(IN BRIEF) In 2024, wienerberger delivered one of its strongest performances to date, achieving a 6% rise in revenues to €4.5 billion and maintaining a 17% operating EBITDA margin, despite challenging market conditions in the construction sector. The company adhered … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Construction, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged brick plant, circular economy, cost management, decarbonization, Energy management, GrainPlastics, Heimo Scheuch, long-term growth., operating EBITDA margin, Operational Efficiency, renovation sector, revenues, Slatek OY, smart energy management, smart water solutions, Strategic acquisitions, sustainability, Tekken AS, Terreal, Uttendorf, water management, Wienerberger, Wioniq
(IN BRIEF) bp has announced its intention to sell its mobility and convenience business in Austria as part of a strategic move to focus on its downstream operations. The sale includes over 260 retail sites (approximately 120 company-owned), EV charging … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Retail, United Kingdom
Tagged Austria, Austrian retail sites, BP, divestiture, downstream strategy, Emma Delaney, EV charging, fleet business, Linz fuel terminal NOJV, mobility & convenience, portfolio reshaping, regulatory approvals, sale process, strategic sale
(IN BRIEF) ANDRITZ has received an order from Cartaseta AG to upgrade the combustion system on a tissue machine at its Gretzenbach mill in Switzerland. This marks the fifteenth such upgrade by ANDRITZ in five years, with start-up expected in … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Industrial, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged Andritz, burner management system, Cartaseta AG, combustion system upgrade, cost savings, downtime minimization, efficiency, Emissions Reduction, energy efficiency, gas valve trains, Gretzenbach, Guido Lenzi, high-quality products, hood burners, Managing Director, PM5, regulatory compliance, reliability, Roger Koch, safety, sustainability, Swiss sanitary paper, Switzerland, third quarter 2025, Tissue Machine
(IN BRIEF) ANDRITZ has launched BioCircleToZero, an innovative R&D program aimed at doubling the value derived from wood without increasing tree harvesting. Supported by Business Finland’s 10 million-euro grant and an additional 20 million euros for its partners, the initiative … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Environment, Finland, Industrial, Technology
Tagged 10 million euros, 20 million euros, advanced biorefineries, Andritz, biobased chemicals, biocarbon-based products, BioCircleToZero, Business Finland, economic resilience, Finnish ecosystem, forest products industry, green transition, Kari Tuominen, Power-to-X, renewable textile fibers, research and development, resource efficiency, sustainability, sustainable fuels, wood valorization, zero waste, zero-emission
(IN BRIEF) Kapsch TrafficCom has secured a USD 1.4 million contract to upgrade the ATMS system in the Tetsuo Harano Tunnel and on the H3 Freeway in Oahu, Hawaii. This upgrade will integrate ITS and SCADA functionalities using the proven … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 30-year partnership, ATMs, DYNAC, H3 Freeway, Hawaii, Hawaii Department of Transportation, infrastructure upgrade, ITS, JB Kendrick, Kapsch TrafficCom, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, North America, Oahu, Pearl Harbor Joint Base, Public Safety, SCADA, Tetsuo Harano Tunnel, traffic management, USD 1.4 million
(IN BRIEF) ANDRITZ has received an order from ArcelorMittal Calvert to supply an advanced annealing and coating line and a cold rolling mill for a new electrical steel production facility in Calvert, Alabama. The facility, which will have the capacity … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Environment, Industrial, Metals and Minerals, Technology
Tagged 1000 m/min, 1650 mm, Andritz, annealing and coating line, ArcelorMittal Calvert, Calvert Alabama, CEO, cold-rolling mill, commissioning, cooling, electrical steel production, greenhouse gas reduction, heating, installation supervision, Joachim Schönbeck, John Brett, NOES, non-grain oriented electrical steel, production efficiency, rolling process, S6-high cold rolling mill, sustainable domestic supply chain, sustainable mobility
(IN BRIEF) Procemex, part of the ANDRITZ Group, has been awarded a contract by Billerud to supply an innovative OnePlatform web monitoring and inspection system for its board mill in Gävle, Sweden. This new system, scheduled for installation in Q3 … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Industrial, Sweden, Technology
Tagged 3D defect detection, ANDRITZ group, ATC, Billerud, board mill, commissioning, Eco strobe lights, Gävle, high-resolution, liquid board packaging, low-angle reflection, Lumina Supersense, OnePlatform, Procemex, ProClean pinhole technology, production efficiency, re-winder control, Sweden, system installation, training, UV light detection, web inspection, web monitoring, winder control
(IN BRIEF) The voestalpine employee shareholding scheme, recognized as one of Europe’s most exemplary models, was established in 2000 to secure a stable ownership structure by bundling voting rights within an employee foundation. Currently, employees hold over 14% of voestalpine … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Education, Industrial, Metals and Minerals, Technology
Tagged 000 active employees, 10% to 15% target range, 14% voting rights, 2000, 25 million shares, 25th Anniversary, 26, Austrian employees, CEO, eleven European countries, employee shareholding foundation, employee shareholding scheme, Europe, Herbert Eibensteiner, hostile takeovers, largest employee shareholding program, pre-exit share issuance, sustainable ownership, tax-related holding periods, voestalpine, voestalpine AG, voting rights, Works Council
(IN BRIEF) Vienna Insurance Group is strengthening its market position in Poland through a strategic investment in Phinance, a leading financial broker with an extensive network of customers and consultants. This move comes on the heels of the 2024 merger … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Financial, Insurance, Investment, Management, News, Poland
Tagged Beesafe, CEE, Compensa Non-Life, consultants, customers, diversified sales strategy, financial broker, GROWTH, Harald Riener, insurance expertise, InterRisk, life insurance, MERGER, Phinance, Polish market, UOKiK, Vienna Insurance Group, Vienna Life, Vienna PTE, VIG
(IN BRIEF) Germany is advancing highway safety and traffic efficiency through a new C-ITS initiative that uses ITS Roadside Stations integrated into mobile barrier boards across 8,600 kilometers to send real-time warnings to drivers about roadworks, thereby protecting road workers. … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 600 kilometers, 8, ASFINAG, Australia, Austria, autonomous driving, Bilbao, Bizkaia Connected Corridor, C-ITS, Connected Vehicles, Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems, Dublin, environmental impact, Germany, global interoperability, hardware, Ireland, ITS Australia Awards, ITS Roadside Stations, Kapsch TrafficCom, M1, M50, mobile barrier boards, mobility challenges, NIMS pilot, Pinellas County, predictive analytics, public transport, Queensland, real-time data, roadworks, safety, software, Spain, traffic management, United States, Video Analytics
(IN BRIEF) Andritz and Schuler have today unveiled their new joint venture, the Schuler Andritz Group, signaling a significant advancement in the metals industry. The alliance brings together Andritz’s global engineering and digitalization capabilities with Schuler’s advanced metal forming technology. … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Environment, Industrial, Technology
Tagged Andritz, digital transformation, energy efficiency, global market, INNOVATION, joint venture, metal forming, metals industry, production efficiency, Quality Standards, regional economic development, research and development, Schuler, Schuler Andritz Group, supply chain, sustainability, technological progress
(IN BRIEF) OMV has secured up to EUR 81.6 million from the EU Innovation Fund through a grant agreement signed by CINEA to develop its industrial ReOil® facility. This historic funding, the largest public grant OMV has ever received for … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Belgium, Business, Chemicals, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged chemical recycling technology, CINEA, circular economy, climate neutral by 2050, CO2 emission reduction, EU Innovation Fund, EUR 81.6 million, industrial ReOil facility, low-carbon technologies, Martijn van Koten, mixed plastic waste, OMV, OMV Schwechat refinery, partnership, public grant, ReOil®, sustainability, transformation strategy, used plastics, Vienna
(IN BRIEF) Borealis, in partnership with Ecoplast, has introduced Borcycle™ M CWT120CL, an advanced recycled LLDPE grade designed for non-food flexible packaging. With an 85% post-consumer recyclate content blended with 15% LLDPE booster, this innovative material is engineered for blown … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Chemicals, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged 15% LLDPE booster, 85% post-consumer recyclate, agricultural films, blown film applications, Borcycle™ M CWT120CL, Borealis, Borealis Group, carbon footprint, circular economy, Ecoplast, EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, EverMinds™, flexible packaging, industrial films, mechanical recycling, partnership, Peter Voortmans, PPWR, protective films, PRSE Amsterdam, recycled linear low-density polyethylene, rLLDPE, stretch films, stretch hoods, sustainability, Sustainable packaging
(IN BRIEF) ANDRITZ has secured a major order to provide authority engineering services for a 100 MW green hydrogen plant in Rostock, Germany, placed by the joint venture REPCO, which includes major energy companies such as RWE, EnBW, RheinEnergie, and … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged Andritz, decarbonization, electrolysis, EnBW Neue Energien GmbH, energy transition, EPC, European Hydrogen Backbone, Germany, Green Energy, GREEN HYDROGEN, Hydrogen Core Network, HydrogenPro, HyTechHafen Rostock, partnership, REPCO, RheinEnergie AG, Rostock, Rostock Port GmbH, RWE Generation SE, Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH, sustainability, sustainable future
(IN BRIEF) ANDRITZ has successfully launched a new pressurized refining system at the Wisewoods mill in Phetchaburi, Thailand, enhancing the mill’s production capacity for high-quality medium density fiberboard from rubberwood. The system’s high-efficiency technology improves fiber quality while reducing energy … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Environment, Industrial, Technology
Tagged Andritz, ASIA, collaboration, dewatering, energy consumption, fiber quality, global supplier, high-efficiency pressurized refiner, Ltd, MDF products, Medium Density Fiberboard, Middle East, panelboard industry, Phetchaburi, Plug Screw Feeder, pre-steaming, pressurized refining system, production capacity, Refining, rubberwood, technology group, THAILAND, Wisewoods, Wisewoods Co., wood panel industry
(IN BRIEF) ANDRITZ AG announces the nomination of Barbara Steger to its Supervisory Board, following Alexander Isola’s planned departure. The company also proposes the re-election of Wolfgang Bernhard to continue his valuable contributions. (PRESS RELEASE) GRAZ, 26-Feb-2025 — /EuropaWire/ — The … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Industrial, Management, Technology
Tagged 2025, Alexander Isola, Andritz, ANDRITZ AG, Annual General Meeting, Barbara Steger, commercial sciences, corporate governance, diversity, ENGEL Austria GmbH, Engel Group, ENGEL Holding GmbH, Governance, industrial sector, injection molding machines, leadership, legal committee, legal structure, Ludwig Engel GmbH & Co KG, Management, Oberbank AG, re-election, Schönherr Rechtsanwälte, strategic direction, Supervisory Board, Supervisory Board Members, sustainability, Wolfgang Bernhard, women in leadership
(IN BRIEF) Borealis has earned the prestigious EcoVadis Gold rating for 2024, improving its score from 73 to 81 and placing the company among the top 5% in terms of sustainability. This recognition reflects Borealis’ commitment to enhancing recyclability and … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Chemicals, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Management
Tagged Borealis, carbon footprint, CSR, EcoVadis, environmental performance, ethics, Global Reporting Initiative, Gold Rating, ISO 26000, labor and human rights, polymer industry, recyclability, Stefan Doboczky, supply chain, sustainability, Sustainability Assessment, sustainable sourcing, sustainable sourcing practices, TfS, Together for Sustainability, United Nations Global Compact
(IN BRIEF) Salzgitter has officially broken ground on a 100 MW electrolysis plant designed to produce green hydrogen for low-carbon steel production as part of its SALCOS® program. The project, set to deliver hydrogen starting in 2026, will play a … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Metals and Minerals, News, Technology
Tagged Andritz, carbon-free steel, decarbonization, electrolysis plant, energy transition, Gerd Baresch, GREEN HYDROGEN, hydrogen economy, HydrogenPro, low-carbon steel production, partnership, SALCOS, Salzgitter, Sami Pelkonen, steelmaking, sustainability, sustainable steel
(IN BRIEF) On February 18, 2025, the tunnel boring machine (TBM) for VERBUND’s Kaprun 2029 project began its 5.6-kilometre journey from the Limberg valve chamber to the surge tank beneath Maiskogel, marking a key milestone in the project’s modernization efforts. … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged Austria, Bernd Raderbauer, environmental impact, Glück Auf, green electricity, headrace, hydropower, hydropower management, infrastructure upgrade, Jürgen Raschendorfer, Kaprun 2029, Kaprun-Hauptstufe power plant, Kathrin Aberger-Dick, Limberg valve chamber, Maria Leo, Marti Tunnel AG, Michael Amerer, modernization, PORR AG, pressure tunnel, Saint Barbara, surge tank, sustainable energy, tunnel boring machine, tunnel boring project, tunnel construction, tunnel patron, underground work, VERBUND
(IN BRIEF) Clean Rivers has partnered with Project STOP to help reduce plastic waste leakage and improve waste management in Indonesia through the Banyuwangi Hijau Phase 3 project. This partnership is part of a broader agreement between the UAE and … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Chemicals, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Science, Technology
Tagged Banyuwangi Hijau Phase 3, Borealis, circular waste management, Clean Rivers, Clean Rivers partnership, Deborah Backus, environmental sustainability, Indonesia, Indonesia Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Investment, job creation, job opportunities, Markus Horcher, materials recovery facility, MoU, partnership, plastic pollution, plastic waste reduction, Project STOP, public health, sustainability, sustainable development, UAE, waste management, Widharmika Agung, World Government Summit
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