Energie Steiermark turnover climbs

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Graz-based energy company Energie Steiermark AG managed to increase its turnover and earnings last year.The firm announced today (Weds) its turnover rose by 14 per cent to 1.25 billion Euros in 2010 compared to the previous year, while earnings before interest and taxes (Ebit) climbed from 49.7 million Euros in 2009 to 69.8 million Euros […]

OMV and Zumtobel top staff branding ranking

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An energy sector group and a lighting systems manufacturer are tied for first place in a survey assessing how Austrian businesses use their homepages to hire the best-qualified staff.Milan-based corporate communications consultancy Lundquist announced today (Mon) oil and gas firm OMV and Dornbirn-based Zumtobel headed the first Austrian edition of its Employer Branding Online Awards.OMV, […]

Leder & Schuh turnover rises

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Graz-based shoe company Leder & Schuh International AG (Leder & Schuh) has managed a 10 per cent turnover increase.The firm – which runs Humanic, Jello and other chains – said yesterday (Thurs) it achieved a turnover of 542.8 million Euros last year, up from 496.3 million Euros in 2009.Leder & Schuh has a market share […]

Rising oil price fuels SBO earnings

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Oil industry equipment maker Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment AG (SBO) said its earnings improved by almost 75 per cent last year.SBO announced it achieved earnings before interest and taxes (Ebit) of 49.4 million Euros in 2010, up by 74.8 per cent in a year. The Ternitz-based firm’s turnover rose by 22.3 per cent to 307.7 million […]

Iranian defaces synagogue

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An Iranian has admitted defacing a synagogue in a Lower Austrian town more than a dozen times.Police in Baden, which is located south of Vienna, announced today (Tues) that the 51-year-old agreed to come up for the overall damage he caused. The local resident was interviewed by officers investigating 14 incidents in which the town’s […]

Red Bull hires Pirker

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Former Styria Media Group boss Horst Pirker has joined Red Bull.The energy drink giant said today (Thurs) that the businessman took over its affiliated company Red Bull Media House as of 1 March. Pirker surprisingly resigned as head of Styria Media Group – an internationally operating publishing firm – in September.Red Bull founder and chief […]

Immense breast cancer awareness in Austria

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A vast majority of Austrian women are undergoing preventive breast cancer screening, according to a new study.German technology and health sector company Siemens AG found that 82 per cent of women living in Austria have seen doctors for such treatments. The firm, which interviewed over 4,000 women aged between 25 and 65 in eight countries, […]

Upper Austrian haulier goes bust

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A shipping company founded only three years ago has filed for bankruptcy.The Creditors’ Protection Association (KSV 1870) said today (Weds) Parzermair RFE – Sondertransport und Logistik GmbH (Parzermair) had debts of around 4.3 million Euros. KSV 1870 added that the haulier, which is based in Schwanenstadt in Upper Austria’s Vöcklabruck district, currently employed 35 staff. […]

Number of T-Mobile Austria clients rises

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T-Mobile Austria managed to attract almost 10 per cent more new customers last year.The Vienna-based company said today (Fri) it had 3.78 million clients in 2010, up by 9.6 per cent year on year. T-Mobile Austria however also announced that its turnover declined by five per cent to 983 million Euros.T-Mobile is the number one […]

BWT presents bright 2010 figures

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Water processing and preparation company Best Water Technology AG (BWT) said today (Fri) that its turnover jumped by 15 per cent to 460.7 million Euros year on year in 2010.The company, which is based in the Upper Austrian town of Mondsee, added its earnings before interest and taxes (Ebit) improved by 17.4 per cent to […]