Microorganisms as powerhouses for electricity storage

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Green Austria

An innovative process for storing electricity generated from renewable energy sources is now market ready, a fourth patent application having been filed. The process, which was developed by Austrian company Krajete GmbH and is based on microorganisms, enables a highly efficient and environmentally friendly conversion of climate-damaging CO2 and hydrogen into – storable – methane. […]

Schwedenbomben manufacturer is saved from insolvency

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Business

Niemetz, the Austrian manufacturer of the “Schwedenbomben” confectionary, has been saved from insolvency. The creditors have agreed to the restructuring plan and will get a rate of 95 percent. An investor from South America will support Niemetz. The representatives of the creditors have not learned any details about the investor so far. The money (more […]

Austrian on trial over Aldi blackmail

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General News

The trial of a 61-year-old man from Salzburg, who blackmailed the company Aldi South, started yesterday (Wed) in Duisburg, Germany. The defendant has already admitted that he demanded 15 million Euros from the firm. The defendant, who is the publisher of a German magazine in Pattaya, Thailand, stated that he was forced to blackmail Aldi […]

TV show reveals the dark side to energy drink Red Bull

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Lifestyle

A documentary of the “Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen” (ARD), which was shown on TV on Monday night, deals with the dark side of the company Red Bull. It is about risky spectacles with a deadly end. The company Red Bull with headquarters in Salzburg produces more than five billion cans of the energy drink. Moreover, the […]

Shipping season starts at Lake Bodensee

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Travel

This year’s shipping season on Lake Bodensee, Vorarlberg (Western Austria) will start this Friday. For this occasion, highlights of the upcoming season were presented. 500,000 passengers were transported last year. The Vorarlberg Lines achieved an increase in turnover of 16.6 percent in the last season. The company plans to beat this result this year: Managing […]

Westbahn: customers satisfied

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Travel

According to a new survey, customers of the “Westbahn” appear to be pleased with the new railway service, but criticise the low numbers of trains. The company aims to balance the accounts this year. As their competitor ÖBB does not present the figures of turnover and profit on the route Vienna-Salzburg, Westbahn did not present […]

Up for sale luxury coach stolen from depot

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General News

Thieves stole a bus from a bus company depot on Sunday night or the early hours of Monday The twelve metre long bus was stolen from the depot in Amstetten. Police believe the thieves have already left the country with the bus. The luxury 52-seater tour bus made by the company Setra has an estimated […]

AUA ex-staff demanding 50m in pension cash

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Finance

Around 200 former pilots and flight staff from the Austrian Airlines AUA  are  threatening legal action in order to get their share of the company’s pension fund paid out in advance. Unless the firm agrees to settle it is looking likely that the first legal case over the demand will take place in February. According […]

Vir Gin backs down over spirited row with Branson firm

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Culinary Guide

Lawyers for Richard Branson’s Virgin firm have forced a small Alpine spirit maker to change the name of their gin after claiming it breached copyright. Austrian Anton Vogl from Guglhof in Hallein, Austria, had patented the name of his “Vir Gin” with the Austrian patenting authorities in 2010 and started putting it on the market […]

Jacobs roasting plant leaves Vienna

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General News

By Rachael Williams A total of 35 jobs will be slashed when Kraft Foods Austria, soon to be known as Mondolez, transfers its premises from the Austrian capital of Vienna to a new plant in Germany in 2013. Trade unions have criticised the move as the first consequence of the intra-group split that happened in […]