A Viennese worker lost a thumb while working with a circular saw yesterday (Weds), it was announced.Officials in the capital said today the 38-year-olds finger was chopped off by the machine at a construction site in the city centre.He was driven to a clinic, and it has not been announced whether surgeons managed to reattach […]
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Andritz to buy German KMPT
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Styrian industrial plant producer Andritz-AG said today (Tues) that it would buy German machine builder KMPT AG based in Vierkirchen.Andritz added that it would soon sign a contract for the acquisition of KMPT and its subsidiaries in England, France, Italy, China and the USA.Andritz said the acquisition would strengthen its environment & process business division […]
Skiers safe after lift mistake
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Two Upper Austrian skiers were rescued on Sunday after taking the wrong lift up a mountain.The pair found themselves on the Krippenstein, 500 metres higher than their intended destination, Krippenbrunn in Upper Austrias Gmunden district, police said.Despite their mistake and the late hour, they decided to ski down the mountain. After losing their way and […]