerke
Austrian-born Wolfgang Jani moves from Schindler Germany to Austrian Airlines Jani succeeds Heinz Lachinger as CFO in April 2018 VIENNA, Austria, 27-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Austrian Airlines will have a new CFO in 2018. After the current CFO Heinz Lachinger … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Aviation & Aerospace, Management, Travel
Tagged Austrian Airlines, Harry Hohmeister, Heinz Lachinger, Wolfgang Jani
VIENNA/BUDAPEST, 19-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The network stability tests of the first section of the GSM-R network installed for Hungarian State Railways and GYSEV Zrt. have been closed successfully. The implementation of the state-of-the-art GSM-R technology increases the operability of … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Hungary, Industrial, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged GSM-R technology, Hungarian railway network, Kapsch CarrierCom, MVM OVIT Zrt.
International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from the Turkish Albayrak Group to deliver a new stock preparation line with a design capacity of 1,000 bdmt/d for its Varaka paper mill in Balikesir, Western Turkey. GRAZ, 13-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ … Read the full press release
VIENNA, 12-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA), which is based in the USA, holds less than 4% of Wienerberger stock Wienerberger AG received a major holdings notification pursuant to Sec. 91 to 92 of the Austrian … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Construction, Industrial, Investment
Tagged Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association, Wienerberger
The MAN “eTruck” conquers all in the truck star category | MAN impressed with its eMobility concept for developing and testing fully electric trucks MUNICH, 08-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The German trade newspaper, Transport, this year handed out the European Transport … Read the full press release
UniCredit Bank Austria has been awarded the “Best Foreign Exchange Provider Award 2018” by US business magazine “Global Finance” VIENNA, 08-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — UniCredit was named “Best Foreign Exchange Provider 2018” in Austria by the US business magazine “Global Finance” … Read the full press release
The success of integration is largely dependent upon education and training, and therefore within the refugee initiative of the same name, Borealis and the Johannes Kepler University (JKU) in Linz, Austria have instituted the joint “MORE” project, which is intended … Read the full press release
Kapsch CarrierCom and Opanga Networks announce their continued successes with Software Enabled Network Densification deployments in Europe with a nationwide deployment for Hrvatski Telekom in Croatia. Vienna/Zagreb, 20-Nov-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — “The Network Densification solution developed by Opanga and delivered … Read the full press release
PARIS, 20-Nov-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — ALD Automotive is pleased to announce, in collaboration with Austrian Startup, Parkbob, the roll-out of the pilot phase of ALD Park, an innovative digital parking app, in Austria. Champion of ALD Automotive’s ALD Startup Challenge last … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Automotive, France, Technology
Tagged ALD Automotive, ALD Park, Christian Adelsberger, digital parking app, Martin Kössler, Parkbob
Investment strengthens growth in attractive gas separation market Position as technology leader for membrane-based gas separation consolidated Portfolio of innovative SEPURAN® membrane products expanded Essen/Schörfling, 20-Nov-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Evonik Industries has opened another membrane production facility at its Austrian plant … Read the full press release
GRAZ, 13-Nov-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from Iggesund Paperboard AB, a member of the HOLMEN GROUP, to supply a new evaporation plant and rebuild an existing evaporation plant for the pulp mill in Iggesund. … Read the full press release
Bernard Motzko is to become the lighting group’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) in February 2018. Current COO Alfred Felder will be Management Board member responsible for luminaire sales. Together with CEO Ulrich Schumacher and CFO Karin Sonnenmoser, the new team … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Electronics & Machinery, Management
Tagged Alfred Felder, Bernard Motzko, Jürg Zumtobel, Zumtobel Group
VIENNA, 31-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Borealis, a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers, announces that Philippe Roodhooft, at present Chief Operations Officer (COO) of Borouge ADP in the UAE, will return to Borealis … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Chemicals, Industrial
Tagged Borealis, Louis Desal, Philippe Roodhooft
EcoTrafiX™ will be used to obtain precise data on the real mobility status in the city, thanks to the use of artificial vision cameras and Big Data techniques. The total project investment is 1.9 million Euros Vienna/Madrid, 16-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — … Read the full press release
VIENNA/ ATLANTA, GA, U.S.A., Country, 16-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — According to the motto “Forward to the future of transport ticketing,” Kapsch will present its recent solutions for Public Transport Operators (PTO) from October 9 to 11, 2017 at the American Public … Read the full press release
VIENNA, 16-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Kapsch TrafficCom, a listed company, has been awarded the contract to implement a nationwide tolling system in Bulgaria for trucks over 3.5 tons, including technical configuration and provision of technical support. The contract also extends to … Read the full press release
The six best start-ups for 2017 have been decided MUNICH, 16-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Agro Innovation Lab (AIL), a joint innovation platform of BayWa AG and RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria AG, has selected the six best start-ups for this year’s acceleration … Read the full press release
• International recognition for Schwechat-based apprenticeship as an aircraft technician • CEO Kay Kratky: “License to tune aircraft. Valid throughout Europe, from Albania to the United Kingdom.” • Minister of Social Affairs Alois Stöger: “Thanks to Austrian Airlines for its … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Education, Management, Travel
Tagged Austrian Airlines, Kay Kratky, training center, Vienna Airport
Commitment to home market and optimal strengthening of regional portfolio VIENNA, 29-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Wienerberger AG today announces its planned take-over of the Austrian clay block plant Brenner. Through this step, Wienerberger strengthens its home-market activities and further expands its … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Industrial, Management
Tagged Brenner, clay block plant, Heimo Scheuch, Wienerberger AG
LINZ, 28-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — After more than two years of planning, today the final location decision was taken during the Supervisory Board meeting of voestalpine AG: the most advanced special steel plant in the world, representing an investment of EUR 330 … Read the full press release
LINZ, 28-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — voestalpine continues to strengthen its leading international position in the quality wire sector with the official opening of its new high-tech wire rod mill at the site of the Metal Engineering Division in Leoben/Donawitz in Austria. … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Industrial, Metals and Minerals, Technology
Tagged high-tech wire rod mill, voestalpine
VIENNA, 27-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Philipp Bardas will take over as Head of the Vienna Insurance Group (VIG) General Secretariat on 1 October 2017. In his role as General Secretary, he and his team will be responsible for international and interdepartmental … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Insurance, Management
Tagged Elisabeth Stadler, Philipp Bardas, Sabine Stiller, Vienna Insurance Group, VIG
VIENNA, 26-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The Chief Financial Officer of Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG, Gotthard Mayringer, informed the Supervisory Board that he will not extend his current contract which runs until May 2018. The Supervisory Board expressed Mr. Mayringer its appreciation for his … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Industrial, Management
Tagged Franz Hiesinger, Gotthard Mayringe, Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG
The new Anleihe with minimum repayment of 95 percent is based on the “S&P Global Water Index” It offers the opportunity to participate in a positive performance of the index up to a maximum repayment amount of 140 percent¹ of … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Banks, Financial, Investment
Tagged Christian Noisternig, new HVB Cap Anleihe, UniCredit Bank Austria, “S&P Global Water Index”
Highlights. Revenues increased by 7.9% to EUR 164.3 million EBIT is -33.4% below last year’s comparison value which included a one-time effect Profit for the period has also dropped (-46.2%) No net debt: net credit of EUR 13.4 million After the end of the … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Technology, Telecom
The Supervisory Board of Allianz Austria has appointed Rémi Vrignaud as the new Chairman of the Board of Management with effect from August 25, 2017. VIENNA, 28-Aug-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — He will take over from Wolfram Littich, who has been successfully heading … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Insurance, Management
Tagged Allianz Austria, Rémi Vrignaud, Wolfram Littich
MUNICH, 16-Aug-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Agro Innovation Lab GmbH (AIL), a joint innovation platform spearheaded by BayWa AG and RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria AG, has nominated ten start-ups for this year’s acceleration programme. The best start-ups out of a total of 265 entries … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Austria, Germany, Small Business, Technology
Tagged acceleration programme, Agro Innovation Lab GmbH, Reinhard Bauer, start-ups
The new Garant Anleihe combines shares, bonds, the commodity gold and a cash component, and is linked to an innovative guarantee system Capital security due to repayment of at least 100 percent of the nominal value at the end of … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Banks, Financial, Investment
GRAZ, 26-Jul-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — International technology group ANDRITZ has received an order from Currenta GmbH & Co. OHG to deliver a SCR DeNOx plant (SCR: Selective Catalytic Reduction) for the hazardous waste incineration plant in Bürrig at its CHEMPARK site … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Chemicals, Industrial
Tagged Andritz, Bürrig, DeNOx plant, hazardous waste incineration plant, Selective Catalytic Reduction
G-Class has been built on behalf of Mercedes-Benz at Magna Steyr in Graz, Austria, since 1979. Dr Gunnar Güthenke, head of the off-road product group at Mercedes-Benz: “The G-Class is the ultimate off-roader and is an icon among off-road vehicles.” … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Automotive, Germany
Tagged Dr Gunnar Güthenke, G-Class, Mercedes-Benz G500
Launch of Genesis digitalisation project VIENNA, 23-Jun-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Polish VIG Group company Compensa has launched the most comprehensive digitalisation project to be implemented within the Group. The total investment amount is around EUR 25 million and Vienna Insurance … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Insurance, Internet & Online, Poland, Technology
Tagged digitalisation project, Elisabeth Stadler, Franz Fuchs, Vienna Insurance Group
VIENNA, 13-Jun-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The OSCE Office in Tajikistan’s Rule of Law and Media units held an interactive training seminar for 18 journalism professionals and aspiring professionals in the Varzob region outside of Dushanbe, on 8 and 9 June … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Media, Security & Safety
Tagged Charles Bolland, Interactive Training Seminar, Journalism Students, OSCE, Practicing Journalists
SKOPJE, 13-Jun-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje Nina Suomalainen met today in Skopje with the newly elected Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and congratulated on his election as the Prime Minister. “I welcome the intention … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Government, North Macedonia, Politics, Security & Safety
Tagged Nina Suomalainen, OSCE, Skopje, Zoran Zaev
VIENNA, 12-Jun-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Representatives of government institutions and public organizations discussed topical issues of migration and the role of the OSCE in migration governance at an OSCE-organized roundtable discussion that took place in Ashgabat on 9 June 2017. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Government, Politics, Security & Safety
Tagged Ambassador Natalya Drozd, Migration Governance, OSCE, Teresa Albano
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