TA’s 2010 turnover down, say analysts

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Telekom Austria (TA) may have suffered a decline in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) and turnover last year, according to leading analysts.Experts of Erste Bank, Bank Austria (BA) owner UniCredit and Raiffeisen Centrobank (RCB) said today (Tues) that they had expected Austria’s leading provider of telecommunication services and mobile connections to have […]

Wienerberger manages recovery

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Wienerberger AG – the world’s biggest producer of bricks – is back in the black.The firm headed by Heimo Scheuch said today (Tues) that it had earnings before interest and taxes (Ebit) of 10.7 million Euros last year after a loss of 258.1 million Euros in 2009. Wienerberger added that its turnover declined by four […]

Porr partners with broke Slovenian firm

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An Austrian construction company has started a joint venture with a bankrupt rival, it has emerged.Business papers report today (Weds) that Vienna-based Porr AG will start working together with Slovenian building firm SCT. The new partners will try to win public tenders in the country which neighbours Austria in the south.SCT was banned from applying […]

German firm takes over Wienerberger’s Bramac stake

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German building company Monier has taken over an Austrian roofing expert in full, it was announced today (Tues).Viennese brick maker Wienerberger AG said Oberursel-based Monier has taken over its interest in Bramac. Wienerberger held a 50 per cent interest in Bramac which has its headquarters in Pöchlarn, Lower Austria.Part of the deal is a 40-million-Euro […]

Polytec achieves turnaround

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Automotive industry supplier Polytec Holding AG (Polytec) managed to get back in the black last year, according to preliminary figures.The Hörsching-based firm said today (Thurs) that preliminary results suggest that the annual turnover rose by 27 per cent year on year to 770 million EurosPolytec added its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) […]

Energie Steiermark bags major Beogas share

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Energie Steiermark has acquired a major stake in a leading Serbian energy provider.The Styrian company announced today (Tues) it had paid 7.4 million Euros for the 67 per cent interest in Belgrade-based gas supplier Beogas. The Serbian company has a market share of 60 per cent and around 410,000 customers.Energie Steiermark is one of the […]

OMV bags rival’s Tunisian oil and gas business

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Austrian oil and gas giant OMV has taken over a competitor’s exploration activities in Tunisia.The Vienna-based company announced today (Thurs) it has transferred 610 million Euros to American firm Pioneer Natural Resources to take over its operations in the north African country. OMV said the executive board of its Tunisian subsidiary company signed contracts earlier […]

EVN boss quits

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One of Austria’s leading energy providers is to get a new chairman as Burkhard Hofer announced he has decided to step down as head of EVN’s executive board.The Lower Austrian company announced today (Weds) that the 66-year-old asked the supervisory board to release him from his position next month. EVN explained that its supervisory panel […]

OMV 2010 earnings beyond €2bn, says CEO

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OMV will earn more than two billion Euros this year, according to firm chief Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer.Asked whether the oil and gas company’s earnings before interest and taxes (Ebit) will take the two-billion-Euro hurdle this year, Ruttenstorfer said today (Thurs) that there was “no doubt” about it. The internationally operating firm’s Ebit in the first three […]

Porr scores Libyan stadium order

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A leading Austrian construction company has been assigned to build a 10-000-seat football stadium in Libya.Vienna-based Porr, Austria’s third-biggest building firm, its Turkish cooperation partner Renaissance Group and Libyan Investment Development Company, were contracted to build the venue in the city of Tripoli, it was announced today (Mon).The assigned companies will rake in an overall […]