Category Archives: Austria

Press Releases & News from Austria distributed via EuropaWire

ÖBB: Naturpark Dobratsch Shuttle-Bus direkt zur Genusswanderung

Villach, Austria, 10-Aug-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Ein Natur- und Sommerprogramm in den Höhen der Stadt Villach, bunt und abwechslungsreich wie der Naturpark selbst mit garantierten (Wander)Erlebnissen für die ganze Familie. An keinem anderen Ort in Kärnten lassen sich Natur und Landschaft … Read the full press release

Kapsch CarrierCom provided TETRA communications infrastructure for the new metro Line 4 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

TETRA infrastructure for the new metro Line 4 has been successfully implemented at Metro Rio Vienna/Rio De Janeiro, 05-Aug-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The new metro Line 4 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil has started operating on August 1, just in … Read the full press release

Austrian Airlines CFO Heinz Lachinger on 1H2016: We continue to expect an increase in the adjusted EBIT compared to the entire year 2015

Finance Results • Austrian Airlines improves adjusted EBIT by EUR 17 million to minus EUR 0.1 million • 2.2% rise in passenger volume in the first half-year 2016 • Outlook 2016: Targeted increase in adjusted EBIT, but no longer expected … Read the full press release

ANDRITZ to deliver the complete waste paper processing plant and approach system for Pro-Gest Group’s new paper machine in Mantova, Italy

GRAZ, 27-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from the Italian Pro-Gest Group to deliver the complete waste paper processing plant and approach system for its new paper machine in Mantova, Italy. ANDRITZ will deliver the … Read the full press release

Capital reduction: STRABAG SE cancels 4,000,000 own shares

Reduction of share capital VIENNA, 26-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The publicly listed construction group STRABAG SE announces that in accordance with a resolution passed at the 12th Annual General Meeting on 10 June 2016 the share capital has been reduced by … Read the full press release

Der Euro-Bus der Oesterreichischen Nationalbank (OeNB) mit neuer 50-Euro-Banknote unterwegs – Von 22. Juli bis 20. September 2016

Von 22. Juli bis 20. September 2016 bietet der Euro-Bus der Oesterreichischen Nationalbank (OeNB) die einzigartige Gelegenheit, die 50-Euro-Banknote der Europa-Serie schon vor der offiziellen Ausgabe in Händen zu halten. Das bewährte Serviceangebot wie der kostenlose Schilling-Euro-Tausch und Informationen zu … Read the full press release

voestalpine Rotec GmbH acquired Burlington, Canada based manufacturer of high-quality tube components for the automotive industry

LINZ, 25-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The voestalpine Group continues to drive its activities in the NAFTA region. As part of these efforts, just last week the Metal Forming Division’s voestalpine Rotec GmbH acquired Summo Corp., headquartered in Burlington, Canada. Summo … Read the full press release

VIG’s International Processes and Methods Department secured quality management certification from TÜV Austria

Pioneering position on the insurance market VIENNA, 21-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — VIG’s International Processes and Methods Department has secured quality management certification in accordance with the EN ISO 9001:2015 standard from TÜV Austria. The department is headed by Christian Walter, … Read the full press release

UniCredit Bank Austria issues The Nachhaltigkeits-GarantieAnleihe 2016–2023 Serie 117

Capital security thanks to repayment of at least 100 percent of the nominal value at the end of the term The capital is invested for a total of 7 years, and the bond can be sold under normal market conditions … Read the full press release

Borealis announces donation of AED 1 million to the Emirates Red Crescent to support refugee relief efforts in Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq

VIENNA, 29-Jun-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Borealis, a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers, has announced the donation of AED 1 million to the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) to support refugee relief efforts in … Read the full press release

SGS hosts seminar in Africa for the introduction of the new EDGE Green Building web software

SGS recently hosted a seminar in Africa to introduce the new EDGE web software – a Green Building innovation developed by IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, to certify buildings in emerging markets quickly, easily and affordably. VIENNA, … Read the full press release

ÖBB Fernverkehr zum Flughafen Wien voller Erfolg: Mehr als eine halbe Million Fahrgäste im ersten halben Jahr

WIEN, 14-Jun-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Mehr als eine halbe Millionen Fahrgäste haben das Angebot genutzt, 94 Prozent der Fernverkehrszüge kamen pünktlich an: Das ist die erfolgreiche Halbjahres-Bilanz seit der Vollinbetriebnahme des ÖBB Fernverkehrs zum Flughafen Wien. Mit dem bis zu 230 … Read the full press release

Kapsch TrafficCom presents integrated multi-application solutions for intelligent transportation systems at ITS European Congress, June 6-9 in Glasgow

Vienna/Glasgow, 07-Jun-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The traffic of the future is about an efficient integration of transport, means of payments and security solutions. At the ITS European Congress from June 6-9 in Glasgow, Kapsch TrafficCom shows progressions in how the expert … Read the full press release

ANDRITZ SEPARATION opens modern competence center in Krefeld, Germany

Graz, Austria, 30-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — ANDRITZ SEPARATION, part of international technology Group ANDRITZ, opened up a modern service center in Krefeld, Germany, today in order to enhance its customer service in Germany and neighboring countries. In the new competence center, … Read the full press release

Wienerberger Brick Award 2016 winners officially announced

Honouring for innovative brick architecture from around the world The winners of the Wienerberger Brick Award 2016 have been officially announced. More than 600 projects from 55 countries had been submitted. Awards in five categories, including two Grand Prize winners … Read the full press release

AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG achieves 6% improvement in operating profit (EBIT) in FY 2015/16

Positive outlook – Dividend increase to € 4.00  -Revenue of € 2,477.6 million (prior year: € 2,493.5 million) -Starch and Fruit segment carry Group operating Profit -Operating profit (EBIT) of € 129.0 million (prior year: € 121.7 million) -Positive EBIT in Sugar segment even … Read the full press release

The new OMV Chief Financial Officer takes up his post on July 1, 2016

VIENNA, 16-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The new Chief Financial Officer of OMV, Reinhard Florey, will take up his post as of July 1, 2016, after managing to reduce his contract period with his current employer by a month. His appointment by … Read the full press release

Borealis signed with Navigator Gas for the long-term time charter of the vessel Navigator Aurora

VIENNA, 04-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Borealis, a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers, has signed a contract with Navigator Gas for the long-term time charter of the vessel Navigator Aurora. The naming ceremony … Read the full press release

Borealis Scholarships endowment established at the Vienna Campus of the worldwide Webster University network

VIENNA, 03-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Borealis, a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers, and Webster Vienna Private University, the Vienna Campus of the worldwide Webster University network, announce the establishment of the Borealis … Read the full press release

LOGSTOR licensed the Inducon® induction welding technology for pipe line field joints from its Austrian industrial partner K.E. Kelit

Løgstør, Denmark, 26-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — LOGSTOR, the world leader in pre-insulated pipe systems for district heating and cooling and supplier to the oil and gas sector as well as the chemical and food industries, adds new HDPE welding technology. … Read the full press release

Continental to present an innovative emissions control solution for downsized turbocharged gasoline engines at 37th Vienna Motor Symposium

New Real Driving Emissions (RDE) legislation will strictly regulate NOx emissions under all driving conditions, requiring high catalyst efficiency across a wide engine operating range Substantial reductions in nitrogen oxide emissions are also required by the US SULEV 30 emissions … Read the full press release

Kapsch AG now part of Car2Car Communication Consortium to shape the future of car driving in Europe

Collaborating to shape the future of car driving in Europe VIENNA, 15-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Kapsch has recently become a member of the Car2Car Communication Consortium (www.car-2-car.org), an association of European vehicle manufacturers, suppliers, IT companies, and research organizations. The goal of … Read the full press release

78% of investors at the Vienna Stock Exchange are from abroad; US ahead of Austria, UK and Norway

78.1% of identified institutional money in the free float of Austria’s leading companies held by international investors Also domestic institutional Investors increased their share in 2015 Ranking of institutional investors: US is ahead of Austria, UK and Norway Investment trends: … Read the full press release

ANDRITZ to present comprehensive nonwovens and textile production technologies at Hightex/ITM 2016 in Istanbul, June 1-4, 2016

International technology Group ANDRITZ will present comprehensive nonwovens and textile production technologies at Hightex/ITM 2016 in Istanbul (June 1-4, 2016, hall 11, booth no. 1124 A). GRAZ, Austria, 11-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — ANDRITZ Nonwoven – comprising ANDRITZ Asselin-Thibeau, ANDRITZ Küsters, and … Read the full press release

Construction group STRABAG now holds 94.9 % of Stuttgart-based Ed. Züblin AG

Basic purchase price of € 210.3 million, plus variable portion “Easier cooperation within the group” VIENNA, 07-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The European construction and technology group STRABAG, via its subsidiary Ilbau Liegenschaftsverwaltung GmbH, now holds 94.9 % of Stuttgart-based Ed. … Read the full press release

voestalpine signs with Mexican steel producer TYASA for several hundred thousand tons of the sponge iron from Texas

Linz, Austria, 04-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Construction of the voestalpine direct reduction plant in Texas, USA, is proceeding rapidly. Initial tests on sections of the plant have already commenced so that from today’s standpoint it can be assumed that production will … Read the full press release

Austrian Vice-Chancellor Reinhold Mitterlehner: Thanks to the Land of Founders strategy, Austria’s startup scene has become younger, more international and competitive

The startup strategy proves to be convincing in an international environment – Eight young international companies attracted by the business location in 2015 – Total investments of EUR 2.7 million VIENNA, 11-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Vienna, March 2016: As part of … Read the full press release

ANDRITZ Nonwoven to present latest innovations at IDEA16, May 3-5, 2016 in Boston

GRAZ, 03-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — ANDRITZ Nonwoven, part of international technology Group ANDRITZ, will present its latest innovations at IDEA16, the major event for the nonwovens industry in the USA (May 3-5, 2016 in Boston; booth 801). Whether the requirement is … Read the full press release

Toshiba’s INFINIX-i Rite Edition for interventional angiography on display at ECR 2016 March 2-6, in Vienna

VIENNA, 03-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Access, speed and coverage make Toshiba’s INFINIX-i Rite Edition the right choice for interventional angiography. This groundbreaking C-arm system will be presented at ECR 2016 (European Congress for Radiology), March 2-6, in Vienna. “Our approach is … Read the full press release

Toshiba Medical Systems Europe showcases new 3D spinal imaging technology OrthoMod 3D at the ECR 2016 March 2-6, in Vienna

VIENNA, 03-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Toshiba Medical Systems Europe will be showing off OrthoMod 3D, a new 3D spinal imaging technology, at the ECR 2016 (European Congress for Radiology), March 2-6, in Vienna. OrthoMod 3D combines optic information about back morphology … Read the full press release

Toshiba Medical Systems Europe to present state of the art angio-CT concept INFINIX 4DCT at ECR 2016 March 2-6, in Vienna

VIENNA, 03-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The INFINIX 4DCT from Toshiba Medical Systems Europe is making high-risk clinical cases easier, safer and faster. Interventional radiologists and other clinicians can get a close-up view of this state of the art angio-CT concept at … Read the full press release

Toshiba Corp. and Toshiba Medical Systems to present new MRI technology that ease patient stress at the ECR, March 2-6, in Vienna

VIENNA, 03-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Imagine telling your anxious patients that they can have virtual reality experiences while getting an MRI. It’s not a far-off fantasy. It is reality with technology developed by Toshiba Corp. and Toshiba Medical Systems and it … Read the full press release

Toshiba Medical Systems Europe launches the Innovation 2016 upgrade for the Aplio Platinum line of ultrasound systems

VIENNA, 03-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Toshiba Medical Systems Europe is launching the Innovation 2016 upgrade for the Aplio Platinum line of ultrasound systems – an impressive portfolio of premium features assembled over the past 12 months – and visitors to the … Read the full press release

Wienerberger AG announces strong growth for the company in 2015

Best year since the financial crisis Results 2015 – Record revenues: € 2,972 million (+5% compared to 2014) – Operating EBITDA: € 370 million (+17% compared to 2014) – Profit after tax: € 70 million – Recommended dividend: € 0.20 … Read the full press release

Blackstone to acquire 12 logistics assets in CEE with 5-year EUR 91 million facility from Erste Group

VIENNA, 23-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The 265 000 sqm portfolio covers 12 standing logistics investments located in Hungary (5), Romania (4), Poland (2) and Slovakia (1), as well as land reserves. Two of these assets – Bucharest and Ploiesti (RO) – … Read the full press release

Zell-Metall GmbH to enhance its Zellamid® 1500 PEEK product line with Solvay Specialty Polymers’ KetaSpire® polyetheretherketone (PEEK) polymer food contact (FC) grades

New Zellamid® 1500 X offers customers higher performance, temperature resistance and easier processing of semi-finished products for demanding food contact applications ALPHARETTA, Ga., 22-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — With the addition of Solvay Specialty Polymers’ KetaSpire® polyetheretherketone (PEEK) polymer food contact (FC) grades, which meet … Read the full press release

SIGNA: „Store of the Year 2016“: Handelsverband Deutschland (HDE) zeichnet EATALY aus

WIEN, 01-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Der im November 2015 eröffnete EATALY Flagship-Store in der Münchner Schrannenhalle direkt am Viktualienmarkt wurde vom Handelsverband Deutschland (HDE) mit dem ersten Preis in der Kategorie Food ausgezeichnet. Überzeugt hat die Jury insbesondere die italienische Atmosphäre, … Read the full press release

STRABAG SE to refinance two loans totalling € 2.4 billion before their original maturity

Favourable financing environment and credit enhancement € 2.0 billion syndicated surety loan – new maturity in 2021 or later € 0.4 billion syndicated cash credit line – new maturity in 2021 or later VIENNA, 29-Jan-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The publicly … Read the full press release

Neue Ausstellung im Foyer der Oesterreichischen Nationalbank vom 1. Februar 2016 bis 28. Februar 2017

Ausstellung im Foyer der OeNB Zweiganstalt in Linz WIEN, 28-Jan-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — So vielfältig wie die menschlichen Kulturen und Lebensweisen sind, so unterschiedlich sind die daraus hervorgegangenen Geldformen, die von der Kaurischnecke bis zu Bitcoin reichen. Diesem breiten Spektrum widmet … Read the full press release

Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) banks operated in rather positive economic environment in 2015 – UniCredit Bank Austria

Most CEE economies showed strong economic growth in 2015 and proved more resilient towards shifts in investors’ sentiment with regards to emerging markets Overall banking sector profitability is normalizing on a new post-crisis level, still double the one of Western … Read the full press release