Rosenbauer’s flame less bright

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Upper Austrian fire truck and fire-fighting equipment producer Rosenbauer International AG (Rosenbauer) has suffered a slight setback.The company’s earnings before interest and taxes (Ebit) declined by 15 per cent to 6.9 million Euros from the first three months of 2010 – when the firm did extraordinarily well – to the same time span of this […]

Nissan recalls more than 3,000 cars

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More than 3,000 Nissan drivers have been affected by a massive recall by the Japanese car maker, it has emerged.The company said today (Thurs) it contacted 3,283 owners in Austria as part of its call-back of around 2.1 million models worldwide. Fears that an electronic device could cause a sudden outage of the vehicles’ engines […]

Rosenbauer bags Asian order

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Fire-fighting equipment producer Rosenbauer International AG has been contracted by an Asian company to deliver 21 fire trucks.The Upper Austrian firm, which is based in Leonding, said today (Thurs) it was assigned by the internationally-operating UMW Group to produce 21 fire engines worth an overall 17.4 million Euros for Malaysia Airport Holding Berhad (MAHB).Rosenbauer’s turnover […]

Canola oil boat engine bid as Lake Neusiedl season starts

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Burgenland tourism bosses hope for more stays at the province’s Lake Neusiedl this summer after lakeside overnights in January and February soared by 25 per cent year on year.Tourism shipping transfer services at the lake – which is the second-largest steppe lake in Central Europe – started this morning (Fri), and lakeside towns have invested […]