MILAN, 28-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Yesterday evening, October 23rd, Salini Impregilo, in consortium with its Austrian partner Strabag, and the client BBT SE – Brenner Base Tunnel/Brenner Basistunnel – signed the agreement to commence works for the construction of the “Isarco River … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Construction, Italy
Tagged Brenner Base Tunnel, construction of the "Isarco River Underpass", Salini Impregilo, STRABAG
VIENNA, 8-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Borealis, a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers, has announced its intention to partner with Neste Oil and Veolia in a joint venture to modernise and operate … Read the full press release
Dornbirn, Austria, 16-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Today (15.09.2014), Zumtobel Group AG announces that Rogier van der Heide has been appointed as Chief Design & Marketing Officer for the Zumtobel Group and its three brands Thorn, Tridonic and Zumtobel. He will begin his … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Electronics & Machinery, Management, Marketing, Technology
Tagged Rogier van der Heide, Ulrich Schumacher, Zumtobel Group AG
Brussels, Belgium, 1-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Microsoft Corp. on Thursday announced retail availability of Surface Pro 3 throughout sixteen European countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. The latest … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Tagged Jean-Philippe Courtois, Microsoft Corp., Surface Pro 3
Executive Board reduced to four members Joachim Schönbeck as new Executive Board member Graz, Austria, 29-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Two mandates to the ANDRITZ AG Executive Board will expire at the end of 2014 and one at the end of the first … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Electronics & Machinery, Industrial, Management, Technology
Tagged Andritz, Friedrich Papst, Humbert Köfler, Joachim Schönbeck, Karl Hornhofer
OUTSTANDING RATING OF A+ WITH STABLE OUTLOOK CONFIRMED Profit increased by 41.4% to EUR 290.9 million – strong profit contribution from the CEE region Premiums stable at around EUR 5.0 billion – 1.0% increase, adjusted for exchange rate effects Combined … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Financial, Insurance, Management
Tagged Peter Hagen, Vienna Insurance Group
Herbstkampagne mit Marcel Hirscher setzt auf junge Erwachsene Motto „Geh deinen eigenen Weg. Dann kannst du jedes Ziel erreichen.“ „Around-the-World“-Flugtickets zu gewinnen Raiffeisen-Zielsparen im Fokus VIENNA, 21-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Ein Raiffeisen-Beratungsschwerpunkt im diesjährigen Herbst widmet sich ganz den jungen Erwachsenen. Die … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Banks, Business, Financial, Management, Marketing
Tagged Ingrid Krenn-Ditz, Raiffeisen
Dornbirn, Austria / Dortmund, Germany, 19-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Zumtobel Group and Borussia Dortmund (BVB) have signed an agreement governing a partnership. The deal was announced yesterday by the CEO of the Zumtobel Group, Ulrich Schumacher and the Chairman of … Read the full press release
Wien, Graz, 31-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — BAWAG P.S.K. und Leder & Schuh International AG geben gemeinsam bekannt, dass die Stiefelkönig Schuhhandels Gesellschaft m.b.H verkauft wurde. Der Kaufvertrag wurde am 29.07.2011 zwischen BAWAG P.S.K. und der Leder & Schuh International AG unterzeichnet. Das … Read the full press release
Vienna, Austria, 31-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Head of the Human Rights Department of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Snježana Bokulić visited prominent human rights defender and journalist Azimjan Askarov in prison in Bishkek on 30 July 2014. “Mr. … Read the full press release
Graz, Austria, 31-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Following successful modernization of the pulp drying line by international technology Group ANDRITZ, Altri Celbi increased its production capacity from an average of 2,000 tons per day (air dry metric tons) to a peak value of … Read the full press release
OMV as ski jumping sponsor for 25 years, now also in Norway Norway is a key growth area for OMV OMV is the largest international ski jumping sponsor VIENNA, 22-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The start of the Summer Grand Prix in Wisla/Poland … Read the full press release
Munich/Vienna/Prague/London, 4-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank and UniCredit Bank Austria AG have jointly underwritten a € 215 million senior facility to refinance Point Park Properties´ (P3’s) existing logistics portfolio in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland. The transaction closed … Read the full press release
International technology Group ANDRITZ has successfully completed start-up of the PrimeLineCOMPACT tissue machine – the first of its kind in China – with steel Yankee supplied to Hebei Yihoucheng, China. Graz, Austria, 25-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The machine has a design speed … Read the full press release
VIENNA, 25-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Alexey Miller, Chairman of Gazprom’s Management Committee and Gerhard Roiss, Chief Executive Officer of OMV inked a Shareholders Agreement for the South Stream Austria joint project company. The document was signed in Vienna today during a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to the … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Management, Russia
Tagged Alexey Miller, Gazprom, Gerhard Roiss, OMV, South Stream Austria
Dornbirn, Österreich, 12-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Curated by Rem Koolhaas, the Biennale Architettura 2014 in Venice opened its doors last weekend. In the context of the most important exhibition of contemporary architecture the Zumtobel brand is involved as a sponsor, supporting two … Read the full press release
– ŠKODA CitiJet design concept is presented to the public at the GTI event for the first time – ŠKODA ‘Apprentice Car’: two-seater sports convertible based on the ŠKODA Citigo – Vehicle project of 16 ŠKODA Vocational School apprentices working closely … Read the full press release
Zurich, 19-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Swiss National Bank (SNB), the European Central Bank (ECB), the central banks of the euro area (Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain) … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Banks, Belgium, Business, Cyprus, Estonia, European Union, Financial, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain
Tagged ECB, fourth gold agreement between central banks, SNB, Swedish Riksbank, the central banks of the euro area, The European Central Bank, The Swiss National Bank
Lenzing Group: Difficult Market Situation Continued in Q1/2014 – Countermeasures Have a Positive Impact New record sales volume of 235,000 tons (+9%) in Q1/2014 Declining average fiber selling prices burden consolidated sales and earnings Cost optimization program excelLENZ exceeds targets … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Chemicals, Financial, Industrial, Management
Tagged Angelika Guldt, excelLENZ, Lenzing Group, Stephanie Kniep, TENCEL® plant in Lenzing
Linz, Austria, 16-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The voestalpine Group’s 22nd production site in China will be officially opened today. voestalpine Profilform (China), a subsidiary of the Metal Forming Division, produces and processes high-quality steel pipes and sections for agricultural and construction machinery … Read the full press release
Sound commercial banking business with customers impacted by weak credit demand, low market interest rates and exchange rate movements Charge for bank levies (Austria and CEE) and financial transaction taxes up by 8.1 per cent to a total of EUR … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Banks, Business, Financial, Management
Tagged Bank Austria, Martin Halama, Willibald Cernko
Vienna, 30-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Hundreds of heritage professionals, volunteers and supporters will gather in the Austrian capital from 2-6 May for the European Heritage Congress 2014. During this major event, Europa Nostra, the leading European heritage organisation, will celebrate this … Read the full press release
Graz, Austria, 14-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from DDN Beijing Dongfang Dayuan Nonwoven-Fabric, China, to supply a new spunlace line for the production of wipes from viscose/PES (30-80 g/m²). Start-up is scheduled for the second quarter of … Read the full press release
OeNB-Pressekonferenz zum Kredit- und Einlagengeschäft Wien, 8-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Ein niedriges Zinsumfeld und eine schwache Konjunktur bescheren Österreich nach wie vor niedrige Kreditzinsen. Österreichische Unternehmen und private Haushalte können sich deutlich günstiger verschulden als jene anderer Euroraumländer. Allerdings sind auch die Zinsen … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Banks, Financial, Management
Tagged Dr. Johannes Turner, OeNB, Oesterreichische Nationalbank
Lenzing, Austria, 7-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Supervisory Board of Lenzing AG appointed Thomas Riegler (44) to serve as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer for a period of three years effective June 1, 2014. Born in Graz, Thomas Riegler studied business administration and … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Chemicals, Industrial, Management
Tagged Friedrich Weninger, Lenzing AG, Peter Untersperger, Robert van de Kerkhof, Thomas Riegler
Vienna, Austria, 4-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Vienna Insurance Group AG Wiener Versicherung Gruppe has acquired approximately 94 percent of shares in the insurance company Societatea de Asigurări-Reasigurări “Donaris Group” S.A. (Donaris), which has its head office in the Republic of Moldova. After … Read the full press release
Dornbirn, Austria / Frankfurt, Germany, 31-3-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — These days, the Zumtobel Group is demonstrating its ability to innovate in Frankfurt am Main, where the world’s largest trade fair for the lighting industry, Light + Building, opened this morning. As a … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Electronics & Machinery, Germany, Marketing, Technology
Tagged Astrid Kühn-Ulrich, Light + Building trade fair in Frankfurt, Lighting systems, SEQUENCE LED, Simone Deitmer, Thorn and Tridonic, Thorn: innovations for outdoor lighting, Tridonic: innovative product range ensures dynamic LED growth, Ulrich Schumacher, Zumtobel
France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain to be covered via this new approach to asset servicing/Citi and Erste Group Bank to also join T2S asset serving model to include Greece and Austria/Clearstream progresses towards T2S readiness Luxembourg, 12-3-2014 — /EuropaWire/ … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Banks, Belgium, Business, Financial, France, Greece, Investment, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Technology
Tagged Alain Pochet, BBVA, Berthold Kracke, BNP Paribas Securities Services, Clearstream, Enrique Jiménez-Herrera, Intesa Sanpaolo, Mario Domenico Recchia, new model for T2S, TARGET2-Securities (T2S)
Mijatović visits Ukraine from 4 to 7 March 2014 VIENNA, 4-3-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said harassment of journalists in Ukraine must stop, and that members of the media must be able to … Read the full press release
Graz, Austria, 28-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — International technology Group ANDRITZ looks back on a disappointing 2013 business year. Although the HYDRO and METALS (including Schuler) business areas saw very positive development, the results of the PULP & PAPER and SEPARATION business … Read the full press release
Graz, Austria, 28-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — International technology Group ANDRITZ is to supply the electromechanical equipment for the new Lauca hydropower plant, Angola, via Construtora Norberto Odebrecht to GAMEK (Gabinete de Aproveitamento do Medio Kwanza), a part of the Angolan power corporation … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Electronics & Machinery, Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Technology
Tagged Andritz, ANDRITZ group, Andritz Hydro, Angola, Angolan power corporation ENE, Construtora Norberto Odebrecht to GAMEK, DI Alexander Schwab, electromechanical equipment, Empresa Nacional de Electricidade, Gabinete de Aproveitamento do Medio Kwanza, hydropower station, Kwanza River, Lauca hydropower plant, Oliver Pokorny
Revenue declines slightly by 3.1% from EUR 8.7 to EUR 8.4 billion At EUR 1.01 billion, operating result (EBITDA) just slightly below last year’s figure (EUR 1.04 billion) At EUR 573 million, profit from operations (EBIT) is 5.6% or EUR … Read the full press release
VIG continues to expand its market leadership in its largest CEE market Vienna, Austria, 11-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Vienna Insurance Group continued on its successful path in the Czech Republic also in 2013. Strengthening its number one position by increasing its market … Read the full press release
In 2013 the textile industry generated growth in sales revenue of 1 percent in nominal terms, reaching a provisional figure of just under EUR 1.5 billion for the sector as a whole The textile industry should grow somewhat faster in … Read the full press release
Wiener Neudorf, Österreich, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Über einen Monat konnte die BILLA Facebookcommunity die virtuelle Mutperlen-Kette auffädeln. Letzte Woche übergab BILLA Vorstand Josef Siess schließlich eine Spende in Höhe von EUR 15.000. Denn für jeden Meter Länge virtuelle Mutperlen-Kette spendete BILLA EUR 50,- an … Read the full press release
Vienna, Austria, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — AGRANA Zucker GmbH has reached agreement with the Romanian sugar producer Lemarco S.A. to acquire the latter’s plants in Urziceni and Liesti. “AGRANA’s intention here is not only to increase its sugar beet production but also … Read the full press release
Dornbirn, Austria, 3-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Tridonic company, the Zumtobel Group brand for lighting components and systems, will increase its stake in its South African sales subsidiary from 49.99% to 100%. The outstanding shares will be acquired from the former joint … Read the full press release
Lending growth expected to be mainly driven by corporate segment in the next years Increase in deposits at a sound level supporting the CEE banking sector’s shift towards a ‘new model’ ‘New model’ characterised by a more sustainable funding structure, … Read the full press release
SIGNA führte im Zeitraum von 21. bis 29. November 2013 eine breit angelegte Umfrage zum Projekt „Kaufhaus Bozen“ sowie zum Einkaufsverhalten durch, um über die Bedürfnisse der Bevölkerung besser Bescheid zu wissen. Wien, Österreich, 13-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Im Zeitraum von 21. … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Marketing, Real Estate, Retail
Tagged Dr. Gruber & Partner, Einkaufsverhalten, Kaufhaus Bozen, Robert Leingruber, SIGNA, Umfrage
International technology Group ANDRITZ has launched a new series of decanter centrifuges for the environment industry, achieving up to 40% less power consumption, while maintaining throughput and efficiency. Graz, Austria, 13-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — This innovative new series was developed in the … Read the full press release
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