Casino and hotel help out farm for people with disabilities

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A farm that aims to offer mentally and physically disabled people the chance to work on the land has been given a 2,500 Euro boost from Casino Salzburg and the spa and wellness hotel Ebners Waldhof. The Mathiashof farm located at Ellmautal in Fuschl am See gives employment to 20 people with either mental or […]

Stora Enso sets Ybbs focus

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A Finnish packaging and wood products firm plans to invest more than 20 million Euros in Lower Austria, it has emerged.Stora Enso announced today (Tues) that it will start setting up a new facility to produce wood boards and various other wood elements this spring. The Helsinki-based firm explained that it planned to invest 23 […]

Dead retirement home resident may be crime victim

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Murder investigations have been launched over the death of an old people’s home resident.The 82-year-old pensioner died four days after being brought to the LKH clinic in Graz  last May. It was reported that he had strangulation marks around his neck when he died.A new medical opinion suggests that the injuries were caused deliberately.Chief investigator […]

Tyrolit sees €500mn turnover chance

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Abrasives producer Tyrolit has said it expects to rake in a turnover this year of half a billion Euros.The Schwaz-based company, a subsidiary of crystals maker Swarovski, announced today (Fri) it was confident to increase its annual turnover by 25 per cent to the 500 million Euros mark this year.Tyrolit explained it had registered a […]

efko eyes Bulgarian partnership deal

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Upper Austrian fruit and vegetable producer efko is considering cooperating with a Bulgarian company as an increase in turnover is expected for this year.Company chief  Gerald Hackl said today (Thurs) turnover rose by 16 per cent year on year to 118.3 million Euros in 2009, adding that another three-per-cent increase was expected for 2010.Hackl said […]